0 a political region or local government area in some countries, especially one of the 23 political regions into which Switzerland is divided
It was a place of three thousand inhabitants—ambitiously denominated souls in the statistical tables—and was exceedingly proud of its title of chief city of the canton.
Some of the people of Switzerland were persuaded to belong to Austria, but all the people of the free cantons replied that they wished to remain free.
They include the whole population of the Italian cantons, and part of the French and German.
This city, and the little canton of which it is the capital, were then in a state of civil war.
None of the canton chiefs or their retainers were recruited locally.
Secondly, several institutional veto points enabled cantons and interest groups to influence federal policies.
In the meantime, together with the cantons, the federal government has introduced a model decree for isolation prescriptions.
