Büsingen am Hochrhein, often known simply as Büsingen, is a German municipality (7.62 km2 [2.94 sq mi]) in the south of Baden-Württemberg with a population of about 1,548 inhabitants. It is an exclave of Germany and Baden-Württemberg, and an enclave of Switzerland, entirely surrounded by the Swiss cantons of Schaffhausen, Zürich, and Thurgau. It is separated from the rest of Germany by a narrow strip of land containing the Swiss village of Dörflingen. The distance to this enclave is approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) from the town of Schaffhausen and 3 km (1.8 mi) from Dörflingen, the nearest village. Its status as an exclave dates back to before the formation of the modern German and Swiss states, having previously been a detached part of Further Austria, the Kingdom of Württemberg and the Grand Duchy of Baden.
There are 300 municipalities in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland,. Vaud is the canton with the 2nd most municipalities.
Münchenwiler is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Wald is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Oleyres is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud in the district of Broye-Vully.
Avenches is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Broye-Vully.
Avenches District is a former district of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district was the town of Avenches. It was dissolved on 31 August 2006 and all the municipalities joined the new Broye-Vully District.
Franconian Switzerland is an upland in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany and a popular tourist retreat. Located between the River Pegnitz in the east and the south, the River Regnitz in the west and the River Main in the north, its relief, which reaches 600 metres in height, forms the northern part of the Franconian Jura (Frankenjura). Like several other mountainous landscapes in the German-speaking lands, e.g. Holstein Switzerland, Märkische Schweiz, or Pommersche Schweiz, Franconian Switzerland was given its name by Romantic artists and poets in the 19th century who compared the landscape to Switzerland. Franconian Switzerland is famous for its high density of traditional breweries.
Studen is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Niedermuhlern is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Berzona is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.
Nesslau is a municipality in the Toggenburg district of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Broye-Vully District is a district in Vaud Canton in Switzerland.
Ernest Failloubaz was a Swiss aviation pioneer. He received pilot's brevet number 1, issued in Switzerland on 11 October 1910, and made the first flight in Switzerland of an aircraft built and flown by a Swiss citizen.
Jean Samuel Guisan was a Swiss engineer and civil servant known for his poldering work in the marshes near Kaw in French Guiana.
Avenches railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Avenches, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Domdidier railway station is a railway station in the village of Domdidier, within the municipality of Belmont-Broye, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Dompierre railway station is a railway station in the village of Dompierre, within the municipality of Belmont-Broye, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Payerne railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Payerne, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge Fribourg–Yverdon and Palézieux–Lyss lines of Swiss Federal Railways.
