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Location: Central Europe, east of France, north of Italy
Geographic coordinates: 47° 0' N, 8° 0' E
Coastline km: 0 km (landlocked) km
Climate: temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers
Terrain: mostly mountains (Alps in south, Jura in northwest) with a central plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes
Elevation: lowest point: Lake Maggiore 195 m
highest point: Dufourspitze 4,634 m
Natural hazards: avalanches, landslides, flash floods
Currency: Swiss franc (CHF)
Population: 7,523,934 (July 2006 est.)
Languages: German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch 0.5%, other 2.8% (2000 census)
note: German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national languages, but only the first three are official languages
Capital: Bern
Divisions: 26 cantons (cantons, singular - canton in French; cantoni, singular - cantone in Italian; kantone, singular - kanton in German); Aargau, Appenzell Ausser-Rhoden, Appenzell Inner-Rhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneve, Glarus, Graubunden, Jura, Luzern, Neuchatel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Sankt Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug, Zurich
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Daubensee | - / 1 | ![]() |
Everyone | Lake | ![]() |
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Glacier 3000 | - / 1 | ![]() |
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Lake Silvaplana | 3 / 1 | ![]() |
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Plage du Reposoir | - / - | ![]() |
Established | Lake | ||
Saint Blaise | - / - | ![]() |
Intermediate | Lake | ![]() |
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St. Sulpice | - / - | ![]() |
Intermediate | Lake | ||
Yvonand | 3 / - | ![]() |
Everyone | Lake | ![]() |
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