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Swiss National Day (German: Schweizer Bundesfeiertag; French: Fête nationale suisse; Italian: Festa nazionale svizzera; Romansh: Festa naziunala svizra) is the national holiday of Switzerland, set on 1 August. Although the founding of the Swiss Confederacy was first celebrated on this date in 1891 and annually since 1899, it has only been an ...
The 26 cantons that make up Switzerland set their public holidays independently – with the exception of 1 August, [1] which is the only federal holiday. [2] Furthermore, holidays can change depending on employers, and some holidays are specific to only a certain town or village.
August 1 is the 213th day of the year ... 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, ... commemorates Switzerland becoming a single unit in 1291.
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1 August - Swiss National Day; 15 August - Assumption Day; 11 September - Jeûne genevois; 21 September - Lundi du Jeûne; 25 September - Saint Nicholas of Flüe Day; 1 November - All Saints' Day; 8 December – Immaculate Conception; 25 December - Christmas Day; 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day; 31 December – Restoration Day
National standard format is yyyy-mm-dd. [161] dd.mm.yyyy format is used in some places where it is required by EU regulations, for example for best-before dates on food [162] and on driver's licenses. d/m format is used casually, when the year is obvious from the context, and for date ranges, e.g. 28-31/8 for 28–31 August.
Return to the Julian calendar: Switzerland Lower Valais: 1623 10 Switzerland Graubünden (Catholic parts) 1623–1624 10 Switzerland Valais: 1655 28 Feb 11 Mar 10 Switzerland Switzerland, Protestant parts 1700 31 Dec 12 Jan (1701) 11 Basel, Bern, Neuchâtel, Sargans, Schaffhausen, Geneva and Zürich [12] [15] Switzerland Glarus (Catholic part ...
15 August 2025: Assumption: 1 November 2025: All Saints' Day: 2 November 2025: All Souls' Day: 24 to 31 December 2025 inclusive: End-of-year days, including Christmas: