Switzerland is a country in Europe. Switzerland may also refer to Bohemian Switzerland , a region in the north western Czech Republic Franconian Switzerland , an upland in Upper Franconia, northern Bavaria Holstein Switzerland , a hilly area in Schleswig Holstein , Germany Saxon Switzerland , a mountainous area and national park near Dresden in Saxony, Germany Switzerland, Florida , an unincorporated community in the United States Switzerland, South Carolina , in the United States Switzerland County, Indiana , a county in southeastern Indiana in the United States Switzerland Township, Monroe County, Ohio , a civil township in southeastern Ohio in the United States Switzerland album Switzerland album , a 2006 album by Electric Six Little Switzerland landscape , an aesthetic term for land Switzerland software , a packet monitor tool for ISP testing Disambig de Switzerland es Suiza desambiguaci n fr Switzerland it Switzerland pl Switzerland sv Switzerland ... more details
double image right Flag of Switzerland.svg 138 Coat of Arms of Switzerland.svg 124 The Flag of Switzerland The Coat of arms of Switzerland See also Index of Switzerland related articles The following is a list of Wikipedia articles about Switzerland , provided as an overview of and topical guide TOC ... Romansch IPA rm svizra Common English country name Switzerland Official English country ... forms of place names Countries and nations Demonym Swiss Etymology Name of Switzerland International rankings of Switzerland ISO country codes CH, CHE, 756 ISO region codes See ISO 3166 2 CH Internet country code top level domain .ch Geography of Switzerland Image Switzerland topographic.png thumb An enlargeable topographic map of Switzerland Main Geography of SwitzerlandSwitzerland is a landlocked ... of Switzerland High Monte Rosa convert 4634 m ft 0 abbr on Low Lake Maggiore convert 195 m ft 0 ... Austria 164 km Flag Liechtenstein 41 km Coastline none Population of Switzerland 7,647,600 June 30, 2008 List of countries by population 94th most populous country Area of Switzerland 41,284 km sup 2 sup commons Atlas of Switzerland Atlas of Switzerland Environment of Switzerland Image Switzerland satellite enhanced.jpg thumb An enlargeable satellite image of Switzerland Main Environment of Switzerland Climate of Switzerland Environmental issues in Switzerland List of ecoregions in Switzerland Ecoregions in Switzerland Renewable energy in Switzerland Geology of Switzerland Protected areas of Switzerland List of biosphere reserves in Switzerland Biosphere reserves in Switzerland List of national parks of Switzerland National parks of Switzerland List of reserves for waterbirds and migratory birds in Switzerland Wildlife of Switzerland Flora of Switzerland Fauna of Switzerland List of birds of Switzerland Birds of Switzerland List of mammals of Switzerland Mammals of Switzerland Natural geographic features of Switzerland List of islands of Switzerland Islands of Switzerland List of lakes ... more details
Little Switzerland may refer to Little Switzerland landscape , a generic term for an area of scenic beauty Little Switzerland Germany , an area of Franconia Little Switzerland Luxembourg , a region of Luxembourg in the United States Little Switzerland Shorewood Hills, Arkansas , National Register of Historic Places listings in Garland County, Arkansas listed on the NRHP in Garland County, Arkansas Little Switzerland, North Carolina Little Switzerland Wisconsin , a ski area in Wisconsin disambig ru ... more details
Because of its Linguistic geography of Switzerland four national languages , its Culture of Switzerland cultural diversity and Economy of Switzerland economical status , Switzerland has long had one of the best developed and most complete Mass media media sectors in Europe . Citation needed date January 2011 Still, due to its small territorial size, it s strongly influenced by the media of larger bordering countries, with foreign journals, radios and televisions popular throughout the country. Citation needed date January 2011 The broadcasting sector is dominated by the SRG SSR , subsidized by the Swiss Federal Council federal government , while the printed press is free of governmental involvement. Switzerland was ranked seventh for 2008 in the yearly Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index Worldwide press freedom ranking of countries published by Reporters Without Borders , tied with Belgium , Latvia , New Zealand , Slovakia and Sweden . Print main List of newspapers in Switzerland Radio main List of radio stations in Switzerland Television main Television in Switzerland Internet SWITCH Information Technology Services Swiss Internet Exchange http www.shootingthecheese.ch Switzerland Discussion Group http www.zurichmedia.com Swiss Internet Media Europe topic Media of DEFAULTSORT Media Of Switzerland Category Swiss media switzerland stub de Medien in der Schweiz ... more details
