Switzerland
Western EuropeEurope
A mountain country in the heart of Europe, with four national languages. You will find Switzerland in Western Europe. The capital is Bern. About 8.6 million people live in the country.
- Capital
- Bern
- People
- 8.6 million
- Size
- 41,000 km²
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German, French, Italian and Romansh are all national languages.
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The Alps cover about 60 per cent of the country.
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Switzerland has not gone to war with another country for more than two hundred years.
Compare with
Size
Switzerland41,000 km²
United Kingdom240,000 km²You could fit Switzerland into the United Kingdom about 5.8 times.
People
Switzerland8.6 millionUnited Kingdom67 millionAbout 7.8 times as many people live in the United Kingdom as in Switzerland.
Its colours are red and white.
Do not mix it up with
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TurkeyCities · 47
- Bern
- Geneva
- Zürich
- Basel
- Lausanne
- Lucerne
- Winterthur
- Lugano
- St. Gallen
- Biel/Bienne
- Thun
- Chur
- La Chaux-de-Fonds
- Rapperswil
- Uster
- Schaffhausen
- Fribourg
- Neuchâtel
- Yverdon-les-Bains
- Sion
- Montreux
- Wil
- Bulle
- Zug
- Horgen
- Frauenfeld
- Bülach
- Baden
- Martigny-Ville
- Monthey
- Nyon
- Sierre
- Bellinzona
- Burgdorf
- Einsiedeln
- Locarno
- Aarau
- Herisau
- Solothurn
- Schwyz
- Liestal
- Delémont
- Sarnen
- Altdorf
- Stans
- Glarus
- Appenzell
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Neighbours
5 countries border Switzerland.
Austria
France
Germany
Italy
Liechtenstein
Belgium
Luxembourg
Monaco
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