Swiss Confederation[French]Suisse; (Confédération Suisse); [German] Schweiz; (Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft); [Italian]Svizzera; (Confederazione Svizzera); [Romanish]Svizra (Confederaziun Helvetica) CAPITAL: Bern FLAG: The national...

Switzerland lies in the central part of the Alps, a 500-mile-long European mountain range, which stretches westward from France's Riviera into what was northern Yugoslavia. Four main passes (Grimsel, Furka, St. Gotthard, and Oberalp) allow...

Switzerland POPULATION 7,301,994 CHRISTIAN 79.3 percent MUSLIM 4.3 percent HINDU 0.4 percent BUDDHIST 0.3 percent JEWISH 0.2 percent OTHER 0.1 percent NONRELIGIOUS 11.1 percent NO INDICATION 4.3 percent Country Overview Introduction Surrounded by...

Switzerland Switzerland is a landlocked continental European country. It has borders with Germany to the north, Austria and Liechtenstein to the east, Italy to the south, and France to the west. It covers 41,290 square kilometers (15,9400 square...

federated country of central Europe. Switzerland's administrative capital is Bern, while Lausanne serves as its judicial centre. Switzerland's small size—its total area is about half that of Scotland—and its modest population give little...

Switzerland is a small, land-locked country with a long tradition of direct democracy and as a politically neutral state. The modern Swiss federal state, which dates back to 1843, has a unique federal political system which emphasizes consensus and...

Country, central Europe. Area: 15,940 sq mi (41,284 sq km). Population (2005 est.): 7,519,000. Capitals: Bern (administrative), Lausanne (judicial). The population is German, French, and Italian. Languages: German, French, Italian, Romansh (all...

For other uses of the word Switzerland, see Switzerland (disambiguation). For uses of the word Swiss, see Swiss (disambiguation). Switzerland (German: Schweiz, French: Suisse, Italian: Svizzera, Romansh: Svizra), officially the Swiss...