former canton of Switzerland

C30106
concept

A former canton of Switzerland is a historical administrative region that once functioned as a semi-autonomous member state within the Swiss Confederation but has since been dissolved, merged, or reorganized.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
former canton of Switzerland canonical 3
former Swiss canton 2
former canton-level community 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: former canton of Switzerland
Generated description
A former canton of Switzerland is a historical administrative region that once functioned as a semi-autonomous member state within the Swiss Confederation but has since been dissolved, merged, or reorganized.

Instances (7)

Instance Via concept surface
Canton of Basel former Swiss canton
Unterwalden —
Appenzell —
City of Uri former Swiss canton
City of Unterwalden former canton-level community
Canton of Bernese Oberland —
Drei Bünde predecessor of Swiss canton