Territorial change of Switzerland (Swiss Confederation)

“Switzerland”(Swiss Confederation) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1294 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1552 – 1555, at ≈ 47 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 1294 – 1325	≈ 2,926 km²
AD 1326 – 1332	≈ 2,926 km²
AD 1333 – 1351	≈ 3,861 km²
AD 1352 – 1362	≈ 6,023 km²
AD 1363 – 1394	≈ 11 thousand km²
AD 1395 – 1401	≈ 12 thousand km²
AD 1402 – 1414	≈ 12 thousand km²
AD 1415 – 1439	≈ 13 thousand km²
AD 1440 – 1458	≈ 13 thousand km²
AD 1459 – 1462	≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 1463 – 1474	≈ 17 thousand km²
AD 1475 – 1481	≈ 18 thousand km²
AD 1482 – 1486	≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 1487 – 1491	≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 1492 – 1496	≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 1497 – 1501	≈ 23 thousand km²
AD 1502 – 1511	≈ 31 thousand km²
AD 1512 – 1515	≈ 40 thousand km²
AD 1516 – 1518	≈ 38 thousand km²
AD 1519 – 1525	≈ 38 thousand km²
AD 1526 – 1528	≈ 38 thousand km²
AD 1529 – 1539	≈ 40 thousand km²
AD 1540 – 1551	≈ 46 thousand km²
AD 1552 – 1555	≈ 47 thousand km²
AD 1556 – 1563	≈ 46 thousand km²
AD 1564 – 1571	≈ 46 thousand km²
AD 1572 – 1601	≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 1602 – 1631	≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 1632 – 1635	≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 1636 – 1672	≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 1673 – 1676	≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 1677 – 1690	≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 1691 – 1695	≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 1696 – 1733	≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 1734 – 1737	≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 1738 – 1747	≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 1748 – 1779	≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 1780 – 1791	≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 1792 – 1793	≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 1794 – 1796	≈ 43 thousand km²
AD 1797 – 1798	≈ 39 thousand km²
AD 1815 – 1847	≈ 40 thousand km²
AD 1848 – 1848	≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1849 – 1858	≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1859 – 1859	≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1860 – 1863	≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1864 – 1865	≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1866 – 1870	≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1871 – 1914	≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1915 – 1918	≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1919 – 1937	≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1938 – 1939	≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1940 – 1942	≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1943 – 1943	≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1944 – 1944	≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1945 – 1945	≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1946 – 1949	≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1950 – 2023	≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 2024 – 2024	≈ 41 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1552 – 1555 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame (first 150 frames shown, 201 in total).

