NUTS-3 CH052 · Switzerland
Population
88,6672025
GDP
€8,806M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
295.1 km²
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CH052
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
71.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
80.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
77.4
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
71.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
71.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
63.4
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€99,319
Population density
300 /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)
€8,272M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€59M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,066M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,447M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€449M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
25
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
319 /M
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
24.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
100.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
162,525
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
589 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
347
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
391
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
29
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
56,339
Population aged 65+
19,670
Population aged under 15
12,658
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.9%
Crude rate of total population change
17.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
19.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
Live births
694
Deaths
804
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
Population density (persons per km²)
297 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.9 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
489 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
861 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
192 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
437 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,217 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
34 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
664 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
97 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr