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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]
Map of the Helvetic Republic (1798) Map of Switzerland in 1815 New cantons were added only in the modern period, during 1803–1815; this mostly concerned former subject territories now recognized as full cantons (such as Vaud, Ticino and Aargau), and the full integration of territories that had been more loosely allied to the Confederacy (such as Geneva, Valais and Grisons).
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.
This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Switzerland Cantons Map with Names and Capitals (french).svg licensed with Cc-by-3.0, GFDL . 2008-12-02T23:20:36Z Poulpy 1052x744 (295247 Bytes) == Summary == {{Information |Description={{en|1=Map of Switzerland, showing cantons, cantons abbreviations, and capitals (french names).}} |Source=Own work, based on [[:Image:Suisse cantons ...
Districts of Switzerland are a political subdivision for cantons. In the federally constituted Switzerland , each canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. Therefore, there exists a variety of structures and terminology for the subnational entities between canton and municipality , loosely termed districts .
As a federal state, Switzerland is composed of 26 cantons, which are further divided into districts and municipalities. Each canton was a fully sovereign state [23] with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848. There are considerable differences between ...
English: Vectormap of Switzerland with all canton, names and flags as separated layers. ... This map was created with Inkscape, or with something else.