Languages:
- Swiss-German (64%),
- French (19%),
- Italian (8%),
- Romansch (1%),
- others (8%)
Area:
- 41,293 km^2 / 15,936 mi^2
Distances:
- North - South:
220 km / 137 mi
- East - West:
348 km / 216 mi
Frontier:
- Length: 1,881 km / 1,168 mi
- West: France,
- North: Germany,
- East: Austria, Principality of Liechtenstein,
- South: Italy
Largest cities:
- Zurich: 336,800
- Geneva: 173,500
- Basel: 168,700
- Berne: 122,700
- Lucerne: 57,000 |
Landscapes:
- The Swiss Alps,
- The hilly Swiss Mittelland (from Lake Constance to Lake Geneva),
- The Swiss Jura (long line of rugged fold mountains)
Highest Peaks:
- Dufourspitze (Valais): 4,634 m / 15,203 ft
- Dom (Valais): 4,545 m / 14,911 ft
- Weisshorn (Valais): 4,506 m / 14,793 ft
- Matterhorn (Valais): 4,478 m / 14,691 ft
Largest Glacier (Surface):
- Aletsch (Valais): 117 km^2 / 73 mi^2, length: 24 km /15 mi
- Glaciers in total: 140
Largest Lakes:
- Lake Geneva: 582 km^2 / 223 mi^2
- Lake Constance: 539 km^2 / 208 mi^2
- Lake Neuchatel: 218 km^2 / 83 mi^2
- Lake Maggiore: 212 km^2 / 82 mi^2
- Lake Lucerne: 114 km^2 / 44 mi^2
- Lake Zurich: 88 km^2 / 35 mi^2
- Lakes in total: 1,484
Highest Village:
- Juf (Graubunden): 2,126 m / 7,000 ft
Lowest Village:
- Ascona (Ticino): 196 m / 690 ft
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