Largest lakes & reservoirs in Switzerland by acres
There is no widely-accepted minimum surface area that defines a lake. What LakeLubbers describes as a lake, you might call a pond. Acreage of a lake (or sometimes square kilometers) is most often measured at the top surface area when the lake is at normal elevation. The surface area can be considerably smaller or larger when lake levels are lower or higher than normal. North America’s Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by this measure.The other measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s water volume. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia.
You can find many of the world’s largest lakes (acres) on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 14 articles we have published for Switzerland lakes.
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Below are lakes within Switzerland > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Switzerland, only the 14 Switzerland lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Geneva, France & Switzerland (France, Geneva Region, Switzerland, Rhone-Alps Region, Southern France, Southern France Region, Switzerland, Valais Region, Switzerland, Vaud Region, Switzerland) |
144,000 ac | Also known as Lac Leman Shaped like a crescent moon, Lake Geneva is cradled in the Alps Mountain Range with two-thirds of its 104 shoreline miles in Switzerland and the other… |
| Lake Constance (Austria, Baden-Wurttemberg Region, Germany, Germany, St. Gallen Region, Switzerland, Switzerland, Thurgau Region, Switzerland, Vorarlberg, Austria) |
132,448 ac | Also known as Lake of Constance, Lake Bodensee Lake Constance is a 132,448-acre lake situated in the northern foothills of the Alps between Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The third-largest lake… |
| Lake Neuchatel (Bern Region, Switzerland, Fribourg Region, Switzerland, Neuchatel Region, Switzerland, Switzerland, Vaud Region, Switzerland) |
53,943 ac | Also known as Lac de Neuchatel Lake Neuchatel is the largest lake entirely within the borders of Switzerland, spanning almost 54,000 acres and reaching into four Swiss cantons (stat… |
| Lake Maggiore, Italy / Switzerland (Italy, Lombardy Region, Italy, Piedmont Region, Italy, Switzerland, Ticino Region, Switzerland) |
52,510 ac | Lake Maggiore, also known as Verbano, is Italy’s second largest lake. Although not quite as popular as the well-known Lake Como, the beautifully roman… |
| Lake Lucerne CHE (Lucerne Region, Switzerland, Nidwalden Region, Switzerland, Obwalden Region, Switzerland, Schwyz Region, Switzerland, Switzerland, Uri Region, Switzerland) |
28,467 ac | With a shoreline that rises steeply into the mountains to a height of more than 4,900 feet, Lake Lucerne is the fourth largest lake in Switzerland. It… |
| Lake Lugano (Italy, Lombardy Region, Italy, Switzerland, Ticino Region, Switzerland) |
12,083 ac | Also known as Lago di Lugano, Ceresio Lake Lugano, which curls through southeastern Switzerland just south of the Swiss Alps and borders northern Italy, features the best of both of these… |
| Lake Thun (Bern Region, Switzerland, Switzerland) |
11,935 ac | Also known as Thunersee Lying just north of the Alps in Switzerland’s Bern Region, Lake Thun is a favorite destination among holiday-makers. Reflecting the majestic Alpine pe… |
| Lake Biel-Bienne (Bern Region, Switzerland, Neuchatel Region, Switzerland, Switzerland) |
9,711 ac | Also known as Lake Biel, Bielersee, Lac de Bienne Lake Biel-Bienne leads the parade of three lakes at the foot of the Jura Mountains region of Switzerland. Located in the Bern and Neuchatel cantons (s… |
| Lake Brienz, Switzerland (Bern Region, Switzerland, Switzerland) |
7,364 ac | Lake Brienz (Brienzersee in Swiss) displays beautiful turquoise and emerald hues, colors often associated with shallow Caribbean waters. However, Lake… |
| Lake Walen (Glarus Region, Switzerland, St. Gallen Region, Switzerland, Switzerland) |
5,977 ac | Also known as Lake Walenstadt, Lake Walensee Lake Walen spans almost 6,000 acres between the cantons (states) of Glarus and St. Gallen in the mountainous terrain of northeastern Switzerland. Lake… |
| Lac de Joux (Switzerland, Vaud Region, Switzerland) |
2,348 ac | Switzerland’s Lac de Joux is located high up in the Jura Mountains in the Canton of Vaud. Located at an altitude of nearly 3300 feet, Lac du Joux is i… |
| Lake Greifensee (Switzerland, Zurich Region, Switzerland) |
2,112 ac | Also known as Lake Greifen, Greifensee Only 7 miles southeast of Zurich, Lake Greifensee has become a favored destination for holidays away from the big city. Located in the Canton of Zuric… |