Country guide

Switzerland

Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for Switzerland.

Outline map shape of Switzerland
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Flag of Switzerland

Key facts

Capital
Bern
Region
Europe
Area
41,284 km²
Population
9,082,848

Neighboring countries

Switzerland has 5 land neighbors in the country data.

Learn Switzerland

Bern is the capital of Switzerland. Switzerland has four national languages.

Switzerland covers 41,284 square kilometers and borders Austria, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, and Germany. At 3,454 meters above sea level, Jungfraujoch is the highest railway station in Europe.

CERN, headquartered near Geneva, operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world.

Trivia

  • Switzerland has four national languages.
  • CERN, headquartered near Geneva, operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world.
  • At 3,454 meters above sea level, Jungfraujoch is the highest railway station in Europe.
  • Switzerland's permanent neutrality, recognized by the Congress of Vienna in 1815, is the oldest armed neutrality guaranteed by international treaty.
  • The Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen is the largest waterfall in Europe by average water volume.

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