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Romandy (in French and German '''Romandie'''), or '''la Suisse romande''', is the French - and Arpitan -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 in general terms mutually intelligible. Swiss French does have a variety of differences, such as, saying ''huitante'' (eigthy) instead of ''quatre-vingts'' (literally, ''four twenties''). 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 . SEE ALSO
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