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An overview of all cantons in SwitzerlandThe cantons in alphabetical order
Aargau (German)
Appenzell Ausserhoden (German)
Appenzell Innerhoden (German)
Basel-Stadt (German)
Basel-Land (German)
Berne (German & French)
Graubünden / Grison (French)
Fribourg (German)
Geneva (French)
Glarus (German)
Jura (French)
Lucerne (German)
Neuchatel (French)
St.Gallen (German)
Schaffhausen (German)
Schwyz (German)
Solothurn (German)
Ticino (Italian)
Thurgau (German)
Uri (German)
Unterwalden / Nidwalden (German)
Unterwalden / Obwalden (German)
Vaud (French)
valais / Wallis (French & German)
Zug (German)
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In Graubünden/Grisons they speak German and Romansch, not French as indicated here.
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