Northwestern Switzerland

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Northwestern Switzerland
Nordwestschweiz
Region
Karte Nordwestschweiz 2013.2.png
Country Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Area
[1]
  Total1,958.2 km2 (756.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2007) [2]
  Total1,031,400
  Density530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
NUTS codeCH03
HDI (2018)0.940 [3]
very high · 4th

Northwestern Switzerland (German : Nordwestschweiz, French : Suisse du Nord-Ouest, Italian : Svizzera nordoccidentale), as defined by the Federal Statistical Office for statistical purposes, is a NUTS-2 region of Switzerland. As it encompasses the entire cantons of Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, and Aargau, it does not cover the same area as the traditional region of the same name (Nordwestschweiz in German), which also includes Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft, but also certain northern parts of the canton of Solothurn and only parts of the canton of Aargau.

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References

  1. "Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions - km2".
  2. "Total average population, by NUTS 2 regions - (1 000 inhabitants)".
  3. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

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