Panorama des communautés religieuses en Suisse
July 2011 saw the publication of the final report arising from the survey conducted under National Research Programme 58 : "Religions, the State and Society", which provides an overview of religious communities in Switzerland (their characteristics, activities and development) : Jörg Stolz, Mark Chaves, Christophe Monnot, Laurent Amiotte-Suchet, Die religiösen Gemeinschaften in der Schweiz : Eingenschaften, Aktivitäten, Entwicklung, Université de Lausanne, ISSRC, 2011.
This report provides the following figures :
| Religion | Figure | % |
|---|---|---|
| Roman Catholics | 1750 | 30.5 % |
| Free Evangelical Churches | 1423 | 24.8% |
| Reformed | 1094 | 19.1 % |
| Other Christian groups | 399 | 7.0 % |
| Muslims | 315 | 5.5 % |
| Hindus | 189 | 3.3 % |
| Buddhists | 142 | 2.5 % |
| Orthodoxs | 58 | 1.0 % |
| Catholics | 35 | 0.6 % |
| Jews | 33 | 0.6 % |
| Other religious groups | 296 | 5.2 % |
| Total | 5734 | 100.0 % |
Further information : Xavier Pilloud, Célia Francillon, La religiosité des chrétiens en Suisse et l’importance des Eglises dans la société actuelle, Report of the PNR 58, 2011.
8 octobre 2012
