Confédération des VIII cantons

The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva, is one of the 26 cantons of the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of forty-five

the Swiss Confederation in 1815, making it the twentieth canton. Still torn between the German-speaking upper and French-speaking lower cantons, it came

autumn) are organised every year for the alumni. King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) of Thailand (1925-1946) King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand (1927-2016)

of the Swiss Confederation, but several cantons resisted, preferring to remain Catholic. Zwingli formed an alliance of Reformed cantons which divided

cantons. The second constitution of the Helvetic Republic of 1802, which was drawn up following another change of power, stipulated that the cantons of