Swisserland
(Reguidit frae Swiss)
Swisserland (German: Schweiz, French: Suisse, Italian: Svizzera, Romansh: Svizra, Laitin: Helvetia), kent offeecially the Swiss Confederation (German: Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, French: Confédération Suisse, Italian: Confederazione Svizzera an Romansh: Confederaziun Svizra, Laitin: Confoederatio Helvetica), is an Alpine kintra in Central Europe. It is landlockit an haes the neebours Germany tae the North, Fraunce tae the Wast, Italy tae the Sooth an Austrick an Liechtenstein tae the East. Historically it wis a Confederation but syne 1848 it haes been a Federation. It haes a strang economy in finance an baunkin an haes a lang history o bein neutral baith poleetical an meelitar.
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 Location o Switzerland (green) on the European continent (green & dark grey) | |
| Caipital | None (de jure) Bern (de facto)[note 1][1][2] 46°57′N 7°27′E / 46.950°N 7.450°E |
| Lairgest ceety | Zürich |
| Offeecial leids | German French Italian Romansh |
| Demonym(s) | Scots: Swiss, German: Schweizer(in), French: Suisse(sse), Italian: svizzero/svizzera, or elvetico/elvetica, Romansh: Svizzer/Svizra |
| Govrenment | Federal semi-direct democracy unner multi-pairty pairlamentary directorial republic |
| Viktor Rossi | |
| Legislatur | Federal Assembly |
| Cooncil o States | |
| Naitional Cooncil | |
| History | |
| c. 1300[note 2] (tradeetionally 1 August 1291) | |
| 24 October 1648 | |
| 7 August 1815 | |
| 12 September 1848[note 3][3] | |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi) (135t) |
• Water (%) | 4.2 |
| Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 8,401,120[4] (99th) |
• 2015 census | 8,327,126[5] |
• Density | 202/km2 (523.2/sq mi) (63rd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $493.126 billion[6] (39t) |
• Per capita | $59,150[6] (9t) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate |
• Tot | $651.770 billion[6] (19th) |
• Per capita | $78,179[6] (2nt) |
| Gini (2015) |  29.5[7]law · 19th |
| HDI (2015) |  0.939[8]verra heich · 2nt |
| Currency | Swiss franc (CHF) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Date format | dd.mm.yyyy (AD) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +41 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH |
| Internet TLD | .ch |
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Notes
eedit- ↑ De jure "federal ceety"; de facto caipital. Due tae historical federalist sensibilities, Swiss law disna designate a formal caipital; an some federal institutions such as coorts are locatit in ither ceeties.
- ↑ The oreeginal date o the Rütlischwur wis 1307 (reportit bi Aegidius Tschudi in the 16t century) an is juist ane amang several comparable treaties atween mair or less the same pairties during that period. The date o the Federal Charter o 1291 wis selectit in 1891 for the offeecial celebration o the "Confederacy's 600t anniversary".
- ↑ A solemn declaration o the Tagsatzung declared the Federal Constitution adoptit on 12 September 1848. A resolution o the Tagsatzung o 14 September 1848 specifee'd that the pouers o the institutions providit for bi the 1815 Federal Treaty would expire at the time o the constitution o the Federal Council, which took place on 16 November 1848.
References
eedit- ↑ Georg Kreis: Federal city in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 20 March 2015.
- ↑ Holenstein, André (2012). "Die Hauptstadt existiert nicht". UniPress – Forschung und Wissenschaft an der Universität Bern (scientific article) (in German). Berne: Department Communication, University of Berne. 152 (Sonderfall Hauptstatdtregion): 16–19. doi:10.7892/boris.41280.
Als 1848 ein politisch-administratives Zentrum für den neuen Bundesstaat zu bestimmen war, verzichteten die Verfassungsväter darauf, eine Hauptstadt der Schweiz zu bezeichnen und formulierten stattdessen in Artikel 108: «Alles, was sich auf den Sitz der Bundesbehörden bezieht, ist Gegenstand der Bundesgesetzgebung.» Die Bundesstadt ist also nicht mehr und nicht weniger als der Sitz der Bundesbehörden.
- ↑ Andreas Kley: Federal constitution in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 3 May 2011.
- ↑ "Bevölkerungsbestand am Ende des 2. Quartals 2016" [Recent monthly and quarterly figures: provisional data] (XLS) (official statistics) (in German, French, and Italian). Neuchâtel, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss Confederation. 6 October 2016. 1155-1500. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ↑ Jacqueline Kucera, Athena Krummenacher, eds. (22 November 2016). Switzerland's population 2015 (PDF) (official report). Swiss Statistics. Neuchâtel, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 7 December 2016. Cite uses deprecated parameter
|editors=(help) - ↑ a b c d "5. Report for Selected Countries and Subjects: Switzerland". Washington, DC, U.S.: International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ↑ "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income – EU-SILC survey" (Eurostat Data Explorer). Brussels, Belgium: European Commission. 15 November 2016. Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 25 Mairch 2017.
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