Do all 26 cantons get a name?

Yes, on every paper. On A3 all of them fit inside their cantons; on A4 Basel-Stadt and Appenzell Ausserrhoden are named beside the map on short lines, and on US Letter Appenzell Innerrhoden too.

Where does the map come from?

From Natural Earth, a free public-domain map dataset that shows borders as they are in practice. It is a map to learn and colour, not to measure distances.

Which capitals are marked?

Tick “Mark the capitals” for a dot at each of the 26 capitals, Bern with a ring. With the names on, the 14 that differ from their canton are written: Aarau, Herisau, Appenzell, Liestal, Basel, Chur, Delémont, Stans, Sarnen, Frauenfeld, Bellinzona, Altdorf, Lausanne and Sion. The other 12 share their canton’s name.

Are the canton names in English?

Where English has a name of its own — Geneva, Lucerne, Grisons — yes; the others are as written in Switzerland: Zürich, Neuchâtel, Valais, Ticino. Open this page in German, French or Italian for the names in those languages.

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No. The PDF is made in your browser.

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The 26 Swiss cantons on A4: a blank quiz sheet and its named key

A Grade 5 class at an international school in Zurich learns the cantons. The teacher prints the blank map for the pupils and the same map with the names as the key. Switzerland is drawn landscape (297 × 210 mm on A4), the neighbours in grey.

Quiz sheet: style “Blank, with the borders”, A4 — the 26 cantons outlined and nothing written in them.
Key: the same with “With the names”. All 26 names fit on A4; Basel-Stadt and Appenzell Ausserrhoden sit beside the map on short leader lines.
On US Letter Appenzell Innerrhoden gets a leader line too; on A3 every name fits inside its canton.
Tick “Mark the capitals” for 26 dots, Bern ringed. With the names on, the 14 capitals named unlike their canton are written; Zürich, Geneva, Lucerne and nine more stay dots.

Canton	Capital	Canton	Capital
Aargau	Aarau	Nidwalden	Stans
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Herisau	Obwalden	Sarnen
Appenzell Innerrhoden	Appenzell	St. Gallen	St. Gallen
Basel-Landschaft	Liestal	Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen
Basel-Stadt	Basel	Schwyz	Schwyz
Bern	Bern	Solothurn	Solothurn
Fribourg	Fribourg	Thurgau	Frauenfeld
Geneva	Geneva	Ticino	Bellinzona
Glarus	Glarus	Uri	Altdorf
Grisons	Chur	Valais	Sion
Jura	Delémont	Vaud	Lausanne
Lucerne	Lucerne	Zug	Zug
Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Zürich	Zürich

Two A4 sheets from one page: the blank map with 26 cantons to fill in, and the key with every name. The smallest — Basel-Stadt, Zug and the two Appenzells — are the ones to look for first when checking.

How it works

Pick a style: blank with the borders for a quiz, the outline only for drawing, or with the names.
Tick “Mark the capitals” to add a dot for each capital, and choose the paper.
Press Make PDF and print; the lines are vector, so they stay sharp at any size.

Frequently asked questions

Do all 26 cantons get a name?: Yes, on every paper. On A3 all of them fit inside their cantons; on A4 Basel-Stadt and Appenzell Ausserrhoden are named beside the map on short lines, and on US Letter Appenzell Innerrhoden too.
Where does the map come from?: From Natural Earth, a free public-domain map dataset that shows borders as they are in practice. It is a map to learn and colour, not to measure distances.
Which capitals are marked?: Tick “Mark the capitals” for a dot at each of the 26 capitals, Bern with a ring. With the names on, the 14 that differ from their canton are written: Aarau, Herisau, Appenzell, Liestal, Basel, Chur, Delémont, Stans, Sarnen, Frauenfeld, Bellinzona, Altdorf, Lausanne and Sion. The other 12 share their canton’s name.
Are the canton names in English?: Where English has a name of its own — Geneva, Lucerne, Grisons — yes; the others are as written in Switzerland: Zürich, Neuchâtel, Valais, Ticino. Open this page in German, French or Italian for the names in those languages.
Is anything uploaded?: No. The PDF is made in your browser.