Some figures

Some figures

Total length                                                 1935 km 

  • of which, with       France                       585 km
  •                               Italy                            782 km
  •                               Austria                       180 km
  •                               Liechtenstein              41 km
  •                               Germany                    347 km


Figures taken from http://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/knowledge-facts/sovereign-border/national-boundary.html
which gives other interesting information.


Another source gives 1852, 573, 740, 164, 41 et 334 km respectively:
(http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fronti%C3%A8res_de_la_Suisse).


The difference may be partially explained by the absence of officially defined frontiers on Lake Constance
(cf. http://www.euregio-bodensee.ch/die-anrainerstaaten.html ).


According to the type of frontier

  • Mountains and alpine areas
    746 km
  • Water: lakes, rivers,streams
    472 km
  • Other terrain and urban areas
    717 km


According to the canton * (in km)

  • BS      Bâle-Ville                22
  • BL       Bâle-Campagne     33
  • SO       Soleure                  20
  • JU       Jura                     120
  • NE       Neuchâtel              62
  • VD       Vaud                     146
  • GE       Genève                 103
  • VS        Valais                  313
  • TI         Tessin                  211
  • GR       Grisons                 466
  • SG       Saint-Gall               73
  • TG       Thurgovie                63
  • SH       Schaffhouse         152
  • ZH       Zurich                      42
  • AG       Argovie                    73


* Some cantons have no official English names, so we have maintained the French names for all of them

Special points

  • The highest point Grenzgipfel 4618 m (Valais)
  • The lowest point Lac Majeur 193 m (Tessin)
  • The point furthest:
    north
    Schwarzenstein, 821 m, near Bargen (Schaffhouse)
    south
    Boundary stone 75B, ca 490 m, 2 km south of Chiasso (Tessin)
    east
    Piz Chavalatsch, 2762 m, Val Müstair (Grisons)
    west
    Boundary stone 1.5, ca 335 m, on the Rhone, 2 km south-west of Chancy (Genève)