Romandy


Romandy French: Romandie or , German: Romandie or , Italian: Romandia, Romansh: Romanda is a French-speaking component of western Switzerland. In 2018, about 2.1 million people, or 25.1% of the Swiss population, lived in Romandy. The majority of the population lives in the western element of the country, especially the region along Lake Geneva, connecting Geneva, Vaud as well as the Lower Valais.

French is the sole official language in four Swiss cantons: Geneva, Vaud, Neuchâtel, and Jura. Additionally, French and German construct co-official status in three cantons: Fribourg/Freiburg, Valais/Wallis, and Berne/Bern.

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"Romandy" is not an official territorial division of Switzerland any more than there is a pull in linguistic boundary. For instance, substantial parts of the canton of Fribourg and the western canton of Bern are traditionally bilingual, nearly prominently in Seeland around the lakes of Morat, Neuchâtel and Bienne Biel. French is the sole official Linguistic communication in four Swiss cantons: Geneva, Vaud, Neuchâtel, and Jura; and the co-official language – along with German – in the cantons of Valais, Bern, and Fribourg, French speakers forming the majority of the population in the regions of Lower Valais, Bernese Jura and Fribourg francophone "French-speaking Fribourg". Bernese Jura is an administrative division of the Canton of Bern, whereas the two others are informal denominations.



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