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 1294	≈ 2,926 km²	131 of 145
AD 1305	≈ 2,926 km²	140 of 152
AD 1314	≈ 2,926 km²	138 of 151
AD 1326	≈ 2,926 km²	129 of 144
AD 1333	≈ 3,861 km²	128 of 145
AD 1344	≈ 3,861 km²	128 of 148
AD 1352	≈ 6,023 km²	116 of 139
AD 1356	≈ 6,023 km²	116 of 139
AD 1363	≈ 11 thousand km²	110 of 147
AD 1375	≈ 11 thousand km²	118 of 154
AD 1385	≈ 11 thousand km²	116 of 154
AD 1392	≈ 11 thousand km²	116 of 154
AD 1395	≈ 12 thousand km²	109 of 149
AD 1402	≈ 12 thousand km²	107 of 141
AD 1407	≈ 12 thousand km²	107 of 141
AD 1415	≈ 13 thousand km²	103 of 136
AD 1422	≈ 13 thousand km²	102 of 132
AD 1429	≈ 13 thousand km²	104 of 130
AD 1431	≈ 13 thousand km²	103 of 130
AD 1440	≈ 13 thousand km²	105 of 129
AD 1450	≈ 13 thousand km²	105 of 127
AD 1453	≈ 13 thousand km²	107 of 130
AD 1459	≈ 16 thousand km²	104 of 132
AD 1463	≈ 17 thousand km²	99 of 132
AD 1468	≈ 17 thousand km²	101 of 140
AD 1475	≈ 18 thousand km²	99 of 137
AD 1482	≈ 22 thousand km²	94 of 131
AD 1487	≈ 22 thousand km²	93 of 129
AD 1492	≈ 22 thousand km²	97 of 129
AD 1497	≈ 23 thousand km²	98 of 130
AD 1502	≈ 31 thousand km²	93 of 129
AD 1507	≈ 31 thousand km²	91 of 125
AD 1512	≈ 40 thousand km²	84 of 124
AD 1516	≈ 38 thousand km²	85 of 123
AD 1519	≈ 38 thousand km²	83 of 123
AD 1521	≈ 38 thousand km²	82 of 119
AD 1526	≈ 38 thousand km²	83 of 121
AD 1529	≈ 40 thousand km²	80 of 124
AD 1534	≈ 40 thousand km²	80 of 125
AD 1540	≈ 46 thousand km²	72 of 122
AD 1547	≈ 46 thousand km²	72 of 121
AD 1552	≈ 47 thousand km²	73 of 119
AD 1556	≈ 46 thousand km²	73 of 117
AD 1564	≈ 46 thousand km²	70 of 116
AD 1572	≈ 44 thousand km²	71 of 110
AD 1579	≈ 44 thousand km²	67 of 101
AD 1582	≈ 44 thousand km²	66 of 99
AD 1588	≈ 44 thousand km²	68 of 100
AD 1595	≈ 44 thousand km²	67 of 99
AD 1600	≈ 44 thousand km²	66 of 97
AD 1602	≈ 44 thousand km²	66 of 98
AD 1609	≈ 44 thousand km²	66 of 100
AD 1612	≈ 44 thousand km²	65 of 105
AD 1619	≈ 44 thousand km²	65 of 107
AD 1622	≈ 44 thousand km²	65 of 107
AD 1626	≈ 44 thousand km²	66 of 109
AD 1629	≈ 44 thousand km²	67 of 109
AD 1632	≈ 44 thousand km²	68 of 109
AD 1636	≈ 44 thousand km²	70 of 110
AD 1640	≈ 44 thousand km²	71 of 114
AD 1642	≈ 44 thousand km²	72 of 115
AD 1645	≈ 44 thousand km²	72 of 115
AD 1648	≈ 44 thousand km²	72 of 117
AD 1653	≈ 44 thousand km²	70 of 115
AD 1659	≈ 44 thousand km²	70 of 114
AD 1662	≈ 44 thousand km²	70 of 116
AD 1670	≈ 44 thousand km²	69 of 117
AD 1673	≈ 44 thousand km²	72 of 117
AD 1677	≈ 44 thousand km²	72 of 116
AD 1683	≈ 44 thousand km²	73 of 117
AD 1687	≈ 44 thousand km²	71 of 113
AD 1691	≈ 44 thousand km²	70 of 111
AD 1696	≈ 44 thousand km²	67 of 108
AD 1700	≈ 44 thousand km²	67 of 107
AD 1702	≈ 44 thousand km²	70 of 109
AD 1706	≈ 44 thousand km²	74 of 114
AD 1709	≈ 44 thousand km²	76 of 120
AD 1713	≈ 44 thousand km²	79 of 123
AD 1718	≈ 44 thousand km²	77 of 124
AD 1721	≈ 44 thousand km²	78 of 125
AD 1727	≈ 44 thousand km²	80 of 128
AD 1734	≈ 44 thousand km²	85 of 132
AD 1738	≈ 44 thousand km²	81 of 125
AD 1741	≈ 44 thousand km²	81 of 125
AD 1744	≈ 44 thousand km²	81 of 129
AD 1748	≈ 44 thousand km²	85 of 132
AD 1752	≈ 44 thousand km²	85 of 132
AD 1757	≈ 44 thousand km²	84 of 132
AD 1762	≈ 44 thousand km²	84 of 131
