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Zurich or Geneva?

What do you know about the two largest Swiss cities?
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Last updated: July 23, 2022
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First submittedJuly 23, 2022
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1. Has the larger population
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Zurich: 422,000. Geneva: 204,000 (2020, city proper)
2. Is situated on a lake
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3. Its main language is French
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4. Is a financial centre
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5. Is home to FIFA headquarters
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6. Its main river discharges into the Mediterranean
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Geneva: The mouth of the Rhone river is located between Marseille and Montpellier. Zurich: The Limmat river discharges into the North Sea (via Aare and Rhine)
7. Is home to the European UN headquarters
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8. Has a soccer club in Switzerland's top league
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Zurich: FC Zurich and Grasshopper Club. Geneva: Servette FC
9. An influential reformer preached here in the 16th century
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Zurich: Huldrych Zwingli. Geneva: John Calvin
10. Its city limit is less than 3 km from an international border
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11. Is in the top 10 of The Economist's ranking of the world's most liveable cities (2022)
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12. Is closer to the Swiss capital Bern
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Zurich: approx. 95 km. Geneva: approx. 130 km
13. Is governed by a centre-left majority (2022)
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14. Has the higher rate of foreign residents
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Geneva: 48.3 %. Zurich: 32.4 % (2020)
15. Has a traditional spring holiday called "Sechseläuten" in which the explosion of a snowman predicts the arrival of summer
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