Blue Cities

In September 2013, the city of Bern became the first city outside Canada to become a Blue Community. Since then, other cities and communities in Switzerland and other countries have joined. Exchange and networking in the Blue Cities cluster is planned.

Blue Cities (incl. Communities/Villages) in Switzerland:

Bern City since September 2013
St. Gallen City since September 2016
Neuenburg City since March 2018
Effingen Community since March 2018
Hornussen Community since March 2019
Gossau City since September 2019
Dietikon City since July 2021

Blue Cities international

These cities worldwide are also Blue Communities (alphabetically per country):

Land/Stadt Blue Community seit
Germany  
Augsburg March 24, 2019
Berlin March 22, 2018
Biedenkopf November 25, 2021
Büdingen January 21, 2022
Freiburg im Breisgau March 22, 2022
Hamburg March 22, 2022
Kempten October 15, 2019
Marburg July 9, 2018
München October 18, 2017
Neustreliz January 21, 2022
Landsberg am Lech (city and county) October 19, 2023
Schotten November 27, 2023
   
Spain  
Cádiz November 29, 2019
Javea March 22, 2019
Medina Sidonia March 22, 2019
Mòstoles March 22, 2019
   
Other European cities  
Paris, France March 21, 2016
Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium November 23, 2018
Thermaikos, Greece March 22. 2019
Thessaloniki, Greece June 4, 2018
   
Canada  
Ajax, ON December 2011
Amqui, QC September 16, 2013
Bayfield, ON October 24, 2014
Burnaby, B.C. (Canada’s first Blue Community) March 22, 2011
Candiac, Québec December 16, 2020
Comox, B.C. October 4, 2012
Cornwall, Prince Edward Island January 15, 2020
Cumberland, B.C. July 9, 2012
Danville, Quebec January 28, 2019
Kingston, Ontario Fall 2011
Lavaltrie, Quebec March 2, 2020
Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality, Quebec (7 communities) July 13, 2021
London, Ontario March 23, 2021
Lunenburg District, NS December 8, 2015
Mandeville, Quebec February 25, 2020
Montreal, Quebec March 22, 2019
Nanaimo, B.C. June 25, 2012
Niagara Falls, ON April 25, 2012
Nicolet, Quebec February 11, 2019
North Grenville, Ontario April 19, 2022
North Vancouver, B.C. February 6, 2012
Oka, Quebed March 10, 2020
Plessisville, Quebec October 29, 2019
Prévost, Quebec March 9, 2020
Richmond, Quebec May 7, 2019
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec February 15, 2019
Roberval, Quebec November 4, 2019
Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Quebec January 23. 2020
Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon, Québec April 11, 2022
Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, Québec April 22, 2021
Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Quebec December 9, 2019
Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Quebec November 6, 2019
Saint-François-de-Sales, Quebec June 4, 2019
Saint-Fulgence, Quebec June 5, 2019
Saint-Gabriel, Quebec, March 21, 2021
Saint-Paulin, Quebec July 13, 2021
St. Catharines, ON May 28, 2012
Stratford, Prince Edward Island October 9, 2019
Tay Township, ON April 9, 2014
Thorold, ON July 2, 2013
Thunder Bay, ON March 23, 2015
Tiny Township, ON September 12, 2011
Trois-Rivières, Quebec March 25, 2019
Tsal’alh, St’át’imc Territory (first Indigenous Blue Community) January 12, 2015
Vancouver, B.C. March 11, 2020
Victoria, B.C. June 24, 2011
Victoriaville, Quebec September 4, 2019
Welland, ON November 6, 2012
   
USA  
Northampton, Massachusetts June 1, 2017
Los Angeles, California U.S.A. November 6, 2019
   
South America  
Cambuquira, Minas Gerais, Brazil March 11, 2014