Template:Country data Switzerland

Template documentation

Template:Country data Switzerland is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`Switzerland`	Main article name (Switzerland)
`flag alias`	`Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg`	Image name (File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`civil`		`Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg`

Military ensigns

This nation's air force ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Air force produces the following:

{{air force|Switzerland}} → Swiss Air Force

This nation's army ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Army produces the following:

{{army|Switzerland}} → Swiss Army

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	`{{flag\|alias}}` output	`{{flagcountry\|alias}}` output
`CHE` (view)	CHE	Switzerland
`SUI` (view)	SUI	Switzerland
`CH` (view)	CH	Switzerland

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Switzerland}} → Switzerland
{{flagicon|Switzerland}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Switzerland|civil}} → Switzerland
{{flagicon|Switzerland|civil}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|CHE}} →
{{flagcountry|CHE}} → Switzerland
{{flag|CHE}} → CHE

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see a monthly parameter usage report for this template in articles.

TemplateData for Country data Switzerland

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

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Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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