![]() ![]() 8% of the people speak Italian, in the south of Switzerland. 19% of the people speak French as their first language, mainly in the west of Switzerland. About 64% of the people speak Swiss German ( German Alemannic) as their first language, in northern and central Switzerland. There are about 8.4 million people in Switzerland. The Jura mountains are in the northwest of Switzerland. Most Swiss people live in cities and towns in the north. Mountains in the north of Switzerland are fewer and smaller. The biggest lakes are all in the north and west: Lake Geneva ( Lac Léman), Lake Zürich, Lake Neuchâtel and Lake Constance ( Bodensee). The rivers Rhine, Rhône, and many other rivers start in the mountains of Switzerland. The highest mountain is the Dufour Peak at 4,634 m. About 60% of Switzerland is in the Alps area. The mountains are very tall in the center and south of Switzerland. Gallen, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug, and Zürich. All 26 cantons are: Aargau, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Land, Berne, Fribourg, Geneva, Glarus, Graubünden, Jura, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. The confederation is divided into 23 full states called cantons. East of Switzerland are Austria and Liechtenstein. The largest city of Switzerland is Zürich. Switzerland does not have an official capital city, but Bern is used as though it was the capital. Romansh language is spoken less than by 1% of the population. About 2/3 of the population speak German French is spoken in the west of the country, while Italian is spoken in the canton of Ticino and Romansh in parts of Graubünden. Some cantons and even towns have two languages spoken in them, and the largest canton by area, Graubünden, has three. There are four official languages in Switzerland: German, French, Italian, and Romansh. It is no longer neutral since February 28, 2022. Its predecessor organization, the League of Nations, was headquartered in Geneva. The United Nations has a main office (but not its headquarters) in Geneva. ![]() Many international organizations are in Switzerland. A country is neutral when it does not take sides among the countries who are at war. Switzerland is a confederation of even smaller states, which are the 26 cantons. This is Latin and is not often used except for official state documents. ![]() The official name of Switzerland is Confoederatio Helvetica. Switzerland ( German: Schweiz French: Suisse Italian: Svizzera Romansh: Svizra Swiss German: Schwiz) is a comparatively small country in Western Europe. ![]()
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