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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 ...

: Switzerland – alpine country in

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, located mostly in the

Alps The Alps () are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. ...

. Switzerland is the oldest neutral country in the world; it has not fought a foreign war since its neutrality was established by the Treaty of Paris in 1815. It is not a member of the

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. Swiss cultural icons include Switzerland's

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, its neutrality, the

Swiss Alps The Alps, Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main Physica ...

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, yodeling,

cheese Cheese is a type of dairy product produced in a range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk (usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats or sheep). During prod ...

and

chocolate Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa beans that can be a liquid, solid, or paste, either by itself or to flavoring, flavor other foods. Cocoa beans are the processed seeds of the cacao tree (''Theobroma cacao''); unprocesse ...

General reference

* Pronunciation: ** ** ** ** * Common English country name:

* Official English country name: The Swiss Confederation * Common

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(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival:

Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...

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: Name of Switzerland * International rankings of Switzerland * ISO country codes: CH, CHE, 756 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:CH *

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: .ch

Geography of Switzerland

Geography of Switzerland * Switzerland is: a landlocked country * Location: **

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and Eastern Hemisphere **

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***

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

****

Western Europe Western Europe is the western region of Europe. The region's extent varies depending on context. The concept of "the West" appeared in Europe in juxtaposition to "the East" and originally applied to the Western half of the ancient Mediterranean ...

Time zone A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, Commerce, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between Country, countries and their Administrative division, subdivisions instead of ...

Central European Time Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The UTC offset, time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Eur ...

( UTC+01),

Central European Summer Time Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central E ...

( UTC+02) ** Geographical centre of Switzerland ** Extreme points of Switzerland *** High: Monte Rosa *** Low: Lake Maggiore ** Land boundaries: 1,852 km :: 740 km :: 573 km :: 334 km :: 164 km :: 41 km :* Coastline: ''none'' * Population of Switzerland: 8,606,000 (2019) - 99th most populous country * Area of Switzerland: 41,285 km² * Atlas of Switzerland

Environment of Switzerland

Environment of Switzerland * Environmental movement in Switzerland * Climate of Switzerland * Geology of Switzerland * Hydrology of Switzerland * Protected areas of Switzerland ** Biosphere reserves in Switzerland ** National parks of Switzerland ** Nature parks in Switzerland ** List of reserves for waterbirds and migratory birds in Switzerland * Solar power in Switzerland * Forests of Switzerland * Wildlife of Switzerland ** Animal welfare and rights in Switzerland ** Fauna of Switzerland *** Birds of Switzerland *** Mammals of Switzerland

Natural geographic features of Switzerland

* Islands of Switzerland *

Lakes of Switzerland This article contains a sortable table listing all major lakes of Switzerland. The table includes all still body of water, water bodies located either entirely or partly in Switzerland, both natural and artificial, that have a surface area of a ...

** Mountain lakes of Switzerland * Mountains of Switzerland ** Highest mountains of Switzerland ** Glaciers of Switzerland * Rivers of Switzerland ** Waterfalls of Switzerland * Valleys of Switzerland * World Heritage Sites in Switzerland

Regions of Switzerland

Regions of Switzerland *

Central Switzerland Central Switzerland is the region of the Alpine Foothills geographically the heart and historically the origin of Switzerland, with the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Lucerne and Zug. Central Switzerland is one of the NUTS 2 s ...

* Eastern Switzerland * Espace Mittelland * Northwestern Switzerland * Seeland

Ecoregions of Switzerland

List of ecoregions in Switzerland * Ecoregions in Switzerland

Administrative divisions of Switzerland

Administrative divisions of Switzerland * Subdivisions of Switzerland *

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 ...

Districts of Switzerland Districts of Switzerland are a political subdivision for cantons of Switzerland, cantons. In the federally constituted Switzerland, each canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. Therefore, there exists a variety of st ...

***

Municipalities of Switzerland Municipalities (, ' or '; ; ; ) are the lowest level of administrative division in Switzerland. Each municipality is part of one of the Swiss cantons, which form the Swiss Confederation. In most cantons, municipalities are also part of distr ...

= Cantons of Switzerland

= Districts of Switzerland

= Municipalities of Switzerland

* Capital of Switzerland: Berne * Cities of Switzerland

Demography of Switzerland

Demographics of Switzerland

Government and politics of Switzerland

Politics of Switzerland *

Form of government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a m ...

: Federal

parliamentary republic A parliamentary republic is a republic that operates under a parliamentary system of government where the Executive (government), executive branch (the government) derives its legitimacy from and is accountable to the legislature (the parliament). ...

direct democracy Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the Election#Electorate, electorate directly decides on policy initiatives, without legislator, elected representatives as proxies, as opposed to the representative democracy m ...

