Switzerland - official name "Swiss Confederation" is a democratic state in Europe and linguistically includes German, French, Italian and Rhaeto-Romanic areas.
How many cantons does Switzerland have and what are their names?
Switzerland is divided into 26 cantons with the following major cities:
- Aargau, capital Aarau
- Appenzell Outer Rhodes, capital of Herisau
- Appenzell Inner Rhodes, capital Appenzell
- Basel-Land, capital Liestal
- Basel city, capital Basel
- Bern, capital Bern
- Friborg Freiburg, capital city Friborg / Freiburg
- Geneve / Geneva, capital Geneve / Geneva
- Glarus, capital Glarus
- Grisons / Grischuns / Grigioni, capital Chur
- Law, capital Delsberg
- Lucerne, capital Lucerne
- Neuchâtel / Neuchâtel, capital Neuchâtel
- Nidwalden, capital of Stans
- Obwalden, capital of Sarnen
- St.Gallen, capital St. Gallen
- Schaffhausen, capital Schaffhausen
- Schwyz, capital Schwyz
- Solothurn, capital Solothurn
- Thurgau, capital Frauenfeld
- Ticino / Ticino, capital of Bellinzona
- Uri, capital Altdorf
- Vaud / Vaud, capital of Lausanne
- Valais / Wallis, capital Sion / Sion
- Train, capital train
- Zurich, capital of Zurich
The cantons of Switzerland in the overview
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Map of Switzerland with cantons
How many countries are bordering on Switzerland?
Switzerland has 5 contiguous neighboring countries:
- Austria
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- France
- Germany
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