NUTS-3 CH053 · Switzerland
Population
56,7052025
GDP
€3,877M2022
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
245.7 km²
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CH053
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
61.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
75.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
82.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
79.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
71.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
56.4
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€68,377
Population density
231 /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)
€3,642M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€39M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,257M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€627M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€290M
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
13
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
243 /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)
192,663
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.
482
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
850
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)
35,479
Population aged 65+
12,302
Population aged under 15
8,924
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.7%
Crude rate of total population change
3.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
Crude death rate
9.5 /1k
Live births
482
Deaths
535
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
Population density (persons per km²)
233 /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
5.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
320 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
890 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
34 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
845 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
96 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
22 days/yr