. * Capital of Switzerland: Berne *

Elections in Switzerland Switzerland elects on national level a collective head of state, the Federal Council, and a legislature, the Federal Assembly. Background The Federal Assembly (German: ''Bundesversammlung''; French: ''Assemblée fédérale''; Italian: ' ...

* Political parties in Switzerland * Swiss neutrality * Taxation in Switzerland * Voting in Switzerland ** Electronic voting in Switzerland

Branches of the government of Switzerland

Government of Switzerland

Executive branch of the government of Switzerland

* Presiding member of the Federal Council:

President of the Swiss Confederation The president of the Swiss Confederation, also known as the president of the confederation, federal president or colloquially as the president of Switzerland, is as ''primus inter pares'' among the other members of the Federal Council (Switze ...

, Alain Berset, for 2023 * Cabinet of Switzerland & collective

Head of state A head of state is the public persona of a sovereign state.#Foakes, Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...

Swiss Federal Council The Federal Council is the federal cabinet of the Swiss Confederation. Its seven members also serve as the collective head of state and government of Switzerland. Since World War II, the Federal Council is by convention a permanent grand co ...

** Alain Berset (

Social Democratic Party of Switzerland The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (, SP; ), also called the Swiss Socialist Party (; , PS), is a List of political parties in Switzerland, political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Federal Council (Switzerl ...

), Federal Department of Home Affairs, President of the Federal Council in 2023 ** Guy Parmelin (

Swiss People's Party The Swiss People's Party (, SVP; , PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (, UDC; , UDC), is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Marcel Dettling, it is the largest party in ...

), Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research ** Ignazio Cassis (

Free Democratic Party of Switzerland The Free Democratic Party (, FDP; , PLD), also called Radical Democratic Party (, PRD; , PLR) was a liberal political party in Switzerland. Formerly one of the major parties in Switzerland, on 1 January 2009 it merged with the Liberal Party of ...

), Federal Department of Foreign Affairs ** Viola Amherd ( The Centre), Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports ** Karin Keller-Sutter (

), Federal Department of Finance ** Albert Rösti (

), Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications ** Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (

), Federal Department of Justice and Police.

Legislative branch of the government of Switzerland

* Parliament of Switzerland (

bicameral Bicameralism is a type of legislature that is divided into two separate Deliberative assembly, assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate ...

) **

Upper house An upper house is one of two Legislative chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted p ...

Swiss Council of States The Council of States is a house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, the other house being the National Council. As the powers of the houses are the same, it is sometimes called perfect bicameralism. It comprises 46 members. Twenty of t ...

Lower house A lower house is the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature, where the other chamber is the upper house. Although styled as "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has come to wield more power or otherwise e ...

: National Council of Switzerland

Judicial branch of the government of Switzerland

Court system of Switzerland * Supreme Court of Switzerland

Foreign relations of Switzerland

Foreign relations of Switzerland * Diplomatic missions in Switzerland * Diplomatic missions of Switzerland

International organization membership

The Swiss Confederation is a member of: * African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (nonregional member) *

Asian Development Bank The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank to promote social and economic development in Asia. The bank is headquartered in Metro Manila, Philippines and maintains 31 field offices around the world. The bank was establishe ...

(ADB) (nonregional member) * Australia Group * Bank for International Settlements (BIS) *

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; , CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it is Europe's oldest intergovernmental organisation, represe ...

(CE) * Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) * European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) *

European Free Trade Association The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is a regional trade organization and free trade area consisting of four List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe, European states: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. ...

(EFTA) * European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) *

European Space Agency The European Space Agency (ESA) is a 23-member International organization, international organization devoted to space exploration. With its headquarters in Paris and a staff of around 2,547 people globally as of 2023, ESA was founded in 1975 ...

(ESA) *

Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; . (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Its Latin motto, , translates ...

(FAO) * Group of Ten (G10) * Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) *

International Atomic Energy Agency The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear technology, nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was ...

(IAEA) * International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) * International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) *

International Civil Aviation Organization The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international sch ...

(ICAO) *

International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an intergovernmental organization and International court, international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute ...

(ICCt) * International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) *

International Development Association The International Development Association (IDA) () is a development finance institution which offers concessional loans and grant (money), grants to the world's poorest developing country, developing countries. The IDA is a member of the World ...

(IDA) *

International Energy Agency The International Energy Agency (IEA) is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization, established in 1974, that provides policy recommendations, analysis and data on the global energy sector. The 31 member countries and 13 associatio ...

