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[74] Precipitation tends to be spread moderately throughout the year, with a peak in summer. Autumn is the driest season, winter receives less precipitation than summer, yet the weather patterns in Switzerland are not in a stable climate system. They can vary from year to year with no strict and predictable periods. [citation needed] Environment Switzerland contains two terrestrial ecoregions: Western European broadleaf forests and Alps conifer and mixed forests. [75] Switzerland's many small valleys separated by high mountains often host unique ecologies.
[217][216] The fourth national language, Romansh (0. 5%), is a Romance language spoken locally in the southeastern trilingual canton of Grisons, and is designated by Article 4 of the Federal Constitution as a national language along with German, French, and Italian. In Article 70 it is mentioned as an official language if the authorities communicate with persons who speak Romansh. However, federal laws and other official acts do not need to be decreed in Romansh. In 2016, the languages most spoken at home among permanent residents aged 15 and older were Swiss German (59. 4%), French (23. 5%), Standard German (10.
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[101][102][103][104] In 2002 Switzerland became a full member of the United Nations. [99] It was the first state to join it by referendum. Switzerland maintains diplomatic relations with almost all countries and historically has served as an intermediary between other states. [99] Switzerland is not a member of the European Union; the Swiss people have consistently rejected membership since the early 1990s. [99] However, Switzerland does participate in the Schengen Area. [105] The colour-reversed Swiss flag became the symbol of the Red Cross Movement, [63] founded in 1863 by Henry Dunant.
[139] The European Union labeled it Europe's most innovative country and the most innovative country in the Global Innovation Index in 2021, as it had done in 2020 and 2019. [140][141][142] It ranked 20th of 189 countries in the Ease of Doing Business Index. Switzerland's slow growth in the 1990s and the early 2000s increased support for economic reforms and harmonisation with the European Union.
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[j][93] Cantons The Swiss Confederation consists of 26 cantons:[89] Canton ID Capital Aargau 19 Aarau *Nidwalden 7 Stans *Appenzell Ausserrhoden 15 Herisau *Obwalden 6 Sarnen *Appenzell Innerrhoden 16 Appenzell Schaffhausen 14 *Basel-Landschaft 13 Liestal Schwyz 5 *Basel-Stadt 12 Basel Solothurn 11 Bern 2 St. Gallen 17 Fribourg 10 Thurgau 20 Frauenfeld Geneva 25 Ticino 21 Bellinzona Glarus 8 Uri 4 Altdorf Grisons 18 Chur Valais 23 Sion Jura 26 Delémont Vaud 22 Lausanne Lucerne 3 Zug 9 Neuchâtel 24 Zürich 1 *These cantons are known as half-cantons.
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[citation needed] A 1980 initiative calling for the complete separation of church and state was rejected by 78. 9% of the voters. [251] Some traditionally Protestant cantons and cities nowadays have a slight Catholic majority, because since about 1970 a steadily growing minority were not affiliated with any religious body (21. 4% in Switzerland, 2012) especially in traditionally Protestant regions, such as Basel-City (42%), canton of Neuchâtel (38%), canton of Geneva (35%), canton of Vaud (26%), or Zürich city (city: >25%; canton: 23%). [252] Literature The earliest forms of literature were in German, reflecting the language's early predominance.
[255] Media Freedom of the press and the right to free expression is guaranteed in the constitution. [256] The Swiss News Agency (SNA) broadcasts information in three of the four national languages—on politics, economics, society and culture. The SNA supplies almost all Swiss media and foreign media with its reporting. [256] Switzerland has historically boasted the world's greatest number of newspaper titles relative to its population and size.
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