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Share of foreign nationals: ranking of municipalities

Share of foreign nationals: Täsch comes top with 64.0% and Unterschächen comes last with 1.2%. The median across 1,811 municipalities is 18.9%. The ranking covers municipalities with at least 500 residents.

Podium and top 100

1Täsch64.0%2Paradiso60.8%3Kreuzlingen57.2%

#	Municipality	Canton	Share of foreign nationals
1	Täsch	Valais	64.0%
2	Paradiso	Ticino	60.8%
3	Kreuzlingen	Thurgau	57.2%
4	Chavannes-près-Renens	Vaud	57.1%
5	Neuenhof	Aargau	53.0%
6	St. Margrethen	St. Gallen	52.6%
7	Rorschach	St. Gallen	52.5%
8	Spreitenbach	Aargau	52.0%
9	Renens (VD)	Vaud	50.8%
10	Pregny-Chambésy	Geneva	50.6%
11	Leysin	Vaud	50.6%
12	Geneva	Geneva	50.6%
13	Dietikon	Zürich	48.9%
14	Chippis	Valais	48.6%
15	Koblenz	Aargau	48.3%
16	Ecublens (VD)	Vaud	48.1%
17	Zermatt	Valais	47.9%
18	Bissone	Ticino	47.1%
19	Massagno	Ticino	46.6%
20	Schlieren	Zürich	46.4%
21	Dulliken	Solothurn	46.3%
22	Birr	Aargau	46.3%
22	Chiasso	Ticino	46.3%
24	Opfikon	Zürich	46.3%
24	Meyrin	Geneva	46.3%
26	Neuhausen am Rheinfall	Schaffhausen	46.2%
27	Montreux	Vaud	46.0%
28	Moudon	Vaud	46.0%
29	Aarburg	Aargau	45.8%
30	Vernier	Geneva	45.8%
31	Saint-Sulpice (VD)	Vaud	45.7%
32	Reinach (AG)	Aargau	45.4%
33	Buchs (SG)	St. Gallen	45.4%
34	Payerne	Vaud	45.2%
35	Prilly	Vaud	45.2%
36	Stein (AG)	Aargau	45.1%
37	Zuchwil	Solothurn	45.0%
38	St. Moritz	Grisons	44.8%
39	Romont (FR)	Fribourg	44.7%
39	Trimbach	Solothurn	44.7%
41	Döttingen	Aargau	44.7%
42	Le Grand-Saconnex	Geneva	44.5%
43	Bulle	Fribourg	44.3%
44	Crissier	Vaud	44.2%
45	Versoix	Geneva	44.0%
46	Böttstein	Aargau	43.8%
47	Leibstadt	Aargau	43.8%
48	Wohlen (AG)	Aargau	43.5%
49	Aigle	Vaud	43.5%
50	Cadenazzo	Ticino	43.4%
51	Lausanne	Vaud	42.9%
52	Givisiez	Fribourg	42.9%
53	Villeneuve (VD)	Vaud	42.7%
54	Pratteln	Basel-Landschaft	42.6%
55	Gerlafingen	Solothurn	42.3%
56	Morcote	Ticino	42.1%
57	Menziken	Aargau	41.9%
58	Lucens	Vaud	41.5%
59	Chêne-Bourg	Geneva	41.5%
60	Rolle	Vaud	41.3%
61	Dottikon	Aargau	41.2%
62	Münsterlingen	Thurgau	41.1%
63	Nyon	Vaud	41.1%
64	Veytaux	Vaud	40.9%
65	Avenches	Vaud	40.9%
66	Grenchen	Solothurn	40.9%
66	Lugano	Ticino	40.9%
66	Bussigny	Vaud	40.9%
69	Sevelen	St. Gallen	40.9%
70	Rickenbach (TG)	Thurgau	40.6%
71	Adliswil	Zürich	40.6%
72	Höri	Zürich	40.5%
73	Basel	Basel-Stadt	40.5%
74	Oensingen	Solothurn	40.4%
75	Fribourg	Fribourg	40.3%
76	Tägerwilen	Thurgau	40.2%
77	Oftringen	Aargau	40.1%
78	Leukerbad	Valais	40.0%
79	Schönenwerd	Solothurn	39.8%
80	Diessenhofen	Thurgau	39.6%
81	Founex	Vaud	39.6%
82	Yverdon-les-Bains	Vaud	39.5%
83	Vevey	Vaud	39.5%
84	Oberglatt	Zürich	39.4%
85	Bellevue	Geneva	39.3%
86	Emmen	Lucerne	39.1%
87	Au (SG)	St. Gallen	39.0%
88	Courtepin	Fribourg	38.7%
89	Chavannes-de-Bogis	Vaud	38.7%
90	Bottighofen	Thurgau	38.6%
91	Giornico	Ticino	38.6%
92	Kloten	Zürich	38.5%
93	Interlaken	Bern	38.4%
94	Saxon	Valais	38.3%
95	Melide	Ticino	38.1%
96	Crans-Montana	Valais	38.0%
97	Buchs (AG)	Aargau	37.9%
98	Egerkingen	Solothurn	37.9%
99	Dübendorf	Zürich	37.9%
100	Thônex	Geneva	37.8%

Bottom of the ranking

#	Municipality	Canton	Share of foreign nationals
1797	Schangnau	Bern	2.9%
1798	Bowil	Bern	2.9%
1799	Niederhünigen	Bern	2.8%
1800	Arni (BE)	Bern	2.8%
1801	Trachselwald	Bern	2.7%
1802	Gurzelen	Bern	2.6%
1803	Zuzwil (BE)	Bern	2.5%
1804	Mirchel	Bern	2.5%
1805	Spiringen	Uri	2.4%
1806	Landiswil	Bern	2.4%
1807	Eggiwil	Bern	2.3%
1808	Unterlangenegg	Bern	2.1%
1809	Forst-Längenbühl	Bern	1.8%
1810	Oberthal	Bern	1.7%
1811	Unterschächen	Uri	1.2%

Regions compared

Population-weighted averages for rates; totals for counts.

Geneva41.9%
Basel-Stadt39.2%
Vaud34.3%
Zug30.6%
Ticino29.8%
Schaffhausen29.5%
Zürich29.2%
Aargau28.1%
Thurgau27.9%
Neuchâtel27.3%
St. Gallen27.2%
Glarus26.9%
Valais26.5%
Basel-Landschaft25.9%
Solothurn25.9%
Fribourg25.8%
Schwyz24.3%
Lucerne21.9%
Grisons21.2%
Bern18.6%
Appenzell Ausserrhoden18.2%
Nidwalden18.1%
Obwalden17.4%
Jura16.5%
Uri15.8%
Appenzell Innerrhoden13.0%

Share of foreign nationals: ranking of municipalities

Podium and top 100

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