(IEA) *

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a worldwide humanitarian aid organization that reaches 160 million people each year through its 191 member National Societies. It acts before, during and after disas ...

(IFRCS) * International Finance Corporation (IFC) * International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) *

International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is one of the firs ...

(ILO) *

International Maritime Organization The International Maritime Organization (IMO; ; ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating maritime transport. The IMO was established following agreement at a ...

(IMO) * International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) *

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 191 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of las ...

(IMF) *

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; , CIO) is the international, non-governmental, sports governing body of the modern Olympic Games. Founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas, it is based i ...

(IOC) * International Organization for Migration (IOM) *

International Organization for Standardization The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ; ; ) is an independent, non-governmental, international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. M ...

(ISO) *

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a Humanitarianism, humanitarian movement with approximately 16million volunteering, volunteers, members, and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ...

(ICRM) *

International Telecommunication Union The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)In the other common languages of the ITU: * * is a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information ...

(ITU) * International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) *

International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC; ; ; ) is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation was formed on 1 November 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) a ...

(ITUC) * Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) * Latin American Integration Association (LAIA) (observer) * Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) * Nonaligned Movement (NAM) (guest) * Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) * Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) *'' Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' (OIF) *

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; , OCDE) is an international organization, intergovernmental organization with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and international trade, wor ...

(OECD) * Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) * Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) *

Organization of American States The Organization of American States (OAS or OEA; ; ; ) is an international organization founded on 30 April 1948 to promote cooperation among its member states within the Americas. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, the OAS is ...

(OAS) (observer) * Paris Club * Partnership for Peace (PFP) * Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) *

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...

(UN) * United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) *

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, scien ...

(UNESCO) *

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, l ...

(UNHCR) *

United Nations Industrial Development Organization The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (French: Organisation des Nations unies pour le développement industriel; French/Spanish acronym: ONUDI) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that assists countries in e ...

(UNIDO) * United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) * United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) * United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) * United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) * United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) * Universal Postal Union (UPU) * World Confederation of Labour (WCL) *

World Customs Organization The World Customs Organization (WCO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. Notable projects include its collaboration with the WTO on trade facilitation and the implementation of the SAFE Framework of Standar ...

(WCO) *

World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade union, trade unions established on October 3, 1945. Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the Int ...

(WFTU) *

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Gen ...

(WHO) *

World Intellectual Property Organization The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; (OMPI)) is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN). Pursuant to the 1967 Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO was created to pr ...

(WIPO) *

World Meteorological Organization The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology an ...

(WMO) *

World Tourism Organization The United Nations World Tourism Organization or UN Tourism (formerly UNWTO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations which promotes responsible, sustainable and universally-accessible tourism. Its headquarters are in Madrid, Spain. Othe ...

(UNWTO) *

World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade. Governments use the organization to establish, revise, and enforce the rules that g ...

(WTO) * Zangger Committee (ZC)

Law and order in Switzerland

Law of Switzerland * Cannabis in Switzerland * Capital punishment in Switzerland * Constitution of Switzerland * Corruption in Switzerland * Crime in Switzerland * Human rights in Switzerland ** LGBT rights in Switzerland ** Freedom of religion in Switzerland * Internet censorship in Switzerland * Law enforcement in Switzerland ** Cantonal police ** Gendarmerie ** Municipal police ** Swiss Border Guard

Military of Switzerland

Swiss Armed Forces * Command ** Commander-in-chief: André Blattmann, Chief of the Armed Forces *** Ministry of Defence of Switzerland * Forces ** Swiss Land Forces **

Navy A navy, naval force, military maritime fleet, war navy, or maritime force is the military branch, branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral z ...

: none, but the Land Forces operate a Lakes flotilla ** Swiss Air Force ** Special Forces Command * Conscription in Switzerland * Equipment of the Swiss Armed Forces * Military ranks of Switzerland

Local government in Switzerland

History of Switzerland

History of Switzerland * Timeline of Swiss history

History of Switzerland, by period or event

* Early history of Switzerland ** Switzerland in the Roman era ** Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy ** French invasion of Switzerland **

Switzerland in the Napoleonic era 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 ...

* Modern history of Switzerland ** Switzerland during the World Wars ** Bombings of Switzerland in World War II * Historiography of Switzerland

History of Switzerland, by subject

* History of Geneva *

History of rail transport in Switzerland The construction and operation of Switzerland, Swiss railways during the 19th century was carried out by private railways. The first internal line was a 16 km line opened from Zürich to Baden, Switzerland, Baden in 1847. By 1860 railways conn ...

