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Romandy ( French: Romandie or Suisse romande; Arpitan: Romandia) [ note 1] is the French-speaking historical and cultural region part of Switzerland. In 2020, about 2 million people, or 22.8% of the Swiss population, lived in Romandy. [ 1] The majority of the romand population lives in the western part of the country, especially the Arc ...
The 26 cantons of Switzerland[ 1 ] are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate allies used to be referred to as the Waldstätte. Two important periods in the development of the Old Swiss Confederacy are summarized by the terms Acht Orte ('Eight Cantons'; from ...
The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg ( French: Canton de Fribourg [kɑ̃tɔ̃ d (ə) fʁibuʁ]; German: Kanton Freiburg [ˈfraɪbʊrɡ] ⓘ; Arpitan: Canton de Fribôrg [cɛ̃ˈtɔ̃ də fʁiˈbwa] ⓘ Romansh: Chantun Friburg; Italian: Canton Friburgo) is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by ...
The Republic and Canton of Jura (officially in French: République et Canton du Jura[ 4] ), less formally the Canton of Jura or Canton Jura ( / ˈ ( d) ʒʊərə / JOOR-ə, ZHOOR-ə, French: [ʒyʁa] ⓘ ), [needs Arpitan IPA] is the newest (founded in 1979) of the 26 Swiss cantons, located in the northwestern part of Switzerland. The capital ...
Swiss French ( French: français de Suisse or suisse romand) is the variety of French spoken in the French-speaking area of Switzerland known as Romandy. French is one of the four official languages of Switzerland, the others being German, Italian, and Romansch. In 2020 around 2 million people, or 22.8% of the population, in Switzerland spoke ...
The Swiss Plateau or Central Plateau[ 1] is one of the three major landscapes in Switzerland, lying between the Jura Mountains and the Swiss Alps. It covers about 30% of the Swiss surface area, and is partly flat but mostly hilly. The average height is between 400 metres (1,300 ft) and 700 metres (2,300 ft) AMSL.
The canton of Zurich ( German: Kanton Zürich [ˈtsyːrɪç] ⓘ; French: Canton de Zurich; Romansh: Chantun Turitg; Italian: Canton Zurigo) is an administrative unit ( canton) of Switzerland, situated in the northeastern part of the country. With a population of 1,553,423 (as of 31 December 2020), it is the most populous canton of Switzerland ...
The diocese of Geneva was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Vienne. [2] It comprises the Cantons of Fribourg, Geneva, Vaud and Neuchâtel, with the exception of certain parishes of the right bank of the Rhône belonging to the Diocese of Sion (Sitten). It was created by the merger in 1821 of the Diocese of Lausanne and the Diocese of Geneva ...