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The Geneva Functional Urban Area covers a land area of 2,292 km 2 (885 sq mi) (24.2% in Switzerland, 75.8% in France) [10] and had 1,053,436 inhabitants in Jan. 2021 (Swiss estimates and French census), 57.8% of them on Swiss territory and 42.2% on French territory.
Switzerland's 13 institutes of higher learning enrolled 99,600 students in the academic year of 2001–02. About 25% of the adult population hold a diploma of higher learning. According to the CIA World Factbook data for 2003, 99% of the Swiss population aged 15 and over could read and write, with the rate being identical for both sexes.
Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps and the Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas most of the country's nearly 9 million people are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts its largest cities and economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, and Lausanne.
Below is a list of towns and cities in Switzerland. ... Geneva: h [citation needed] – GE: 203,856 579,227 Genève (CH) Gland – Nyon: VD: 13,258 579,227 Genève (CH)
Rank Name Canton Pop. Rank Name Canton Pop. Zurich Geneva: 1: Zurich: Zurich: 421,878: 11: Thun: Bern: 43,476 Basel Lausanne: 2: Geneva: Geneva: 203,856: 12 ...
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Switzerland has a large economy and highly skilled labor force. Fifteen Swiss companies are included on Fortune's "Global 500" list (in 2011).As of 2018 the largest non-financial companies in terms of annual revenue were Glencore, Vitol and Trafigura, with Nestlé as the largest employer.
Gotthard line in 1882 Development of real GDP per capita, 1851 to 2018. Switzerland as a federal state was established in 1848. Before that time, the city-cantons of Zürich, Geneva, and Basel in particular began to develop economically based on industry and trade, while the rural regions of Switzerland remained poor and underdeveloped.