1290

SWITZERLAND

Area '.

Population

Pop.

Canton

per square

aq. miles

Dec. 1, 1900 1 Dec. 1,1910

mile, 1910

Zurich (Zurich) (1351)

G66

431,036

500,679

751-7

BerD (Berne) (1353) .

2,657

589,433

642,744

241-9

Luzern (Lucerne) (1332) .

579

146.159

166,782

288-0

Uri(1291) ....

415

19,700

22.055

53-1

Schwyz (1291) ....

351

55,385

58,347

166-2

Obwalden (Unterwalden-le-

Haut)(1291)

183

15,260

17,118

93-5

Nidwalden (Unterwalden-le-

Bas) (1291) ....

112

13,070

13,796

123-1

Glarus (Glaris) (1352)

267

32,349

33,211

124-3

Zug (Zoug) (1352) .

92

25,093

28,013

304-5

Fribourg (Freiburg) (1481)

644

127,951

139,200

216-1

Solothurn (Soleure) (1481)

302

100,762

116,728

386-5

Basel-Stadt (Bale-V.) (1501) .

14

112,227

135,546

9,681-9

Basel-Land (Bale-C.) (1501)

163

68,497

76,241

467-7

SchaflFhausen (Schaffliouse) (1501)

114

41,514

45,943

403-0

Appenzell A.-Rh. (Ext.) (1513)

101

55,281

57,723

572-0.

AppenzellL-Rh. (Int.) (1513) .

61

13,499

14,631

239-8

St. Gallen (St. Gall) (1803)

779

250,285

301,141

385-0

Graubiinden (Grisons) (1803) .

2,773

104,520

118,262

42-6

Aargau (Argovie) (1803) .

542

206,498

229,850

424-0

Thurgau (Thurgovie) (1803) .

381

113,221

134,055

351-8

Ticino (Tessin) (1803)

1 1,088

138,638

158,556

145-7

Vaud (Waadt) (1803)

1,244

281,379

315,428

253-5

Valais (Wallis) (1815)

2,027

114,438

129,579

63-9

Neuchatel (Neuenburg) (1815) .

312

1

126,279

132,184

423-6

Geneve (Genf) (1815)

108

132,609 3,315,443

154,159 3,741,971

1,427-3

Total

15,976

!

234-8

The German language is spoken by the majority of inhabitants in 15 of the 22 cantons, the French in five, the Italian in one (Ticino), and the Roumansch and Italian together in one (Graubiinden). In 1910, 2,599,154 spoke German, 796,244 French, 301,325 Italian, and 39,834 Roumansch. The number of foreigners resident in Switzerland in 1910 was 565,296.

The following statistics show the preliminary results of the Swiss Federal census of 1911 regarding Swiss factory enterprises : —

Employees

Trades Factories

326

Male

Female

Total

Cotton trades

11,617

17,932

29,549

Silk industry .

215

7,735

23,802

31,537

Woollen industry ,

67

2,190

3,135

5,325

Linen industry

24

440

567

1,007

Embroidery

866

11,787

16,822

28,609

Other textile trades

112

1,517

2,633

4,15»

Clothing and outfitting .

660

8,789

16,061

24,850

Provisions and alimentary tra

des ,

694

13,440

12,604

26,044