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Six of the 26 cantons are traditionally, but no longer officially, called "half-cantons" (German: Halbkanton, French: demi-canton, Italian: semicantone, Romansh: mez-chantun). In two instances (Basel and Appenzell) this was a consequence of a historic division, whilst in the case of Unterwalden a historic mutual association, resulting in three ...
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state [1] with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848. Each canton has its own constitution, legislature, government and courts. [2]
Ticino (/ t ɪ ˈ tʃ iː n oʊ / tih-CHEE-noh), sometimes Tessin (/ t ɛ ˈ s iː n, t ɛ ˈ s æ̃ /), officially [5] the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, [a] is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eight districts and its capital city is Bellinzona.
Switzerland, [e] officially the Swiss Confederation, [f] is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. ... English was elevated in a few cantons. [171]
Thurgau (German: [ˈtuːrɡaʊ] ⓘ; French: Thurgovie; Italian: Turgovia; Romansh: Turgovia), anglicized as Thurgovia, and formally [4] as the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts.
The state is the only trilingual canton of Switzerland. [8] It is also the only one where Romansh, Switzerland's fourth national language, has official status. Romansh language and culture is an important part of local identity. [9] In 2020 the canton had a population of 200,096. [2] It is the least densely populated canton of Switzerland.
The Cantons of Switzerland are the top tier administrative subdivisions of the country. They were once sovereign states and under Switzerland's federal constitution they retain a higher degree of autonomy than the subdivisions of many other countries.
The 22 cantonal coats of arms in the stained glass dome of the Federal Palace of Switzerland (c. 1900) Great Seal of the Confederacy, with the Standesfarben to be worn by the cantonal huissiers (Standesweibel), print published in c. 1830. Each of the 26 modern cantons of Switzerland has an official flag and a coat of arms. The history of ...