Romandy
From Freepedia
Romandy (in French and German Romandie), or la Suisse romande, is the French-speaking part of Switzerland. It covers the area of the cantons of Geneva, Vaud, Neuchâtel, and Jura as well as the French speaking parts of the cantons of Berne, Valais, and Fribourg. About 1.5 million people (or 20% of the Swiss population) live in Romandy.
Swiss French is the name given to the different dialects of French spoken in Romandy; however, Swiss French and French are almost entirely mutually intelligible.
The region itself does not exist in the political system but unifies the French speaking population of Switzerland. The television channel TSR serves the Romande community across Switzerland, and is syndicated to TV5.
