Official Name: | Central Switzerland |
Native Name: | Zentralschweiz |
Settlement Type: | Region |
Area Total Km2: | 4483.3 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Population Total: | 718400 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | NUTS code |
Blank Info Sec1: | CH06 |
Blank Name Sec2: | HDI (2018) |
Blank Info Sec2: | 0.939[3] · 5th |
Central Switzerland is the region of the Alpine Foothills geographically the heart and historically the origin of Switzerland, with the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Lucerne and Zug.
Central Switzerland is one of the NUTS 2 statistical regions. As such it includes the cantons of Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Zug.