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Land-locked Switzerland is bordered by France to the west, Germany to the north, Austria and Liechtenstein to the east, and Italy to the south. 7000 lakes fill basins below the rugged, snow-capped mountains. The 11 regions below comprise 26 official Swiss cantons.
Regions & Cantons of Switzerland + Liechtenstein
♦ Lake Geneva
Genève, Vaud
♦ Jura
Neuchâtel, Jura
♦ Bernese-Fribourg
Bern (Bernese Oberland, Mittelland and Jura), Fribourg
♦ Basel & Aargau
Basel-Landschaft, Solothurn, Aargau
♦ Central Switzerland
Lucerne, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Uri, Glarus, Schwyz, Zug
♦ Zürich
Zürich
♦ Northeast Switzerland
Schaffhausen, Thurgau, Sankt Gallen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden
♦ Graubünden
♦ Ticino
♦ Valais
♦ LIECHTENSTEIN
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German + French
official language
Swiss Franc CHF
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26
official cantons
Bern
de facto capital
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