Flag of Switzerland
The flag of Switzerland, adopted in 1889 and flown in a 1:1 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Capital | Bern |
| Proportions | 1:1 |
| Adopted | 1889 |
| Emoji | 🇨🇭 |
| Code | CH · CHE |
Colours of the flag of Switzerland
The flag of Switzerland uses 2 colours: red, white. The swatches below are sampled from the flag artwork itself, so they are the exact values used in the file rather than an approximation.
About the flag of Switzerland
The flag of Switzerland — officially Swiss Confederation — is flown in a 1:1 ratio. Switzerland sits in Europe, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1889. Switzerland has its capital at Bern and a population of about 9.1 million, figures that come from the same dataset the quizzes are built on.
As an emoji the flag is 🇨🇭, produced from the regional indicator letters for CH. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Switzerland
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