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Canton of Schwyz
canton of Switzerland
Details
- Instance of
- canton of Switzerland
- Inception
- 1240
- Part of
- Central Switzerland, Waldstätte
- Located in
- Switzerland
- Country
- Switzerland
- Capital
- Schwyz
- Population
- 159165, 167403
- Area
- 907.88
- Elevation
- 516 m
- archives at
- Schwyz cantonal archives
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in the canton of Schwyz
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in the canton of Schwyz
- category for the view of the item
- Category:Views of the canton of Schwyz
- category of associated people
- Category:People from the canton of Schwyz
- contains the administrative territorial entity
- Einsiedeln District, Gersau District, Höfe District, Küssnacht District, March District, Schwyz District
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary
- different from
- Schwyz, Schwyz, Schwyz, Schwyz, Schwyz District
- flag
- Q2019387
- has list
- list of members of the government of the Canton of Schwyz, list of railway stations in the Canton of Schwyz, Q1847494, list of municipalities of the Canton of Schwyz, Q1340367, list of amphibian spawning areas of national importance in the Canton of Schwyz, list of lakes in the Canton of Schwyz, list of protected areas in the Canton of Schwyz, list of mountains of the canton of Schwyz, list of members of the Federal Assembly from the Canton of Schwyz
- highest point
- Bös Fulen
- legislative body
- Cantonal Council of Schwyz
- list of monuments
- list of cultural properties in the canton of Schwyz, list of cultural property of national significance in Switzerland: Schwyz
- lowest point
- Lake Zurich
- named after
- Schwyz
- native label
- Schwyz
- number of seats
- 2, 4
- official language
- Swiss Standard German
- related category
- Q31894423
- shares border with
- Canton of Uri, Canton of Glarus, Canton of St. Gallen, Canton of Zurich, Canton of Zug, Canton of Lucerne, Canton of Nidwalden, Canton of Obwalden
- topic's main category
- Category:Canton of Schwyz
- vehicle registration plate code
- SZ
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