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The canton of Fribourg, [a] also canton of Freiburg, [b] is located in western Switzerland.The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by more than two thirds of the citizens and German by a little more than a quarter. [4]
The term Kanton has been widely used since the 19th century. [3] The number of cantons was increased to 19 with the Act of Mediation (1803), with the recognition of former subject territories as full cantons. The Federal Treaty of 1815 increased the number to 22 due to the accession of former associates of the Old Swiss Confederacy.
Barood (transl. Gunpowder) is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Pramod Chakravorty, with screenplay by Sachin Bhowmick and dialogues by Ahsan Rizvi. [1] It stars Ashok Kumar , Rishi Kapoor , Shoma Anand , Ajit and Reena Roy in leading roles, with Dharmendra and Hema Malini in guest appearances.
There were no changes between 1934 and 2013, but as of December 2022, there occurred in all nine mergers.. 2014: Bertschikon bei Attikon and Wiesendangen → Wiesendangen 2015: Bauma and Sternenberg → Bauma [1] [2]
Kanton may refer to: The German name used for the Cantons of Switzerland or the Cantons of Prussia; The Bosnian name used for the Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; A variation of Canton, the old English name for Guangzhou in China; Kanton Island in Kiribati, Pacific Ocean; Historical divisions of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Zürichgau, the name of the medieval pagus, was in use for the territories of the city of Zurich during the 15th and 16th century; the term canton (Kanton) gradually entered use in the 16th century, but Zürichgau remained widely used well into the 19th century (becoming obsolescent after the formation of the modern canton in 1831).
Roman column in Nyon Bailiwicks of Bern in Vaud in the 18th century. Humans lived alongside the Vaud lakes in prehistoric times. Later, the Celtic tribe of the Helvetii inhabited the area.
The canton was created in 1798 from the merger of the County of Baden with the Freie Ämter (free bailiwicks) and Kelleramt, all of which had until then been condominiums (gemeine Herrschaften) of the Old Swiss Confederation.