Title: Italy
Content:   Italy, whose territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region, is located in Southern Europe and it is also considered a part of western Europe, between latitudes 35° and 47° N, and longitudes 6° and 19° E. To the north, Italy borders France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia and is roughly delimited by the Alpine watershed, enclosing the Po Valley and the Venetian Plain. To the south, it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula and the two Mediterranean islands of Sicily and Sardinia (the two biggest islands of the Mediterranean), in addition to many smaller islands. The sovereign states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. The 
Title: Outline of Italy
Content: Austria ; France ; Slovenia ; Switzerland shares Italy's northern border, and Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. San Marino ; Vatican City Italy shares its north border with: Independent states surrounded by Italy (otherwise within Italy's borders) include:
Title: Italy
Content:  Italy (Italia ), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana ), is a country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and several islands surrounding it, whose territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is located in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea, in Southern Europe, and is also considered part of Western Europe. Italy is often grouped in Western Europe. Academic works describing Italy as a Western European country: A unitary parliamentary republic with Rome as its capital and largest city, the country covers a total area of 301340 km2 and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and the 
Title: Geography of Italy
Content:  Italy is located in southern Europe and comprises the long, boot-shaped Italian Peninsula, the southern side of Alps, the large plain of the Po Valley and some islands including Sicily and Sardinia. Corsica, although part of the Italian geographical region, has been administered by France since the 18th century. Italy is part of the Northern Hemisphere. Two of the Pelagie Islands (Lampedusa and Lampione) are located on the African continent. Its total area is 301,340 km2, of which 294,140 km2 is land and 7,200 km2. It lies between latitudes 35° and 47° N, and longitudes 6° and 19° E. Italy borders Switzerland (698 km), France (476 km), Austria (404 km) and Slovenia (218 km). San Marino (37 km) and Vatican city (3.4 km) are enclaves. The total border length is 1836.4 km. Including islands, Italy has a coastline of 7,600 km on the Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Ligurian Sea, Sea of Sardinia and Strait of Sicily.
Title: Outline of Italy
Content: Italy is: ; a peninsula ; a country ; a member state of the European Union ; Location: ; Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere ; Eurasia ; Europe ; Western Europe ; Southern Europe ; Italian Peninsula ; Time zone: Central European Time (UTC+01), Central European Summer Time (UTC+02) ; Extreme points of Italy ; North: Glockenkarkopf ; South: Punta Pesce Spada ; East: Capo d'Otranto ; West: Rocca Bernauda ; High: Monte Bianco 4810 m ; Low: Contane on the Po Delta -3.2 m ; Land boundaries: 1,899 km ; 🇨🇭 Switzerland (outline) 740 km ; 🇫🇷 France (outline) 488 km ; 🇦🇹 Austria (outline) 430 km ; 🇸🇮 Slovenia (outline) 199 km ; 🇸🇲 San Marino (outline) 39 km ; 🇻🇦 Vatican City (outline) 3 km ; Coastline: 7,600 km ; Sharing Adriatic Sea with Croatia ; Population of Italy: 60,067,554 people (2009/01/31 estimate) - 23rd most populous country ; Area of Italy: 301338 km2 - 71st largest country ; Atlas of Italy  Geography of Italy
Title: Italy (geographical region)
Content:  Some strips of western Niçard and the Alpine sector near the French border (Italian up to the 1947 Peace Treaty), Corsica, Italian Switzerland, the Maltese islands and Julian March, Slovenian and Croatian, are also ascribed to the Italian geographical region, including the city of Fiume. The following are entirely included in the limits of the Italian geographical region: They also fall within the borders of the Italian geographical region: Three alpine valleys, tributaries of the Rhine and Danube, and the Pelagie Islands (except Linosa), belonging to the African continental shelf, belong to the Italian Republic even though they are not part of the Italian geographical region.
Title: Italy
Content:  total area is 301230 km2, of which 294020 km2 is land and 7210 km2 is water. Including the islands, Italy has a coastline and border of 7600 km on the Adriatic, Ionian, Tyrrhenian seas (740 km), and borders shared with France (488 km), Austria (430 km), Slovenia (232 km) and Switzerland (740 km). San Marino (39 km) and Vatican City (3.2 km), both enclaves, account for the remainder. Over 35% of the Italian territory is mountainous. The Apennine Mountains form the peninsula's backbone, and the Alps form most of its northern boundary, where Italy's highest point is located on Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) (4,810 m). Other worldwide-known mountains in Italy include the Matterhorn (Monte Cervino), Monte Rosa, Gran Paradiso in 
Title: Italy
Content:  Four different seas surround the Italian Peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea from three sides: the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea in the south, and the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea in the west. Including islands, Italy has a coastline of over 8000 km. Italian coasts include the Amalfi Coast, Cilentan Coast, Coast of the Gods, Costa Verde, Riviera delle Palme, Riviera del Brenta, Costa Smeralda and Trabocchi Coast. The Italian Riviera includes nearly all of the coastline of Liguria, extending from the border with France near Ventimiglia eastwards to Capo Corvo, which marks the eastern end of the Gulf of La Spezia. The Apennines run along the entire length of the 
Title: Italy (geographical region)
Content:  The Italian geographical region, Italian physical region or Italian region is a geographical region of Southern Europe and Western Europe delimited to the north and west by the chain of the Alps. This region is composed of a continental part in the north, a peninsular part and an insular part in the south. Located between the Balkan Peninsula and the Iberian Peninsula, it overlooks the Mediterranean Sea and in particular the Adriatic Sea, the Ionian Sea, the Ligurian Sea, the Sardinian Channel, the Sea of Corsica, the Sea of Sardinia, the Strait of Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian Sea. The Italian geographical region, in its traditional and most widely accepted extent, has an area of approximately 324,000 km2, which is greater than the area of the entire Italian Republic (301,338 km2). The region also includes territories which are part of Croatia, France, Slovenia, and Switzerland, as well as the four small independent states of the Principality of Monaco, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of San Marino, and the Vatican City State (the Holy See).
Title: Italy (geographical region)
Content:  The Italian Peninsula, or the Italic Peninsula or the Apennine Peninsula, is a peninsula on the European continent crossed by the Apennine chain and delimited by four seas: the Ligurian Sea, the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Ionian Sea and the Adriatic Sea. Together with the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula, they are the three peninsulas that make up Southern Europe. The peninsula in the geographical sense begins from the Tuscan-Romagna Apennines, starting from an imaginary line that goes from the mouth of the Magra river to that of the Rubicone river, and extends to the extreme southern offshoot of Capo Spartivento in Calabria. The peninsula has an extension of about 1.000 km in a north-west / south-east direction. The closest large islands, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, are not part of it. The peninsula corresponds to about 45% of the Italian geographical region.

Question: what countries are near italy?
Answer: Switzerland.