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As of 2000, there were 272 students in Gland who came from another municipality, while 451 residents attended schools outside the municipality. [19] Gland is home to the Bibl. scolaire et communale de Gland library. The library has (as of 2008) 22,346 books or other media, and loaned out 41,248 items in the same year. It was open a total of 251 ...
This is an alphabetical list of towns or cities (these English terms can be used interchangeably, as there is no official differentiation), which follows the FSO's definition (German: Statistische Städte 2012, French: Villes statistiques 2012), as well as places with historic town rights (h) and/or market towns (m).
This is a list of women artists who were born in Switzerland or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Prominent Swiss women in the fields of business and law include Emilie Kempin-Spyri (1853–1901), the first woman to graduate with a law degree and to be accepted as an academic lecturer in the country, [4] and Isabelle Welton, the head of IBM Switzerland and one of few women in the country to hold a top-level position in a business firm. [6] [7]
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Large villages and towns, including strategic locations like Zurich and St.Gallen, were fortified. This initiative led to the development of what were essentially early urban strongholds and city governments in Eastern Switzerland. [39] By 1200, the Swiss Plateau comprised the dominions of the houses of Savoy, Zähringer, Habsburg, and Kyburg. [36]
The first documented use of the city seal is on a certificate of 25 February 1311. It showed, washed by spring water and surrounded by vines, a swimming pool in which a man and a woman sit and eat grapes. It was in use until 1497; in addition, there were six similar seals, which were used until about 1800.
With 84 lodges and 3’350 members, the Grand Lodge Alpina of Switzerland (GLAS) is a Swiss Masonic obedience founded in 1844.. It is the oldest and most numerous Grand Lodge in Switzerland, but other so-called liberal Grand Lodges exist on Swiss territory, including the Droit Humain Suisse, [1] the Mixed Grand Loge of Switzerland, [2] the Grand Lodge Symbolique Helvétique, [3] the Grand ...