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Switzerland, [e] officially the Swiss Confederation, [f] is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. [ g ] [ 13 ] It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
Articles about villages in Switzerland that are part of a (larger) municipality. See also: Category:Municipalities of Switzerland Wikimedia Commons has media related to Villages in Switzerland .
We decided to move to Switzerland in search of the lifestyle we wanted. My family moved to Switzerland 8 years ago. We couldn't find the type of life we wanted in the US.
Switzerland has been associated with banking and other related banking services. Since the early 18th century, Switzerland has a long, kindred history of banking secrecy and client confidentiality. Started as a way to protect wealthy European banking interests, Swiss banking secrecy was codified with the 1934 Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks.
Further, some municipalities which would fulfill such a definition nevertheless prefer to understand themselves still as a village, or consequently refer to themselves just as municipalities (German: Gemeinde, French: commune, Italian: comune). The Swiss definition of a town differs from the definition of a municipality. [2]: 14–19
The municipality is located in the Leuk district. It consists of the village of Albinen, the alpine pasture settlements of Chermignon and Torrent along with the former herding camp (now vacation villages) of Ober Dorbu and Tschingere. These towns were established back in the days when the farmers of Albinen lived a semi-nomadic life.
Turner, who moved in the mid-1990s and took Swiss citizenship in 2013 — dispensing with her U.S passport — was arguably the most famous resident in recent years. Swiss President Alain Berset ...
This is a list of places in Switzerland. Cities, towns, and villages. This list includes municipalities as well as other places with articles. City Canton