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The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 12.2% of the workforce coming into Gland are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.1% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. [19]
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 an alphabetical list of the 2,131 municipalities of Switzerland, updated (as of January 2024 ... Gland: Vaud Glarus: Glarus Glarus Nord: Glarus Glarus Süd:
Switzerland has a relatively high number of small municipalities, with a population of 1,000 or less, especially in rural areas. Because of the increasing difficulty in providing professional government services and in finding volunteers for political offices in small municipalities, the cantons tend to encourage voluntary mergers of ...
Next month, Swiss citizens will decide if the government will implement a basic income for everyone in the country, but voters seem to be split. Everyone in Switzerland might get a government ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – based in Gland, Canton of Vaud; International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) UNITAID; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
SUMAS is headquartered in the city of Gland, between Geneva and Laussane. Its Swiss campus is a city campus with different buildings, including: [30] IUCN Campus, in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Conservation Center. SUMAS Learning Center (SLC) across from the IUCN Campus. This is where teaching facilities are located.
The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Switzerland a "full democracy" in 2022. [5] [needs update] According to Freedom House, an American NGO, Switzerland is among the freest countries in the world, with a 2020 score of 39/40 on political rights and 57/60 on civil liberties (for a combined score of 96/100). [20]