The canton of Lucerne lies south of the canton of Aargau, Zürich and Zug to the east.

The lake is mostly within the borders of the Canton of Zug, with about at its southern end in the canton Schwyz, while the Canton of Lucerne claims about to the north of Immensee.

Category: Geography of the canton of Zug

In around 600 AD, Alemannic families and tribes immigrated to the area of present day canton Zug.

Simultaneously, Zug expanded its territory, acquiring a number of rural areas in the form of bailiwicks ( Walchwil, Cham, Gangolfswil Hünenberg and Steinhausen, and Oberrüti, now part of the canton of Aargau ).

Zug became part of the canton Waldstätten, and the cantonal capital for a short time.

The canton of Zug is located in the area between the lowlands and the foothills of the Alps.

The business-friendly tax policy of the canton was effective, and Zug transformed itself from being the poorhouse to the richest canton in Switzerland in 1990.

Every day about 37, 000 people come to Zug to work, 12, 000 of whom are from the canton of Lucerne.

Category: Municipalities of the canton of Zug

Only a small part of Lake Zug is within the canton of Schwyz.

* Municipalities of the canton of Zug

The earlier history of the canton is practically identical with that of its capital Zug.

In 1803, in the Act of Mediation, the canton of Zug regained its independence as a separate canton.

In 1845 the canton of Zug became a member of the Sonderbund and shared in the war of 1847 which was lost to the Swiss confederation.

The canton of Zug is located in central Switzerland.

The Lake Ägeri is wholly within the canton, whereas the Lake Zug is shared with the cantons of Lucerne and Schwyz.

The eleven municipalities of the canton are: Zug, Oberägeri, Unterägeri, Menzingen, Baar, Cham, Hünenberg, Steinhausen, Risch, Walchwil, Neuheim

There are over 24, 300 registered companies and over 70, 000 jobs in the canton, with 12, 900 of the registered companies in the city of Zug.

Railways connect the canton of Zug both with Lucerne and with Zurich, while lines running along either shore of the lake of Zug join at the Arth-Goldau station of the St. Gotthard railway.

One theory is that they or part of them dwelt or moved among other coastal people perhaps confederated up to the basin of the Saale ( in the neighbourhood of the ancient canton of Engilin ) on the Unstrut valleys below the Kyffhäuserkreis, from which region the Lex Angliorum et Werinorum hoc est Thuringorum is believed by many to have come.

Aarau (, locally ) is the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau.

It comprises the lower course of the river Aare, which is why the canton is called Aar-gau ( meaning Aare district ).

The canton of Aargau is one of the least mountainous Swiss cantons, forming part of a great table-land, to the north of the Alps and the east of the Jura, above which rise low hills.

Slightly over one-third of the canton is wooded (), while nearly half is used from farming ().

or about 2. 4 % of the canton is considered unproductive, mostly lakes and streams.

The canton is heavily developed, with or about 15 % of the canton developed for housing or transportation.

None of the 200 communes of the department is entirely free of seismic risk ; the canton of Barcelonnette is placed in zone 1b ( low risk ) by the determinist classifcation of 1991 based on seismic history, and zone 4 ( average risk ) according to the probabilistic EC8 classification of 2011.

An example of this is how the fundamental basis of Swiss citizenship is citizenship of an individual commune, from which follows citizenship of a canton and of the Confederation.

The national flag of the United States of America is often simply referred to as the American flag, consisting of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red ( top and bottom ) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton ( referred to specifically as the " union ") bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars ( top and bottom ) alternating with rows of five stars.

The city has an area of, while the area of the canton is, including the two small enclaves of Céligny in Vaud.

The official language of Geneva is French, the official language of the canton and the main language used in the Romandie.

Lausanne () is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud.

* In Bosnia and Herzegovina, a municipality in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( općina or opština ) is part of a canton ( kanton ).

* In Switzerland, a municipality ( commune / Gemeinde / comune ) is part of a canton ( canton / Kanton / cantone ) and defined by cantonal law.

The only differences between these flags is that the Australian flag has the Commonwealth Star below the canton, and that on the New Zealand flag, just four stars in the Southern Cross are presented, and they are five-pointed red stars with white borders.

The US yacht ensign for example, has a circle of 13 stars and a fouled anchor in the canton instead of the 50 stars, being quite different from the Ensign of the US, which is the flag of the United States.

In the 2000 Swiss census, 35, 095 people ( of which 27, 038 in the canton of Grisons ) indicated Romansh as the language of " best command ", and 61, 815 also as a " regularly spoken " language.

He also wrote more than 400 poems in French, dedicated to his homeland of choice, the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

The flag of Liberia, founded in 1847, also includes a single star on the canton, but it has multiple horizontal stripes similar to the United States Flag.

Its flag also has an elongated blue canton with multiple stars.

Canton Ticino or Ticino (; ; see also in other languages ) is the southernmost canton of Switzerland.

In order to counter Spanish designs on the territory, Richelieu supported the Protestant Swiss canton of Grisons, which also claimed the strategically important valley.

He was also local representative ( conseiller général ) of Tournan-en-Brie and president of the council of this canton in 1937.

There is also a road named for him in Vezia ( canton Ticino, near Lugano ), where his embalmed heart rested for some decades following his death, Kościuszko having in his will left it to Emilia Morosini, née Zeltner-Peri.

He was also a member of the government of the canton of Vaud ( 1962-1970 ) in charge of the Finance Department.

Bosnian Croats gave most ( 4 % of BiH territories ) back to the Bosnian Serbs ( 9 % of today's RS ), and also retreated from Una-Sana canton as well Donji Vakuf ( in Central Bosnia canton ) municipality afterward.

Graubünden or Grisons (, ; French: Grisons, ; ; ; see also other names ) is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland.

It is also the only canton where the Romansh language is still spoken.

The flag used by the British Royal Navy ( the White Ensign ) is also based on the flag of England, consisting of the St George's Cross and a Union Flag in the canton.

In addition to the United Kingdom, several countries in the Commonwealth of Nations also have variants of the White Ensign with their own national flags in the canton, with the St George's Cross sometimes being replaced by a naval badge.

The name is derived from the French language word canton meaning corner or district ( from which the term Cantonment is also derived ).

This is to better allay car traffic in the highly scenic Kandertal, and also to provide faster transport through the Bernese Alps from the populous Mittelland in the north to the southern canton of Valais.

The Red Ensign was also flown by ships of the Royal Scots Navy, with a Saltire in the canton.

There are also suggestions, such as the above image, that at some point he bore a differentiating label argent of three points, each bearing a canton gules.

The Council also meets regularly in conclave to discuss important topics at length, and annually conducts what is colloquially referred to as its " field trip ", a day trip to some attractions in the President's home canton.

The Glarus and Lepontine Alps ranges are also partially situated in the canton of Uri.

The canton of Waldstätten also consisted of what is today the Canton of Schwyz, the Canton of Lucerne, Unterwalden and the Canton of Uri.

Franscini also represented the canton of Ticino at the Tagsatzung in 1841, 1843, 1845, and 1846.

Other motorways and expressways which also run through the canton include the A7, the A51, the A52 and the A53.