* History of the Swiss Air Force * Military history of Switzerland

Culture of Switzerland

Culture of Switzerland * Architecture of Switzerland ** Buildings and structures in Switzerland above 3000 m * Cuisine of Switzerland ** Swiss cheese ** Swiss chocolate ** Swiss wine * Culinary Heritage of Switzerland * Festivals in Switzerland *

Languages of Switzerland The four national languages of Switzerland are German language, German, French language, French, Italian language, Italian, and Romansh language, Romansh. German, French, and Italian maintain equal status as official languages at the national ...

Swiss literature As there is no dominant national language, the Languages of Switzerland, four main languages of French language, French, Italian language, Italian, German language, German and Romansh language, Romansh form the four branches which make up a l ...

* List of castles and fortresses in Switzerland * Media in Switzerland ** Newspapers *** Newspapers in Switzerland ** Radio *** Radio stations in Switzerland ** Television in Switzerland ***

Radiotelevisione svizzera Radiotelevisione svizzera, officially Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (; "Swiss Radiotelevision of the Italian Language"), shortened to RSI (formerly RTSI until 2009), is a subsidiary of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SS ...

*** Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha ***

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen ("Swiss Radio and Television"), shortened to SRF, is a subsidiary of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), operating in German-speaking Switzerland. SRF was created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of r ...

*** Télévision Suisse Romande * National symbols of Switzerland ** Coat of arms of Switzerland ** Flag of Switzerland ** National anthem of Switzerland * People of Switzerland ** Homelessness in Switzerland **

Immigration to Switzerland Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as permanent residents. Commuters, tourists, and other short ...

* Prostitution in Switzerland * Public holidays in Switzerland ** Swiss National Day * Records of Switzerland * Religion in Switzerland ** Buddhism in Switzerland ** Hinduism in Switzerland ** Islam in Switzerland *** Ahmadiyya in Switzerland ** Judaism in Switzerland ** Protestantism in Switzerland ** Sikhism in Switzerland * UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Switzerland

Art in Switzerland

* Art in Switzerland * Cinema of Switzerland * Literature of Switzerland * Music of Switzerland * Theatre in Switzerland

Sports in Switzerland

Sport in Switzerland * Football in Switzerland * Switzerland at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Switzerland

Economy of Switzerland * Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 21st (twenty-first) * Agriculture in Switzerland * Banking in Switzerland ** Bank secrecy ** National Bank of Switzerland ** Switzerland Stock Exchange * Communications in Switzerland ** Internet in Switzerland * Companies of Switzerland *

Currency A currency is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. A more general definition is that a currency is a ''system of money'' in common use within a specific envi ...

of Switzerland: ** Banknotes of the Swiss franc ** Coins of the Swiss franc * Energy in Switzerland ** Electricity sector in Switzerland ** Energy policy of Switzerland ** Oil industry in Switzerland ** Nuclear power in Switzerland * Mining in Switzerland *

Science and technology in Switzerland Science and technology in Switzerland play an important role in the Swiss economy, which has very few natural resources that are available in the country. The Swiss National Science Foundation, mandated by the Federal government, is the most ...

* Telecommunications in Switzerland ** Telephone numbers in Switzerland * Tourism in Switzerland * Transport in Switzerland ** Airports in Switzerland ** Rail transport in Switzerland *** Railway companies in Switzerland ** Roads in Switzerland *** Motorways of Switzerland * Waste management in Switzerland * Water supply and sanitation in Switzerland

Education in Switzerland

Education in Switzerland The education system in Switzerland is very diverse, because the constitution of Switzerland delegates the authority for the school system mainly to the Canton of Switzerland, cantons. The Swiss constitution sets the foundations, namely that pr ...

* List of universities in Switzerland

Health in Switzerland

Health in Switzerland * Healthcare in Switzerland * List of hospitals in Switzerland * Obesity in Switzerland

References

External links

;Official
The Federal Authorities of the Swiss ConfederationPresence Switzerland

Your Gateway to Switzerland
official website of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office. ;Reference
CIA World Factbook - Switzerland
;Geography * *
Federal Office of Topographysearchable interactive map (search.ch)
;History
Historical Dictionary of Switzerland

;Media * , a Swiss daily newspaper
Le Temps
, a Swiss daily newspaper
Corriere Del Ticino
, a Swiss daily newspaper
swissinfo.ch, Swiss News - Worldwide
;Education
The Swiss School SystemUniversities in Switzerland
;Science, Research and Technology
The Swiss Portal for Research and InnovationState Secretariat for Education and Research, SERThe Swiss National Science FoundationCTI, Commission for Technology and Innovation
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