Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland ranks 28th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Norway, Denmark, and Greece. Memorable people born in present day Switzerland include Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Leonhard Euler, and Le Corbusier. Memorable people who died in Switzerland include Charlie Chaplin, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, and James Joyce. Switzerland has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers.

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located at the intersection of Central, Western, and Southern Europe. It is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Austria and Liechtenstein to the east, and Italy to the south. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Alps, the Swiss Plateau, and the Jura mountains; the Alps cover most of the country's territory, whereas the majority of its 9 million people are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts many of the largest cities and economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, Lausanne, Winterthur, and Lucerne. Read more on Wikipedia