Swiss districts

Contrary in organized States in a centralist way, in Suisse the federalist is completely free in his internal organization. This is why, each canton (or in demicanton in the old canton of Basle) is free in its structural organization and designation for the level between the districts (sometimes grouped in areas in the Canton of Neuchâtel, or subdivided in half-districts in the Canton of Were worth) and the common.

Name

The principal cantons are subdivided in several districts (in German of Bezirke , in Italian it distretti ).

In German, they can however take various designations: they are offices ( of Ämter ) in the Canton of Lucerne or the offices of district ( of Amtsbezirke ) in the Canton of Bern.

The districts are used in theory only for the administration of the courts (a court by district). In the cantons of the Grison , the districts have in their own tax and political sovereignty.

Renunciation of districts in ten cantons

Ten of the 26 cantons are not subdivided in districts: they are the cantons of Uri, of Obwald, Nidwald, Appenzell Rhodos-External, Glaris, Zoug, Basle-City and Geneva for historical and practical reasons (they all are of the cantons of small surface). The Canton of Schaffhouse in 1999 and Saint-Gall in 2002 also gave up the system of district.

List Swiss districts by canton

Zurich

The Canton of Zurich is composed of 12 districts: See also: Common of the canton of Zurich

Bern

The Canton of Bern is made up of twenty-six districts (offices of district or Amtbezirk ): See also: Common of the canton of Bern

Lucerne

The Canton of Lucerne is divided into 5 districts (offices or Ämter ): See also: Common of the canton of Lucerne

Uri

The Canton of Uri is not divided into districts.
See also: Common of the canton of Uri

Schwytz

The Canton of Schwytz is divided into six districts.
See also: Common of the canton of Schwytz

Obwald

The Canton of Obwald is not divided into districts.
See also: Common of the canton of Obwald

Nidwald

The Canton of Nidwald is not divided into districts.
See also: Common of the canton of Nidwald

Glaris

The Canton of Glaris is not divided into districts.
See also: Common of the canton of Glaris

Zoug

The Canton of Zoug is not divided into districts.
See also: Common of the canton of Zoug

Freiburg

The Canton of Freiburg is composed of seven districts: See also: Common of the canton of Freiburg

Soleure

The Canton of Soleure is composed of ten districts: See also: Common of the canton of Soleure

Basle-city

The Canton of Basle-City is not divided into districts.
See also: Common of the canton of Basle-City

Basle-countryside

The Canton of Basle-Countryside is divided into five districts: See also: Common of the canton of Basle-Countryside

Schaffhouse

The Canton of Schaffhouse is not divided any more into districts. It was until in 1999 composed of six districts. ( Oberklettgau , Reiat , Schaffhouse , Schleitheim , Stein , Unterklettgau ).

See also: Common of the canton of Schaffhouse

Appenzell Rhodos-External

The Canton of Appenzell Rhodos-External is not divided any more into districts. It was until in 1995 composed of three districts ( Hinterland , Mittelland and Rede ).

See also: Common of the canton of Appenzell Rhodos-External

Appenzell Rhodos-Interior

The Canton of Appenzell Rhodos-Interior is composed in six districts, which correspond to the six communes:
  • District of Appenzell
  • District of Gonten
  • District of Oberegg
  • District of Rüte
  • District of Schlatt-Haslen
  • District of Schwende
See also: Districts of the canton of Appenzell Rhodos-Interior

Saint-Gall

The Canton of Saint-Gall is not divided any more into districts. It was until in 2002 composed of 14 districts and were replaced by communal circles (Circonscriptions, German Wahlkreis in ) which are the following:
  • communal Circle of Rheintal
  • communal Circle of Rorschach
  • communal Circle of Saint-Gall
  • communal Circle of Sarganserland
  • communal Circle of See-Gaster
  • communal Circle of Toggenburg
  • communal Circle of Werdenberg
  • communal Circle of Wil
See also: Common of the canton of Saint-Gall

Grisons

The Canton of the Grisons is divided into eleven districts (sovereign fiscally and politically): See also: Common of the canton of the Grisons

Argovie

The Canton of Argovie is composed of eleven districts: See also: Common of the canton of Argovie

Thurgovie

The Canton of Thurgovie is divided into eight districts: See also: Common of the canton of Thurgovie

Tessin

The Canton of Tessin is divided into eight districts (or distretti ): See also: Common of the canton of Tessin

Vaud

The Canton of Vaud is composed of nineteen districts: See also: Common of the canton of Vaud

Were worth

The Canton of Were worth is divided into fourteen districts and half-districts, heirs to old the Dizain S: See also: Communes of the canton of Were worth

Neuchâtel

The Canton of Neuchâtel is divided into six districts which form the four areas of the canton: See also: Common of the canton of Neuchâtel

Geneva

The Canton of Geneva is not divided into districts.
See also: Common of the canton of Geneva

The Jura

The Canton of the Jura is divided into three districts: See also: Common of the canton of the Jura

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