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Switzerland

Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft - Confédération suisse - Confederazione Svizzera - Confederaziun svizra


The National Arms of Switzerland	The National Flag

Administrative division

The Swiss Confederation consists of 26 cantons, which have, in comparison with the situation in other countries, a high degree of independence. The Cantons comprise a total of 2,485 municipalities, which, in some cantons, are clustered into Districts (Bezirke, Rayons).

All cantons and nearly all the municipalities use arms. Only a few districts use arms.

Arms of the cantons

	Capital		Capital
Aargau	Aarau	Nidwalden	Stans
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Herisau	Obwalden	Sarnen
Appenzell Innerrhoden	Appenzell	Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen
Basel-Landschaft	Liestal	Schwyz	Schwyz
Basel-Stadt	Basel	Solothurn	Solothurn
Bern	Bern	St. Gallen	Sankt Gallen
Fribourg	Fribourg	Thurgau	Frauenfeld
Genève	Genève	Ticino	Bellinzona
Glarus	Glarus	Uri	Altdorf
Graubünden	Chur	Valais/Wallis	Sion
Jura	Delémont	Vaud	Lausanne
Luzern	Luzern	Zug	Zug
Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Zürich	Zürich

Arms of districts

Arms of municipalities

Select by first letter:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z |

Religious and Ecclesial heraldry

Ecclesiastical heraldry of Switzerland

Heraldic collector's items

Other heraldry

A series of cartoons of the Swiss cantons.

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 All cantons and nearly all the municipalities use arms. Only a few districts use arms.
-==Arms of cantons, districts and municipalities==
+==Arms of the cantons==
- Not all files have been transferred to the new site, so below the lists on the old and the new site !<br>In time all files will be transferred from the old site.
-* Arms of the cantons
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 ! colspan="2" | Canton !! Capital !! colspan="2" | Canton !! Capital
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-|width=10%  style="border-right:0;"| [[File:Aargau.jpg|30px]] || width=25% style="border-left:0;"| [[Aargau]] || width=25% style="border-left:0;"| [[Aarau]] ||width=10% style="border-right:0;"| [[File:Nidwalde.jpg|25px]] ||width=25% style="border-left:0;"| [[Nidwalden]] || [[Stans]]
+|width=10%  style="border-right:0;"| [[File:Aargau.jpg|30px]] || width=25% style="border-left:0;"| [[Aargau]] || width=25% style="border-left:0;"| [[Aarau]] ||width=10% style="border-right:0;"| [[File:Nidwalde.jpg|25px]] ||width=25% style="border-left:0;"| [[Nidwalden]] || [[Stans (Nidwalden)|Stans]]
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 | style="border-right:0;"| [[File:appenzar.jpg|30px]] || style="border-left:0;"| [[Appenzell Ausserrhoden]] || [[Herisau]] || style="border-right:0;"| [[File:obwalden.jpg|30px]] || style="border-left:0;"| [[Obwalden]] || [[Sarnen]]
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 * [[:Category:Swiss Districts|Arms of districts]]
-* Arms of municipalities :
+==Arms of municipalities==
 Select by first letter:
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 [[:Category:Swiss_Municipalities_U|U]] | [[:Category:Swiss_Municipalities_V|V]] |
 [[:Category:Swiss_Municipalities_W|W]] | [[:Category:Swiss_Municipalities_Y|Y]] | [[:Category:Swiss_Municipalities_Z|Z]] |
-Please see here for the municipalities on the old site:
-[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/c.htm C]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/d.htm D]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/e.htm E]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/f.htm F]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/g.htm G]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/i.htm I]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/k.htm K]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/l.htm L]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/m.htm M]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/n.htm N]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/o.htm O]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/p.htm P]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/q.htm Q]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/r.htm R]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/s.htm S]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/t.htm T]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/u.htm U]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/v.htm V]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/w.htm W]  |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/z.htm Z]  |
 ==Religious and Ecclesial heraldry==
-*[[Ecclesiastical heraldry of Switzerland]]
+* [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of Switzerland]]
 ==Heraldic collector's items==
-*[[Heraldic postcards Switzerland|Heraldic postcards]]
+* [[Heraldic postcards Switzerland|Heraldic postcards]]
-*[[Switzerland (stamps)|Heraldic stamps]] from Switzerland
+* [[Switzerland (stamps)|Heraldic stamps]] from Switzerland
-*[[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960
+* [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960
+==Other heraldry==
+* [[Swiss canton cartoons|A series of cartoons of the Swiss cantons]].
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