Switzerland (che)

Switzerland

Switzerland ranks 969th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Nijmegen, and Penza. Memorable people born in Switzerland include François Vatel, Sigismond Thalberg, and Richard Dürr. Memorable people who died in Switzerland include Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Maximus V of Constantinople, and Luigi Taveri. Switzerland has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many soccer players, and physicians. Switzerland is located in Switzerland.

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