Its banking system became the world's leading repository for international accounts. National unity and political conservatism grew as the country prospered from its neutrality. The federal constitution of 1874 established a strong central government while giving large powers of control to each canton. In 1848, the new Swiss constitution established a union modeled on that of the U.S. New Constitution Establishes a Unified, Neutral State In the revolutionary period of 1847, the Catholic cantons seceded and organized a separate union called the Sonderbund, but they were defeated and rejoined the federation. In 1815, the Congress of Vienna guaranteed the neutrality and recognized the independence of Switzerland. By 1815, the French- and Italian-speaking peoples of Switzerland had been granted political equality. In 1648 the Treaty of Westphalia gave Switzerland its independence from the Holy Roman Empire.įrench revolutionary troops occupied the country in 1798 and named it the Helvetic Republic, but Napolon in 1803 restored its federal government. Fashioned around the nucleus of three German forest districts of Schwyz, Uri, and Unterwalden, the Swiss Confederation slowly added new cantons. The Rhine, navigable from Basel to the North Sea, is the principal inland waterway.Ĭalled Helvetia in ancient times, Switzerland in 1291 was a league of cantons in the Holy Roman Empire. The country's largest lakes?Geneva, Constance (Bodensee), and Maggiore?straddle the French, German-Austrian, and Italian borders, respectively. Most of Switzerland is composed of a mountainous plateau bordered by the great bulk of the Alps on the south and by the Jura Mountains on the northwest. The tallest peak in all of the Alps, Mont Blanc (15,771 ft 4,807 m), is actually in France. Its tallest peak is the Dufourspitze at 15,203 ft (4,634 m) on the Swiss side of the Italian border, one of 10 summits of the Monte Rosa massif. Switzerland, in central Europe, is the land of the Alps. Waterways: 1,292 km (2010) Ports and harbors: Basel. Highways: total: 71,464 km paved: 71,464 km (including 1,415 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2011). Transportation: Railways: total: 4,876 km (2008). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 5.301 million (2012).
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Broadcast media: the publicly-owned radio and TV broadcaster, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG/SSR), operates 7 national TV networks, 3 broadcasting in German, 2 in Italian, and 2 in French private commercial TV stations broadcast regionally and locally TV broadcasts from stations in Germany, Italy, and France are widely available via multi-channel cable and satellite TV services SRG/SSR operates 18 radio stations that, along with private broadcasters, provide national to local coverage (2009). Major trading partners: Germany, U.S., France, Italy, UK, China, Austria (2013).Ĭommunications: Telephones: main lines in use: 4.382 million (2012) mobile cellular: 10.46 million (2012).
Imports: $200.5 billion (2013 est.): machinery, chemicals, vehicles, metals agricultural products, textiles. Exports: $229.2 billion (2013 est.): machinery, chemicals, metals, watches, agricultural products. Natural resources: hydropower potential, timber, salt. Industries: machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments, tourism, banking, insurance. Agriculture: grains, fruits, vegetables meat, eggs. National name: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra President: Johann Schneider-Ammann (2016)
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