Switzerland (1801–1877) left|thumb|upright=0.75|Guillaume Henri Dufour, founder of Swisstopo thumb|upright=0.75|Heinrich von Wild, president of the International Meteorological Organization and member of the International Committee for Weights and Measures In 1801, the Helvetic Republic at the instigation of Johann Georg Tralles promulgated a law introducing the metric system. However this was never applied, because in 1803 the competence for weights and measures returned to the cantons. On the territory of the current canton of Jura, then annexed to France (Mont-Terrible), the metre was adopted in 1800. The Canton of Geneva adopted the metric system in 1813, the canton of Vaud in 1822, the canton of Valais in 1824 and the canton of Neuchâtel in 1857. In 1835, twelve cantons of the Swiss Plateau and the north-east adopted a concordat based on the federal foot (exactly 0.3 m) which entered into force in 1836. The cantons of central and eastern Switzerland, as well as the Alpine cantons, continued to use the old measures.
switzerland (1801–1877) left|thumb|upright=075|guillaume henri dufour founder of swisstopo thumb|upright=075|heinrich von wild president of the international meteorological organization and member of the international committee for weights and measures in 1801 the helvetic republic at the instigation of johann georg tralles promulgated a law introducing the metric system however this was never applied because in 1803 the competence for weights and measures returned to the cantons on the territory of the current canton of jura then annexed to france (mont-terrible) the metre was adopted in 1800 the canton of geneva adopted the metric system in 1813 the canton of vaud in 1822 the canton of valais in 1824 and the canton of neuchâtel in 1857 in 1835 twelve cantons of the swiss plateau and the north-east adopted a concordat based on the federal foot (exactly 03 m) which entered into force in 1836 the cantons of central and eastern switzerland as well as the alpine cantons continued to use the old measures