Central Switzerland is the region of the
Alpine Foothills geographically the heart and historically the origin of
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
, with the cantons of
Uri,
Schwyz,
Obwalden,
Nidwalden,
Lucerne
Lucerne ( ) or Luzern ()Other languages: ; ; ; . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the Lucerne (district), di ...
and
Zug.
Central Switzerland is one of the
NUTS 2 statistical regions. As such it includes the cantons of
Lucerne
Lucerne ( ) or Luzern ()Other languages: ; ; ; . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the Lucerne (district), di ...
,
Uri,
Schwyz,
Obwalden,
Nidwalden,
Zug.
See also
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Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the Federated state, member states of the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate allies used to be referred to as the . Two important ...
*
Waldstätte
References
Regions of Switzerland
NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union
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