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Turicum was a Gallo-Roman settlement at the lower end of Lake Zurich, and precursor of the city of Zurich.It was situated within the Roman province of Germania Superior) and near the border to the province of Raetia; there was a tax-collecting point for goods traffic on the waterway Walensee–Obersee-Zürichsee–Limmat–Aare–Rhine.
This is an alphabetical list of the 2,131 municipalities of Switzerland, updated (as of January 2024). [1 ] ... This page was last edited on 4 October 2024, ...
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Lake Lucerne (German: Vierwaldstättersee, literally 'Lake of the four forested settlements' (in English usually translated as forest cantons), French: lac des Quatre-Cantons, Italian: lago dei Quattro Cantoni) is a lake in central Switzerland and the fourth largest in the country.
Nyon (French pronunciation: ⓘ; historically German: Neuis or Neuss and Italian: Nione, ) is a municipality in Nyon District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has become part of the Geneva metropolitan area.
There are 160 municipalities in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. Municipalities in the canton of Zurich In general, municipalities (German: Politische Gemeinden ) in Switzerland are grouped in districts ( Bezirke ), their capital municipalities are written in bold letters .
In 2011, 111 sites located variously in Switzerland (56), Italy (19), Germany (18), France (11), Austria (5) and Slovenia (2) were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. [1] In Slovenia, these were the first World Heritage Sites to be listed for their cultural value.
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