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City profile · Switzerland · Europe

Cham

Zug · Switzerland
City population
16,719
#59
in Switzerland
#3
in Zug
#29,086
worldwide
BernCham
47.182, 8.464 · 81 km from Bern
City population
16,719
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Switzerland
#59
of 73 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#29,086
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Switzerland
0.2%
of the national population

About Cham

Cham is a city in Zug, Switzerland with a population of 16,719. It is the 59th largest of the 73 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Switzerland, and the 29,086th largest worldwide. It lies 81 km from Bern.

Position in Switzerland
#59of 73
LargestSmallest
Position in Zug
#3of 3
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Switzerland
Region
Zug
Rank in region
#3of 3
Distance to capital
81 km
to Bern
Elevation
420 m
Time zone
Europe/Zurich
Coordinates
47.182, 8.464
Record updated
2022-10-21
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.

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