Protestantism in Switzerland may refer to The historical Swiss Reformation The mainstream Swiss Reformed Church about 33 of the population Smaller Protestant denominations about 2 of the population in total , see Religion in Switzerland Demographics disambig ... more details
Sikhi portal Sikhism Swiss Sikhs are a small religious minority in Switzerland , numbering no more than 500, with seven gurdwara s. The number of Sikhs had been higher in the mid 1980s, caused by the presence of some 3,000 Sikh asylum seekers. ref name Gurdwaras in Switzerland http www.allaboutsikhs.com gurudwaras gurudwaras in switzerland.html Gurdwaras in Switzerland ref Gurdwaras Gurdwara Sahib, Langenthal . This gurdwara, first begun in 1996, was finished in 2006. It is the first Sikh shrine in Switzerland built in the traditional Sikh style. Gurdwara Singh Sabha Sikh Temple, Zurich Gurdwara Singh S Sikh Temple, Hitchin Where date July 2011 Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara Guru Nanak Sabha, Geneva References Reflist Europe topic Sikhism in Sikhism Category Religion in Switzerland Category Sikhism by country sikhism stub Switzerland stub ... more details
Historically, Old Swiss Confederacy Switzerland has been a poor country, especially in the Alpine culture Alpine region . From the 17th century, incipient industrialisation brought wealth to the cities, particularly to history of Zurich Zurich , but rural areas remained destitute well into the 19th century, causing the Swiss peasant war of 1653 peasant war in 1653, and later forcing families to forced migration emigrate both to Russian Swiss Russia and the Swiss American New World . In the 20th century, the economy of Switzerland economy of modern history of Switzerland modern Switzerland came to establish itself among the world s most stable, and in terms of human development index at 0.960 Switzerland ranks in the top ten. Nevertheless, Switzerland has a significant number of working poor , estimated at 213,000 people 3 of the population, or 7.4 of the working population in 2003. 3.3 of the population were depending on social welfare in 2005. See also Poverty by country External links http www.raonline.ch pages edu st armut ch01.html raonline.ch Europe topic Poverty in DEFAULTSORT Poverty In Switzerland Category Poverty by country Switzerland Category Economy of Switzerland Category Welfare in Switzerland ... more details
Infobox Software name Switzerland logo screenshot caption collapsible author developer Electronic Frontier Foundation released latest release version latest release date latest preview version 0.0.7a latest preview date 2008 08 13 frequently updated programming language operating system Mac OS X Darwin operating system Darwin , Linux , Microsoft Windows Windows platform size language status genre source model Open source license GNU General Public License website http www.eff.org testyourisp switzerland www.eff.org testyourisp switzerlandSwitzerland is an open source network monitoring utility developed and released by the Electronic Frontier Foundation . ref name eff press release cite web url http www.eff.org press archives 2008 07 31 title EFF Releases Switzerland ISP Testing Tool accessdate 2008 08 02 author date 2008 07 31 work publisher Electronic Frontier Foundation ref Its goal is to monitor network traffic between two systems running Switzerland to see if the user s internet service provider is violating network neutrality , like BitTorrent protocol Throttling and encryption Comcast does with the BitTorrent protocol BitTorrent protocol . ref name switzerland cite web url http www.eff.org testyourisp switzerland title Switzerland Network Testing Tool accessdate 2008 08 02 author date work publisher Electronic Frontier Foundation ref Switzerland was featured in the Technology section of an issue of New Scientist in August 2008. ref Cite news title On the net, all shall be equal newspaper New Scientist pages 23 date 2008 08 09 url http technology.newscientist.com article mg19926685.700 on the web all traffic shall be equal.html postscript None ref References references External links SourceForge switzerlandSwitzerland http eff.org Electronic Frontier Foundation software stub DEFAULTSORT Switzerland Software Category Beta software Category Free network related software Category Network neutrality Category Electronic Frontier Foundation ... more details
