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AREA |
POPULATION |
CAPITAL |
LANGUAGES |
RELIGIONS |
CURRENCY |
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16,000 sq miles |
7 Million |
Bern |
French, German, Italian, Romansch |
Christianity |
Swiss Franc = |
CLIMATE |
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January |
0 |
March |
4 |
May |
13 |
July |
17 |
September |
12 |
November |
3 |
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February |
2 |
April |
9 |
June |
15 |
August |
16 |
October |
9 |
December |
0 |
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PRECIPITATION |
Climate varies according to the height of the land. |
Warm summers and cold, snowy winters. |
Average annual precipitation = 39 inches. |
| PUBLIC HOLIDAYS | |||||
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| Holiday | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| New Year | *01.01 | *01.01 | *01.01 | *01.01 | *01.01 |
| Berchtoldstag | *02.01 | *02.01 | *02.01 | *02.01 | *02.01 |
| Epiphany | *06.01 | *06.01 | *06.01 | *06.01 | *06.01 |
| Ash Monday - Fastnachtmontag | *23.02 | *07.02 | *27.02 | *19.02 | *04.02 |
| Fasnachtdienstag | *24.02 | *08.02 | *28.02 | *20.02 | *05.02 |
| St Joseph's Day | *19.03 | *19.03 | *19.03 | *19.03 | *19.03 |
| Good Friday | *18.04 | *09.04 | *25.03 | *14.04 | *06.04 |
| Easter Monday | *21.04 | *12.04 | *28.03 | *17.04 | *09.04 |
| Labor Day | *01.05 | *01.05 | *01.05 | *01.05 | *01.05 |
| Ascension | *29.05 | *20.05 | *05.05 | *25.05 | *17.05 |
| Whit Monday | *09.06 | *31.05 | *16.05 | *05.06 | *28.05 |
| Corpus Cristi | *19.06 | *10.06 | *26.05 | *15.06 | *07.06 |
| Lord's Day | *22.06 | *22.06 | *22.06 | *22.06 | *22.06 |
| Commemoration of the Referendum in Jura | *23.06 | *23.06 | *23.06 | *23.06 | *23.06 |
| St Pierre and St Paul | *29.06 | *29.06 | *29.06 | *29.06 | *29.06 |
| Swiss National Day | *01.08 | *01.08 | *01.08 | *01.08 | *01.08 |
| Assumption Day | *15.08 | *15.08 | *15.08 | *15.08 | *15.08 |
| All Saint's Day | *01.11 | *01.11 | *01.11 | *01.11 | *01.11 |
| Immaculate Conception | *08.12 | *08.12 | *08.12 | *08.12 | *08.12 |
| Christmas | *25.12 | *25.12 | *25.12 | *25.12 | *25.12 |
| St Stephen's Day | *26.12 | *26.12 | *26.12 | *26.12 | *26.12 |
*Dates are in DDMM format
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