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The border is a product of the Napoleonic period, established with the provisional constitution of the Helvetic Republic of 15 January 1798, restored in 1815. While this border existed as a border of Switzerland from 1815, there was only a unified Italian state to allow the existence of a "Swiss-Italian border" with the formation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, it previously comprised the ...
Population of towns (2022) Below is a list of towns and cities in Switzerland.Until 2014 municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants were considered to be towns (German: Stadt/Städte, French: ville(s), Italian: città).
Swiss-Italian border in the Alps between Santa Maria Val Müstair, Switzerland and Bormio, Italy Nufenen: 2,478 metres (8,130 ft) In the Alps between Ulrichen, Valais and Airolo, Ticino Grand Saint Bernard: 2,469 metres (8,100 ft) Swiss-Italian border in the Valais (Pennine) Alps between Martigny, Switzerland and Aosta, Italy Furka
Italy–Switzerland border crossings (21 P) L. Lugano Prealps (20 P) M. Matterhorn (1 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Italy–Switzerland border" The following 177 pages ...
In German-speaking Switzerland, Ticino is nicknamed Sonnenstube (sun porch), owing to the more than 2,300 sunshine hours the canton receives every year, compared to 1,700 for Zurich. [22] The canton can experience particularly heavy storms and rainfalls in summer. It is the region of Switzerland with the highest level of lightning discharge. [23]
The journey takes about 13 minutes by car, the maximum speed being 80 km/h (50 mph). The Gotthard Road Tunnel is one of the three tunnels that connect the Swiss Plateau to southern Switzerland and run under the Gotthard Massif, the two other being railway tunnels, the Gotthard Tunnel (1882) and the Gotthard Base Tunnel (2016). All three tunnels ...
Part of the border will be redrawn because of the glacial melt, in another sign of how much humans are changing the world by burning planet-heating fossil fuels. Italy and Switzerland have agreed ...
This category is for individual car models produced in Switzerland. For motor vehicle manufacturing companies of Switzerland see Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of Switzerland . Subcategories