Telephones see also Telephone numbers in Switzerland In 2007 there were 5 million fixed telephone lines in use and 8,096,000 mobile phones , more than one per capita . The telephone system is described as providing excellent domestic and international services and having an extensive cable and microwave radio relay networks in the CIA World Factbook . Radio and television main Television in Switzerland List of radio stations in Switzerland In 1998 the number of radio receiver s in the country was totaled in 7,100,000, on average one per inhabitant in 2004 there were 113 FM broadcasting FM and 4 AM broadcasting AM radio stations in the country, without counting many other low power stations. Also, in 1995, there were 108 television stations and 3,310,000 television set s. Internet main Internet in Switzerland The country code top level domain for Swiss web pages is .ch , coming from the Latin language name of the confederation , Confederation Helvetica . There were 115 Internet Service Provider s in Switzerland and Liechtenstein in 1999 and as of 2008, 4,610,000 internet users. See also Media in Switzerland References CIA World Factbook Europe topic Telecommunications in Telecommunications DEFAULTSORT Telecommunications In Switzerland Category Communications in Switzerland Category Telecommunications in Switzerland lt veicarijos ry iai pt Comunica es na Su a ... more details
As a member of the European Free Trade Association EFTA , Switzerland CH is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics NUTS . The three NUTS levels are NUTS 1 Switzerland NUTS 2 7 Regions NUTS 3 26 Cantons of Switzerland Cantons File Karte Grossregionen der Schweiz 2010.png 600px right The NUTS codes are as follows CH0 Switzerland CH01 Lake Geneva region CH011 flag Vaud CH012 flag Valais CH013 flag Geneva CH02 Espace Mittelland CH021 flag Berne CH022 flag Fribourg CH023 flag Solothurn CH024 flag Neuch tel CH025 flag Jura CH03 Northwestern Switzerland CH031 flag Basel Stadt CH032 flag Basel Landschaft CH033 flag Aargau CH04 Greater Zurich Zurich CH040 flag Z rich CH05 Eastern Switzerland CH051 flag Glarus CH052 flag Schaffhausen CH053 flag Appenzell Ausserrhoden CH054 flag Appenzell Innerrhoden CH055 flag St. Gallen CH056 flag Grisons CH057 flag Thurgau CH06 Central Switzerland CH061 flag Lucerne CH062 flag Uri CH063 flag Schwyz CH064 flag Obwalden CH065 flag Nidwalden CH066 flag Zug CH07 Ticino CH070 flag Ticino Below the NUTS levels, there are two local administrative unit LAU levels LAU 1 districts of Switzerland districts LAU 2 Municipalities of Switzerland municipalities . See also Subdivisions of Switzerland ISO 3166 2 CH ISO 3166 2 codes of Switzerland List of FIPS region codes S U SZ Switzerland FIPS region codes of Switzerland Data codes for Switzerland Cantons Comparison of ISO, FIPS, and NUTS codes of the cantons of Switzerland External links http ec.europa.eu eurostat ramon nuts codelist en.cfm?list efta Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics NUTS and the Statistical regions of Europe http ec.europa.eu eurostat ramon nuts pngmaps efta1.png Overview map of EFTA countries Statistical regions at level 1 http ... of Switzerland , Statoids.com Regions of Switzerland Subdivisions of Switzerland NUTS Category NUTS Switzerland Category Subdivisions of Switzerland de Grossregionen der Schweiz fr Grande r gion Suisse ... more details
RTN Radio T l vision Neuch tel is a private French language radio broadcaster in regional Switzerland . It was founded in 1984. It broadcasts in the cantons of Neuch tel , Vaud and a part of the Broye . Its studios are located in Marin Epagnier in the canton of Neuch tel . External links official http www.rtn.ch Category French language radio stations in SwitzerlandSwitzerland stub Europe radio station stub fr RTN radio ru RTN ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 L Orient is a village in the Vall e de Joux , Vaud , Switzerland . It is part of the municipality of Le Chenit . Coord 46 36 6 N 6 14 25 E region CH display title DEFAULTSORT Orient L Category Vaud Category Villages in Switzerland Vaud geo stub ... more details
