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3 Suisses. 3 Suisses is a French mail order and e-commerce company, with headquarters in Villeneuve-d'Ascq. It is the biggest of the 16 e-commerce brands of Groupe 3SI [ fr; de]. Everett Hutt is the current CEO as of 2022. Since 1981, Otto GmbH owned a 51% share in the company and has been its only shareholder since January 2014.
Swiss German (one selection, terms vary in different dialects):; Füfräppler for a 5 centimes coin; Zëhräppler for a 10 centimes coin; Zwänzgräppler for a 20 centimes coin; [1] Stutz [2] or Franke [3] for a 1 franc coin or change in general; Füüfliiber for a 5 francs coin; [4] Rappe and Batze are specifically used for coin below 1 franc, but also figuratively for change in general [5] [6]
Diplomatic relations between France and Switzerland have traditionally been close, through important economic and cultural exchanges. Switzerland and France (which is part of the European Union ), share about 600 km of border (prompting strong cross-border cooperation) and a language ( French is one of Switzerland's four official languages).
The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg ( French: Canton de Fribourg [kɑ̃tɔ̃ d (ə) fʁibuʁ]; German: Kanton Freiburg [ˈfraɪbʊrɡ] ⓘ; Arpitan: Canton de Fribôrg [cɛ̃ˈtɔ̃ də fʁiˈbwa] ⓘ Romansh: Chantun Friburg; Italian: Canton Friburgo) is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by ...
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. [ d][ 13] It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps and the Jura; the Alps occupy the ...
Lausanne has an average of 119.7 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives 1,153 mm (45.4 in) of precipitation. The wettest month is May during which time Lausanne receives an average of 117 mm (4.6 in) of rain. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 12.1 days.
Swiss Guards ( French: Gardes Suisses; German: Schweizergarde; Italian: Guardie Svizzere) are Swiss soldiers who have served as guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century. The earliest Swiss Guard unit to be established on a permanent basis was the Hundred Swiss ( Cent-Suisses ), which served at the French court from 1490 to ...
Geneva. / 46.20167°N 6.14694°E / 46.20167; 6.14694. Geneva ( / dʒəˈniːvə / jə-NEE-və, [ 5] Arpitan: [dzəˈnɛva] ⓘ; French: Genève [ʒənɛv] ⓘ) [ note 1] is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous of the French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where ...