SOURCES AND CREDITS

Location: Central Europe, east of France
Population: 7.1 million (1995 estimate)
Capital: Bern
Comparative area: Slightly more than twice the size of New Jersey
Religions: Roman Catholic 47.6%, Protestant 44.3%, other 8.1% (1980)
Landscape: Most people live on a plateau that extends across the middle of the country between the Alps and the Jura Mountains; these two mountain ranges cover more than half of Switzerland
Recognized by International Olympic Committee: 1912

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