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The 22 cantonal coats of arms (all but Jura, with the half-cantons represented jointly) in stained glass set in the dome of the Federal Palace of Switzerland (c. 1900) The Swiss Federal Constitution [ 15 ] declares the cantons to be sovereign to the extent that their sovereignty is not limited by federal law. [ 16 ]
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state [1] with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848. Each canton has its own constitution, legislature, government and courts. [2]
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
The territorial evolution of Switzerland occurred primarily with the acquisition of territory by the historical cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy and its close associates. This gradual expansion took place in two phases, the growth from the medieval Founding Cantons to the " Eight Cantons " during 1332–1353, and the expansion to the ...
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 .
Most of the 26 canton high points are located in the Swiss Alps. Others (with lower altitudes), are located in the Jura Mountains. The 14 lower summits (up to the Säntis) are within the hiking trail network. The ascent of the 11 higher summits involves rock climbing or glacier touring. Canton high points are shown as red dots.
Ticino (/ t ɪ ˈ tʃ iː n oʊ / tih-CHEE-noh), sometimes Tessin (/ t ɛ ˈ s iː n, t ɛ ˈ s æ̃ /), officially [5] the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, [a] is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eight districts and its capital city is Bellinzona.
In 1803, as part of the Act of Mediation, the canton of Thurgau became a member of the Swiss confederation. The cantonal coat of arms was designed in 1803, based on the coat of arms of the Kyburg family, which ruled the Thurgau in the 13th century, changing the background to green-and-white, at the time considered "revolutionary" colours (c.f ...