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The data code for Switzerland, CH, is derived from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica (Helvetic Confederation). The toponym Schwyz itself was first attested in 972, as Old High German Suittes, perhaps related to swedan 'to burn' (cf. Old Norse svíða 'to singe, burn'), referring to the area of forest that was burned and cleared to build. [29]
Saxon Switzerland (German: Sächsische Schweiz) is a hilly climbing area and national park in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. It is located around the Elbe valley south-east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany, adjoining Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic. Together with the Czech part, the region is known as Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland.
chur.ch SFSO statistics Chur [ note 1 ] [ note 2 ] is the capital and largest town of the Swiss canton of the Grisons and lies in the Grisonian Rhine Valley , where the Rhine turns towards the north, in the northern part of the canton.
Population density in Switzerland, by district. Switzerland has 9 million inhabitants, as of June 2024. [4] Its population quadrupled over the period 1800 to 1990 (average doubling time 95 years).
The first mentioning of Trogen was in 1168 (Trugin).The name Trogen refers to a number of fountains (Trögen) which is reflected in the coat of arms.After the Appenzell Wars, the Rhode Trogen was created in 1429 which included the territories of the municipalities Oberegg as well as parts of Bühler and Gais.
www.buelach.ch SFSO statistics: Bülach (Alemannic German pronunciation:) is a historic town and a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Zürich.
San Bernardino in 2019. San Bernardino is a mountainous village in the canton of Grisons in Switzerland.It is the southern entry point to the San Bernardino tunnel, which complemented the road over the San Bernardino Pass in 1967, opening a new all-year-round road to crossing the Alps.
Aarau (Swiss Standard German:, Alemannic German pronunciation: [ˈɑːræu̯]) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau.The town is also the capital of the district of Aarau.