Did you know that…? there are 1484 lakes in Switzerland? the Lac de Neuchâtel is the biggest Swiss lake? the Caumasee in Flims is the warmest Swiss lake above 1000 metres a.s.l.? the highest shipping line is on the Silsersee at 1800 metres a.s.l.? in Switzerland, you are never more than 20 km away from the next lake? at the Umersee on the “Weg der Schweiz” (Swiss Path) 5 mm of path is dedicated to every Swiss citizen? 15 shipping companies... 

Area 41,293 sq km / 15,936 sq mi Distance North to South 220 km / 137 mi. East to West 348 km / 216 mi. Length of frontier 1,881 km 1,168 mi. Switzerland borders France in the West, Germany in the north, Austria and the principality of Liechtenstein in the east and Italy in the south. Landscape 3 main types of landscape – the Swiss Alps, the hilly Swiss Mittelland, which extends from Lake Constance to Lake Geneva, and the Swiss Jura,... 

Capital: Berne Population: 7,7 million Population density: 172 per sq. km Government: Parliamentary Federal State since 1848, Direct democracy Cantons: 20 full cantons, 6 half cantons Argovia Appenzell Outer-Rhodes Appenzell Inner-Rhodes Basle-Country Basle-Town Berne Fribourg Geneva Glarus Grisons Jura Lucerne Neuchâtel Nidwalden Obwalden Schaffhausen Schwyz Solothurn St.Gall Thurgovia Ticino Uri Valais Vaud Zug Zurich Languages: (Swiss)...