Image FLMap doton Switzerland.png right Location of Switzerland, Florida Switzerland, Florida is an unincorporated community in St. Johns County, Florida St. Johns County , Florida , United States . It is adjacent to Fruit Cove, Florida Fruit Cove . The approximate population of Switzerland is 18,063. http www.privateschoolreview.com school ov school id 7102 . Along with Fruit Cove, Florida Fruit Cove and Julington Creek, Florida Julington Creek , the community is associated to the zip code 32259 St. Johns, Florida . Switzerland is situated on the eastern bank of the St. Johns River , across from Green Cove Springs, Florida Green Cove Springs and Middleburg, Florida Middleburg in Clay County, Florida Clay County , and is south of Jacksonville, Florida Duval County, Florida Duval County . There are many schools in the Switzerland area. The main elementary schools are Hickory Creek Elementary and Cunningham Creek Elementary . The middle school is Switzerland Point Middle School , and the high school is Bartram Trail High School Bartram Trail . coord 30 04 34 N 81 38 50 W type city region US FL display title St. Johns County, Florida Category Unincorporated communities in St. Johns County, Florida Category Greater Jacksonville sv Switzerland, Florida vo Switzerland florida geo stub ... more details
Wellhausen is a village and former municipality in the canton of Thurgau , Switzerland . In 1983 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality Felben to form a new and larger municipality Felben Wellhausen . coord 47.574 8.946 region CH TG type city display title Category Former municipalities of Thurgau Category Villages in Switzerland de Wellhausen TG Thurgau geo stub ... more details
Infobox Settlement official name Northwestern Switzerland native name Nordwestschweiz settlement type Region image map Karte Nordwestschweiz 2011.png map caption subdivision type Countries of the world Country subdivision name CHE area total km2 1958.2 area footnotes ref http epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu tgm table.do?tab table&init 1&language en&pcode tgs00002&plugin 1 Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions km2 ref population as of 2007 population total 1031400 population footnotes ref http epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu tgm refreshTableAction.do?tab table&plugin 1&init 1&pcode tgs00001&language en Total average population, by NUTS 2 regions 1 000 inhabitants ref population density km2 auto blank name sec1 NUTS code blank info sec1 CH03 Northwestern Switzerland lang de Nordwestschweiz is the common name of the region of Switzerland encompassing the Cantons of Switzerland cantons of Basel City , Basel Country and Aargau . It is one of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics NUTS 2 NUTS CH regions of Switzerland . commonscat Nordwestschweiz coord missing Switzerland References reflist Regions of Switzerland Category Regions of Switzerland Category NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union als Nordwestschweiz de Nordwestschweiz es Suiza Nor Occidental fr Suisse du Nord Ouest Aargau geo stub BaselCountry geo stub BaselCity geo stub ... more details
Ibach is a town in the municipality of Schwyz , Schwyz District , Canton of Schwyz , Switzerland . coord 47 01 N 8 39 E display title region CH type city source GNS enwiki Category Canton of Schwyz Category Villages in Switzerland Category Schwyz Schwyz geo stub ... more details
orphan date May 2010 infobox ethnic group group Finns in Switzerland image poptime 7,000 ref name FEIS http www.finlandia.ch public default.aspx?nodeid 41261&contentlan 1&culture fi FI Finnish embassy in Switzerland ref popplace langs Finnish language Finnish , German language German , French language French and Italian language Italian . related Finnish people Finns in Switzerland consist of migrants from Finland to Switzerland and their descendants. According to one estimate Which? date May 2010 there are 7,000 Finns living in Switzerland, of whom 4,000 are first generation immigrants and 3,000 are second generation immigrants. Most of the first generation immigrants are women in their 40s and 50s, many of whom immigrated from 1960 70. ref name MSM Hannele J nsson Korhola and Anna Riitta Lindgren, Monena suomi maailmalla Suomalaisper isi kieliv hemmist j , Helsinki 2003, ISBN 951 746 344 8 in Finnish ref Most Finns in Switzerland live in the Canton of Z rich . ref name FEIS The first Finnish schools of Switzerland were located in Bern and Z rich , and opened in 1982. Schweizerische Vereinigung der Freunde Finnlands SVFF began to operate in 1946, and has since