NUTS-3 CH023 · Switzerland
Population
289,7922025
GDP
€21,622M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
793 km²
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CH023
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
72.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
80.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
73.4
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
67.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
50.0
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€74,612
Population density
365 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
All indicators · 50 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€20,310M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€86M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,881M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€4,913M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,331M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
85.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.5%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
59
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
230 /M
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
550,588
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
556 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,242
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
429
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
40
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
185,842
Population aged 65+
61,566
Population aged under 15
42,384
Median age of population
44.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.1%
Crude rate of total population change
10.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
Live births
2,406
Deaths
2,629
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
Population density (persons per km²)
367 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.8 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
403 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
825 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
193 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
849 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,596 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
487 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
84 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr