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Info about Switzerland
Switzerland, in central Europe, is the land of the Alps. Its tallest peak is the Dufourspitze at 15,203 ft (4,634 m) on the Swiss side of the Italian border, one of 10 summits of the Monte Rosa massif. The tallest peak in all of the Alps, Mont Blanc (15,771 ft; 4,807 m), is actually in France. Most of Switzerland is composed of a mountainous plateau bordered by the great bulk of the Alps on the south and by the Jura Mountains on the northwest. The country's largest lakes—Geneva, Constance (Bodensee), and Maggiore—straddle the French, German-Austrian, and Italian borders, respectively. The Rhine, navigable from Basel to the North Sea, is the principal inland waterway.
Capital
Bern
- 320 000 people
all city from Switzerland
Country lead by
President: Micheline Calmy-Rey (2007)
Population
7,523,934 (growth rate: 0.4%); birth rate: 9.7/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.3/1000; life expectancy: 80.5; density per sq mi: 490
Land Area
15,355 sq mi (39,769 sq km); total area: 15,942 sq mi (41,290 sq km)
Monetary unit
Swiss franc
Language
German 64%, French 20%, Italian 7% (all official); Romansch 0.5% (national)
Ethnicity
German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6%
Religion
Roman Catholic 42%, Protestant 35%, Orthodox 2%, Muslim 4%, none 11% (2000)
Transportation
Railways: total: 4,511 km (2002). Highways: total: 71,011 km; paved: 71,011 km (including 1,638 km of expressways); unpaved: 0 km (2000). Waterways: 65 km; Rhine (Basel to Rheinfelden, Schaffhausen to Bodensee); 12 navigable lakes. Ports and harbors: Basel. Airports: 66 (2002).
Internet tld
.ch
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Church of Our Lady (Fraumunster)
History of the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft and the Kunsthaus collection
The Swiss Alps
Opera House - Opernhaus
History of the Swiss National Museum
The Fraumunster and St Peter’s Church