published a newspaper called Suomen Sanomat until it was changed to Finnland Magazin . This newspaper is issued four times in year. ref name MSM Sveitsin suomenkielinen kirkollinen toiminta SSKT organizes Finnish language church activities around Switzerland. ref http www.sskt.seurakunta.net ?sid 1 SSKT Sveitsin suomenkielinen kirkollinen toiminta in Finnish ref Notable Finns in Switzerland Kimi R ikk nen ref http zhidao.baidu.com question 5068609.html?fr qrl3 Srini. Raikkonen s biography ref Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim ref http www.mannerheim.fi 01 elama e elkaar.htm Mannerheim.fi Course of Life ref References Reflist External links http www.svff.ch Schweizerische Vereinigung der Freunde Finnlands SVFF Zentralvorstand in German DEFAULTSORT Finns In Switzerland Category Ethnic groups in Switzerland Category ... more details
Infobox Airline airline Farnair Switzerland logo FarnairEuropeHB AFSatCGN.jpg logo size 250px fleet size 15 destinations IATA ICAO FAT callsign FARNER parent company slogan founded 1984 headquarters Allschwil , Basel Landschaft key people hubs EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg secondary hubs Cologne Bonn Airport focus cities frequent flyer lounge alliance website http www.farnair.com Farnair Switzerland AG is a Swiss airline. It operates regular express parcel services from Switzerland, Germany and Italy to the main hubs in Europe . It also specialises in operations for humanitarian organisations, the oil industry and other special operations. Its main base is EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg . ref name FI cite news title Directory World Airlines work Flight International page 81 date 2007 04 03 ref Its head office is in the Villa Guggenheim in Allschwil , Basel Landschaft . History The airline was established and started operations in 1984. It is privately owned and also wholly owns the subsidiary airline Farnair Hungary . ref name FI Corporate affairs The head office is located ... How to find us . http www.webcitation.org 65aAA5ljQ Archive Farnair Switzerland. Retrieved ... Switzerland. Retrieved on 19 February 2012. ref The airline s head office was on the Swiss side of EuroAirport ... on the Swiss side of Basel EuroAirport and can only be accessed from Switzerland. ref a French ... office may only be accessed from Switzerland. ref name Contact Fleet The Farnair Switzerland fleet ... 1 ATR 42 320 Passenger References references External links commonscat Farnair Switzerland Portalbox Switzerland Companies Aviation http www.farnair.com Farnair Switzerland http www.ch aviation.ch aircraft.php?search set&airline FAT&al op 1 Farnair Switzerland Fleet Airlines of Switzerland Aviation lists Category Airlines of Switzerland Category Airlines established in 1984 Category Cargo airlines euro airline stub Switzerland company stub Switzerland stub de Farnair Europe ru Farnair Switzerland ... more details
Wald may refer to the following municipalities in Switzerland Wald, Berne Wald BE Wald, Appenzell Wald AR Wald, Zurich Wald ZH See also Wald disambiguation geodis ... more details
Birmenstorf is the name of a municipality in Switzerland and in the canton Aargau Birmenstorf, Aargau It should not be confused with the Birmens d orf in canton Zurich Birmensdorf, Zurich Disambig simple Birmenstorf ... more details
Au, Switzerland may refer to Au, St. Gallen , a municipality in the Canton of St. Gallen Au, Zurich , a municipality in the Canton of Zurich disambig ... more details
The gendarmerie are the uniformed branch of the cantonal police of the French speaking cantons of Switzerland , and their members are not soldiers but civilians. The first bodies of Swiss gendarme s result from the gendarmes of foot of Napoleon Bonaparte present in Switzerland during the French occupation under Swiss republic. Currently, the police authority is exercised by the cantons, which are like Sovereign states. The cantonal police force is generally subdivided in two bodies the gendarmerie, the uniformed organization in which performs the tasks of police patrol and response, and may conduct judicial enquiries. the s ret , civil investigators who work in the Criminal Investigation Department average and serious crime However in certain cantons, the gendarmes have the ability to conduct local or judicial enquiries. See also Gendarmerie Law enforcement in Switzerland Category Gendarmerie Category Law enforcement in Switzerland ... more details
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