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Capital:Bern

Geography
Continent:Europe
Location:Central Europe, east of France, north of Italy
Area:41,284 kmē
Geographic coordinates:47 00 N, 8 00 E
Elevation extremes:lowest point: Lake Maggiore 195 m
highest point: Dufourspitze 4,634 m

People
Population:7,450,867 (July 2004 est.)
Language(s):German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 19.2%, Italian (official) 7.6%, Romansch 0.6%, other 8.9%

Economy
Currency:Swiss franc (CHF)
Currency code:CHF

Miscellaneous
Country code plate:CH
Internet country code:.ch