A quick look at the 101 big villages you can be asked to find on the map, before you play.
GuessTheDot is a free geography guessing game: you get a place name and a map full of dots, then click the one you think is right.
Villages with enough people that locals would call them a proper town, but small enough that they rarely make the news. Ranked play starts here, since cities are too easy to be a real test.
In Switzerland this set is spread across 23 different cantons, with Zurich home to the most of them (23).
Place kinds on GuessTheDot are a practical grouping by population and place type for gameplay, not a legal or historical designation. A place can hold official city rights (or an old city charter) and still show up here as a village if it stayed small, and the other way around: this is a rough size ladder for guessing, not a statement about a place's official status.
Sorted by population, biggest first.
| Place | Population | canton |
|---|---|---|
| Uster | 34,715 | Zurich |
| Vernier | 30,086 | Geneva |
| Frauenfeld | 25,607 | Thurgau |
| Kriens | 25,010 | Lucerne |
| Wetzikon | 24,764 | Zurich |
| Horgen | 22,662 | Zurich |
| Opfikon | 21,554 | Zurich |
| Renens | 20,927 | Vaud |
| Dietikon | 20,893 | Zurich |
| Baar | 20,546 | Zug |
| Bülach | 20,443 | Zurich |
| Riehen | 20,000 | Basel-City |
| Vevey | 19,891 | Vaud |
| Dübendorf | 19,882 | Zurich |
| Meyrin | 19,772 | Geneva |
| Carouge | 19,344 | Geneva |
| Reinach | 19,216 | Basel-Landschaft |
| Allschwil | 18,189 | Basel-Landschaft |
| Onex | 17,302 | Geneva |
| Gossau | 17,043 | Saint Gallen |
| Muttenz | 16,927 | Basel-Landschaft |
| Cham | 16,719 | Zug |
| Burgdorf | 16,420 | Bern |
| Kloten | 16,289 | Zurich |
| Pully | 16,263 | Vaud |
| Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) | 16,182 | Zurich |
| Littau | 16,121 | Lucerne |
| Grenchen | 15,927 | Solothurn |
| Herisau | 15,744 | Appenzell Ausserrhoden |
| Morges | 15,705 | Vaud |
| Seen (Kreis 3) | 15,434 | Zurich |
| Adliswil | 15,230 | Zurich |
| Mendrisio | 14,942 | Ticino |
| Pratteln | 14,877 | Basel-Landschaft |
| Arbon | 14,631 | Thurgau |
| Meilen | 14,207 | Zurich |
| Binningen | 14,130 | Basel-Landschaft |
| Wohlen | 13,875 | Aargau |
| Thalwil | 13,296 | Zurich |
| Wädenswil | 13,269 | Zurich |
| Küssnacht | 13,084 | Schwyz |
| Thônex | 13,057 | Geneva |
| Muri | 13,054 | Bern |
| Uzwil | 12,885 | Saint Gallen |
| Liestal | 12,832 | Basel-Landschaft |
| Schlieren | 12,695 | Zurich |
| Delémont | 12,682 | Jura |
| Wülflingen (Kreis 6) | 12,598 | Zurich |
| Spiez | 12,594 | Bern |
| Glarus | 12,425 | Glarus |
| Horw | 12,348 | Lucerne |
| Affoltern am Albis | 12,226 | Zurich |
| Pfäffikon | 11,931 | Zurich |
| Spreitenbach | 11,875 | Aargau |
| Wallisellen | 11,705 | Zurich |
| Zofingen | 11,655 | Aargau |
| Münchenstein | 11,644 | Basel-Landschaft |
| Ittigen | 11,546 | Bern |
| Küsnacht | 11,525 | Zurich |
| Ebikon | 11,471 | Lucerne |
| Versoix | 11,467 | Geneva |
| Amriswil | 11,351 | Thurgau |
| Brugg | 11,177 | Aargau |
| Hinwil | 11,135 | Zurich |
| Worb | 11,053 | Bern |
| Lyss | 10,937 | Bern |
| Münsingen | 10,928 | Bern |
| Davos | 10,898 | Grisons |
| Rheinfelden | 10,733 | Aargau |
| Gland | 10,641 | Vaud |
| Altstätten | 10,574 | Saint Gallen |
| Lenzburg | 10,569 | Aargau |
| Plan-les-Ouates | 10,540 | Geneva |
| Prilly | 10,524 | Vaud |
| La Tour-de-Peilz | 10,522 | Vaud |
| Chêne-Bougeries | 10,487 | Geneva |
| Rotkreuz | 10,439 | Zug |
| Buchs | 10,418 | Saint Gallen |
| Oftringen | 10,390 | Aargau |
| Sarnen | 10,368 | Obwalden |
| Ecublens | 10,262 | Vaud |
| Birsfelden | 10,232 | Basel-Landschaft |
| Crans-Montana | 10,218 | Valais |
| Le Locle | 10,216 | Neuchâtel |
| Richterswil | 10,189 | Zurich |
| Oberwil | 10,187 | Basel-Landschaft |
| Aesch | 10,138 | Basel-Landschaft |
| Aigle | 10,134 | Vaud |
| Villars-sur-Glâne | 10,021 | Fribourg |
| Neuhausen | 10,019 | Schaffhausen |
| Sursee | 9,953 | Lucerne |
| Payerne | 9,943 | Vaud |
| Arth | 9,850 | Schwyz |
| Münchenbuchsee | 9,801 | Bern |
| Veyrier | 9,800 | Geneva |
| Le Grand-Saconnex | 9,781 | Geneva |
| Bernex | 9,759 | Geneva |
| Flawil | 9,739 | Saint Gallen |
| Therwil | 9,595 | Basel-Landschaft |
| Rüti | 9,576 | Zurich |
| Weinfelden | 9,414 | Thurgau |
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