Capital City :
Berne
Major Cities :
Baden, Basel, Bellinzona, Bern, Biel, Brig, Chur, Fribourg, Genève, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Lausanne, Locarno, Lugano, Luzern, Martigny, Montreux-Vevey, Neuchâtel, Schaffhausen, Sierre, Sion, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thun, Winterthur, Zug, Zürich
Bordering Countries :
Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Liechtenstein
Languages :
German, French, Italian, Romansch
Climate :
Due to its central position, the weather is influenced by the four main European air currents - from the Atlantic, the eastern continent, the northern sub polar region and the Mediterranean south. The climate is temperate on the Central Plateau; otherwise it differs considerably from region to region.
Landforms :
Alps and Pre-Alps cover 60%, Central Plateau 30% and Jura 10% of the country.
Land Area :
41,284 km2