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The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva, is one of the 26 cantons of the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of forty-five municipalities, and the seat of the government and parliament is in the City of Geneva. Geneva is the French-speaking westernmost canton of Switzerland.
La lingua ufficiale e più diffusa del cantone è il francese e la capitale rappresenta uno dei principali centri urbani della Svizzera romanda. Storico centro della Riforma protestante, il cantone è oggi una delle aree più cosmopolite del Paese ed è sede di alcune tra le più importanti organizzazioni internazionali del mondo. Indice. 1 Storia.
The city covers an area of 15.93 km 2 (6.2 sq mi), while the area of the canton is 282 km 2 (108.9 sq mi), including the two small exclaves of Céligny in Vaud. The part of the lake that is attached to Geneva has an area of 38 km 2 (14.7 sq mi) and is sometimes referred to as petit lac (small lake).
Ginevra (ufficialmente in francese Genève, AFI: /ʒə.nɛv/; in tedesco Genf, AFI: /ˈgɛɱf/; in romancio Genevra) è un comune svizzero di 201 818 abitanti del Canton Ginevra; ha lo status di città ed è la capitale del cantone.
Some cantons formally describe themselves as republics in their constitutions. This applies to the Romance-speaking cantons in particular: Geneva (formally République et canton de Genève, 'Republic and canton of Geneva'), Jura, Neuchâtel, Valais, Vaud and Ticino. History
3 giorni fa · Geneva, city, capital of Genève canton, in the far southwestern corner of Switzerland that juts into France. One of Europe’s most cosmopolitan cities, Geneva has served as a model for republican government and owes its preeminence to the triumph of human, rather than geographic, factors.
In 1584, Geneva strengthened its ties to the Swiss Confederacy with a separate "eternal treaty" with the Protestant city cantons of Bern and Zürich. But the five Catholic cantons blocked any suggestions of full accession of Geneva to the Confederacy.