AD 1763	≈ 44 thousand km²	83 of 132
AD 1769	≈ 44 thousand km²	80 of 128
AD 1772	≈ 44 thousand km²	78 of 127
AD 1775	≈ 44 thousand km²	81 of 132
AD 1776	≈ 44 thousand km²	82 of 132
AD 1778	≈ 44 thousand km²	81 of 131
AD 1780	≈ 44 thousand km²	82 of 131
AD 1781	≈ 44 thousand km²	81 of 131
AD 1783	≈ 44 thousand km²	80 of 130
AD 1788	≈ 44 thousand km²	79 of 129
AD 1791	≈ 44 thousand km²	76 of 128
AD 1792	≈ 44 thousand km²	79 of 130
AD 1794	≈ 43 thousand km²	76 of 125
AD 1796	≈ 43 thousand km²	74 of 124
AD 1797	≈ 39 thousand km²	77 of 125
AD 1815	≈ 40 thousand km²	78 of 139
AD 1820	≈ 40 thousand km²	81 of 148
AD 1822	≈ 40 thousand km²	83 of 147
AD 1824	≈ 40 thousand km²	83 of 148
AD 1825	≈ 40 thousand km²	86 of 150
AD 1828	≈ 40 thousand km²	83 of 144
AD 1830	≈ 40 thousand km²	83 of 143
AD 1834	≈ 40 thousand km²	85 of 143
AD 1836	≈ 40 thousand km²	86 of 145
AD 1840	≈ 40 thousand km²	94 of 155
AD 1842	≈ 40 thousand km²	94 of 156
AD 1846	≈ 40 thousand km²	88 of 152
AD 1848	≈ 41 thousand km²	86 of 147
AD 1849	≈ 41 thousand km²	84 of 144
AD 1853	≈ 41 thousand km²	84 of 144
AD 1856	≈ 41 thousand km²	87 of 149
AD 1857	≈ 41 thousand km²	87 of 150
AD 1859	≈ 41 thousand km²	87 of 146
AD 1860	≈ 41 thousand km²	87 of 142
AD 1861	≈ 41 thousand km²	85 of 140
AD 1862	≈ 41 thousand km²	84 of 138
AD 1863	≈ 41 thousand km²	84 of 139
AD 1864	≈ 41 thousand km²	85 of 139
AD 1865	≈ 41 thousand km²	84 of 139
AD 1866	≈ 41 thousand km²	84 of 133
AD 1868	≈ 41 thousand km²	83 of 134
AD 1870	≈ 41 thousand km²	81 of 132
AD 1871	≈ 41 thousand km²	80 of 113
AD 1873	≈ 41 thousand km²	76 of 108
AD 1877	≈ 41 thousand km²	73 of 104
AD 1880	≈ 41 thousand km²	75 of 104
AD 1884	≈ 41 thousand km²	76 of 105
AD 1885	≈ 41 thousand km²	74 of 101
AD 1890	≈ 41 thousand km²	75 of 99
AD 1895	≈ 41 thousand km²	69 of 90
AD 1898	≈ 41 thousand km²	68 of 87
AD 1900	≈ 41 thousand km²	63 of 84
AD 1905	≈ 41 thousand km²	67 of 83
AD 1908	≈ 41 thousand km²	66 of 79
AD 1911	≈ 41 thousand km²	64 of 76
AD 1912	≈ 41 thousand km²	65 of 77
AD 1913	≈ 41 thousand km²	64 of 78
AD 1914	≈ 41 thousand km²	62 of 76
AD 1915	≈ 41 thousand km²	62 of 75
AD 1916	≈ 41 thousand km²	61 of 71
AD 1917	≈ 41 thousand km²	61 of 71

Its highest rank was in AD 1916: number 71 of 61.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Kingdom of France — 162 frames
Holy Roman Empire — 104 frames
Kingdom of Italy — 76 frames
Habsburg monarchy — 73 frames
Republic of Venice — 71 frames
German Empire — 65 frames
Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861) — 45 frames
Kingdom of Prussia — 40 frames
House of Savoy — 36 frames
House of Habsburg — 33 frames
Second Republic of Austria — 31 frames
Kingdom of Bavaria — 27 frames
Kingdom of Württemberg — 27 frames
Crown of Castile — 26 frames
County of Savoy — 26 frames
Grand Duchy of Baden — 26 frames
Austrian Empire — 25 frames
Liechtenstein — 25 frames
Austria-Hungary — 22 frames
Duchy of Burgundy — 14 frames

Wikipedia summary

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located at the intersection of Central, Western, and Southern Europe. It is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Austria and Liechtenstein to the east, and Italy to the south.

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