Italian–Swiss border

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The Italian–Swiss border is the international boundary separating Italy and Switzerland, winding through the Alps and around various enclaves and exclaves.


Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international border
land border
borderLengthApproxKm about 744 km
country1 Italy
country2 Switzerland
crossesGlacierRegion Rhaetian Alps
surface form: Bernina Range

Lepontine Alps NERFINISHED
Pennine Alps NERFINISHED
crossesLake Lake Como, Italy
surface form: Lake Como

Lake Lugano
Lake Maggiore
crossesMountainPass Bernina Pass
Great St Bernard Pass
Maloja Pass
Simplon Pass
Splügen Pass
establishedBetween Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
surface form: Swiss Confederation
hasBorderCrossingType pedestrian border crossing
rail border crossing
road border crossing
hasEnclaveExclave Campione d’Italia
Italian–Swiss border self-linksurface differs
surface form: Italian exclaves in Switzerland

Swiss enclaves in Italy
hasHighestPoint Dufourspitze
Monte Rosa
surface form: Monte Rosa massif
hasHistoricalContext Alpine frontier
languageRegion French-speaking areas
German-speaking areas
Italian-speaking areas
locatedIn Alps NERFINISHED
locatedOnContinent Europe
memberOf Schengen Area
surface form: Schengen Area internal borders
partOf borders of Italy
borders of Switzerland
passesThrough Alpine region
Aosta Valley
Graubünden NERFINISHED
Lombardy
Piedmont
Ticino NERFINISHED
Valais
regulates movement of goods between Italy and Switzerland
movement of people between Italy and Switzerland
separates Italy
Switzerland
usedFor customs control
immigration control
transit trade

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Lugano borderForms Italian–Swiss border
this entity surface form: Swiss–Italian border
Italian–Swiss border hasEnclaveExclave Italian–Swiss border self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Italian exclaves in Switzerland
Campione d’Italia locatedNear Italian–Swiss border
Nordend locatedOnBorder Italian–Swiss border
this entity surface form: Switzerland–Italy border
Mont Blanc massif straddlesBorder Italian–Swiss border
this entity surface form: Italy–Switzerland border