Presentation about Switzerland by Mireya

1. Switzerland

2. Location
●Switzerland is a small country in Western Europe.
●Switzerland has 26 cantons.
●It's bordered by: Germany, France, Italy, Austria
and Liechtenstein.

3. Capital
●The capital is Bern.
●In 2006, 127.000 people lived in the city.

4. Flag and coat of arms
●The flag of Switzerland consists in a red field, a
white cross whose arms are one-sixth longer than
their width.
●The Swiss flag traditionally stands for freedom,
honour and fidelity.

5. Important Information
● The area of Switzerland is 41,285 km².
● There are about 8 million people in Switzerland.
● The largest city of Switzerland is Zürich.
● Baar was for 2 year a town but now Baar is a
city because the population is big.

6. Languages
● The four national languages of Switzerland are
German, French, Italian and Romansh.
● The immigrant languages are Bosnian, Bulgarian,
Croatian, English, Dutch, Greek, Macedonian,
Portuguese, Serbain, Slovenian, Spanish, Tamil,
Turkish and Ukrainian Albanian.

7. Government
● Switzerland is a multi-party federal
directorial democratic republic.
● Seven people (called ministers) do the job of
president.
● Switzerland is known for its neutrality. A
country is neutral when it does not take sides
among the countries who are at war.
Switzerland has been neutral for more than 190
years. Many international organizations are in
Switzerland. The United Nations has a main
office there.

8. Currency and Religion
● The Swiss Franc is the currency of
Switzerland.
● Christianity is the predominant religion of
Switzerland (70.8%). 21.4% of the total
population are unaffiliated. The largest minority
religion in Switzerland is Islam (4.9% in 2012)

10. Raclette and vaudoi
● In Switzerland some tipical food are cheese
and chocolate.
● Vaudoi is molten cheese in a pot. They use a
special fork with bread, They dip it in the
cheese and eat it
● Raclette is a traditional dish valaisano.

12. Sports
● Skiing, snowboarding and mountaineering are
the most popular sports in Switzerland.
● Children and older Swiss people are fans of
football and hookey.
● Motorsport race courses and events were
banned in Switzerland after the 1955 Le Mans
disaster.
● Over the last few years several Swiss tennis
players, like Roger Federer, Stanislas
Wawrinka and Martina Hingis