Canton · SZ

Schwyz

30 municipalities in 6 districts.

residents, 2025: 170’072
km² of land: 851
residents per km²: 200

Building insurance: Private insurers cover buildings here, and cover is compulsory.The natural-hazard part is the same at every insurer: CHF 0.31 per CHF 1’000 (FINMA, since 2023). The fire part is each insurer’s own price; none is published.SRSZ 531.110 § 1 para. 1, read 12.10.2026; FINMA-Verfügung vom 25. Januar 2022, BBl 2022 264, read 12.10.2026


Freienbach	Höfe	17’100	13.80	1’239
Schwyz	Schwyz	16’735	53.18	315
Einsiedeln	Einsiedeln	16’667	98.93	168
Küssnacht (SZ)	Küssnacht (SZ)	14’185	29.38	483
Arth	Schwyz	12’616	42.02	300
Schübelbach	March	9’919	29.01	342
Ingenbohl	Schwyz	9’599	13.40	716
Lachen	March	9’448	2.44	3’872
Wollerau	Höfe	7’631	6.31	1’209
Altendorf	March	7’539	20.41	369
Feusisberg	Höfe	5’588	17.50	319
Wangen (SZ)	March	5’574	8.46	659
Galgenen	March	5’506	13.27	415
Reichenburg	March	4’142	11.55	359
Steinen	Schwyz	3’762	11.85	317
Muotathal	Schwyz	3’604	172.14	21
Tuggen	March	3’491	13.51	258
Rothenthurm	Schwyz	2’604	22.75	114
Unteriberg	Schwyz	2’524	46.43	54
Gersau	Gersau	2’505	14.35	175
Sattel	Schwyz	2’097	17.39	121
Morschach	Schwyz	1’402	20.84	67
Lauerz	Schwyz	1’165	9.18	127
Vorderthal	March	1’032	27.97	37
Steinerberg	Schwyz	954	6.92	138
Oberiberg	Schwyz	941	33.17	28
Illgau	Schwyz	819	10.96	75
Alpthal	Schwyz	641	22.88	28
Innerthal	March	194	50.14	4
Riemenstalden	Schwyz	88	11.20	8

Sources: population and foreign residents on 31.12.2025 and private households 2025, Federal Statistical Office (STATPOP), on today’s municipal boundaries; municipalities, districts and land area without lakes, swisstopo swissTLMRegio; postcodes, swisstopo’s official locality register. Updated each September.