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Ticino ( / tɪˈtʃiːnoʊ / tih-CHEE-no ), sometimes Tessin ( / tɛˈsiːn, tɛˈsæ̃ / ), officially [5] the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, [a] is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eight districts and its capital city is Bellinzona. It is also traditionally divided ...
24 nov 2019 · The Canton of Valais. The canton of Valais is both a German-speaking canton and a French-speaking one. It belongs to the southwestern part of Switzerland, in the Alpine region. It’s characterized by vast mountains that reach over 4000 m height, with the most famous top being the Matterhorn, 4’478 m, in Zermatt.
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state[1] with its own borders, army and currency until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848. The most recently created canton is the Canton of Jura, which separated from the Canton of Berne in 1979[2]. In the 16th century, the Old Swiss Confederation was ...
The Grisons ( / ɡriːˈzɒ̃ /, [4] French: [ɡʁizɔ̃]) or Graubünden ( German: [ɡraʊˈbʏndn̩] ⓘ ), [note 1] more formally the Canton of the Grisons or the Canton of Graubünden, [5] is one of the twenty-six cantons of Switzerland. It has eleven districts, and its capital is Chur. The German name of the canton, Graubünden, translates ...
Switzerland is a federal republic composed of 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. [a] [2] [1] Switzerland is one of the world's most developed countries, with the highest nominal wealth per adult [16] and the eighth-highest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.
In fact, in an international comparison, Switzerland remains highly decentralized in terms of revenue and expenditure structures, and there are various indications that the cantons have regained importance vis-à-vis the federation (Arnold 2020; Koller et al. 2012; Linder and Mueller 2017; Vatter 2020).
Switzerland has no state religion, though most of its cantons (except for Geneva and Neuchâtel) recognise official churches ( Landeskirchen ), in all cases Catholic and Swiss Protestant, and in some cantons also the Old Catholic Church and Jewish congregations. [8] These churches are financed by taxation of their adherents.
