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  2. Cantons of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    The official number of cantons was increased to 26 in the federal constitution of 1999, which designated former half-cantons as cantons. The areas of the cantons vary from 37 km 2 (15 sq. mi.) ( Basel-Stadt ) to 7,105 km 2 (2743 sq. mi.) ( Grisons ); the populations (as of 2018) range from 16,000 ( Appenzell Innerrhoden ) to 1.5 million ...

  3. Subdivisions of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    A number of further cantons have dispensed with the district level recently, Appenzell Ausserrhoden in 1995, Schaffhausen in 1999, St Gallen in 2003 and Lucerne in 2007. A number of further cantons are considering (or have already decided) an abolition of the district level in the future: Schwyz in 2006 voted on its abolition, but voted in ...

  4. Geography of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    As a federal state, Switzerland is composed of 26 cantons, which are further divided into districts and municipalities. Each canton was a fully sovereign state [23] with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848. There are considerable differences between ...

  5. Municipalities of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Flags and arms of cantons of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    The Swiss Federal Constitution of 1999 abandoned the use of the term "half-canton" as an official designation, so that the official number of cantons became 26 - the former half-cantons being now referred to as "cantons with half a cantonal vote" officially, even though they are still commonly referred to as "half-cantons".

  7. List of Swiss cantons by GRDP - Wikipedia

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    Rank Canton GRDP per capita (in CHF) 1 Basel-Stadt: 209,782 2 Zug: 192,958 3 Geneva: 119,644 4 Neuchâtel: 106,165 5 Zürich: 104,620 6 Ticino: 102,190 7

  8. Constituencies of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Smaller cantons were usually represented in one constituency while larger cantons were divided into several constituencies. There were single-member constituencies, as well as multi-member constituencies with the largest being the constituencies of Aargau from 1848 until 1851 and Zürich-Southwest from 1902 until 1911 which both had nine seats.

  9. Districts of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Districts of Switzerland are a political subdivision for cantons. In the federally constituted Switzerland , each canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. Therefore, there exists a variety of structures and terminology for the subnational entities between canton and municipality , loosely termed districts .