Lausanne

Also known as Lausanne VD, Olympic Capital, City of Lausanne

thumb|Logo of the city of Lausanne Lausanne ( , , ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. The Olympic capital, it is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake. Lausanne is located (as the crow flies) northeast of Geneva, the nearest major city. The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland convenes in Lausanne, although it is not the de jure capital of the nation.

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Lausanne is the largest city in Switzerland's French-speaking canton of Vaud, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva between the Jura Mountains and the Alps. It serves as the home of the International Olympic Committee and hosts Switzerland's Federal Supreme Court, making it an important center for both international sports governance and Swiss law.

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Switzerland municipality.list_of_mayors: List of mayors of Lausanne
Switzerland municipality.highest: Montagne du Château
Switzerland municipality.highest_m: 935
Switzerland municipality.lowest: Lake Léman
Switzerland municipality.lowest_m: 372
Switzerland municipality.mayor: Grégoire Junod
Switzerland municipality.mayor_asof: 2016
Switzerland municipality.mayor_party: PS
Switzerland municipality.parliament_number_of_members: 100
Switzerland municipality.executive_number_of_members: 7
Switzerland municipality.places: Le Chalet-à-Gobet, Montblesson, Montheron, Ouchy, Vernand-Dessous, Vernand-Dessus, Vers-chez-les-Blanc
Switzerland municipality.subject_name: Lausanne
Switzerland municipality.image_photo: Lausanne Wiki.jpg
Switzerland municipality.image_caption: From top to bottom; left to right: the Olympic Museum, the Cathedral of Lausanne, the Federal courts of Switzerland, aerial view of the city, and the park of Milan.
Switzerland municipality.municipality_type: municipality, town
Switzerland municipality.imagepath_flag: Flag of Lausanne.svg
Switzerland municipality.imagepath_coa: CHE Lausanne COA.svg
Switzerland municipality.canton: Vaud

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Lausanne
Demonym: Lausannoise
Population: 144873
Area: 41.38
Elevation: 495
Official website: www.lausanne.ch
Image: Lausanne img 0585.jpg
Dialing code: 021
Licence plate code: VD

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Commons category: Lausanne
postal code: 1007
Commons gallery: Lausanne
native label: Lausanne
time of earliest written record: 0280-00-00
social media followers: 11300
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external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/5586

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History
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Geography
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Government
Parliament
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National Council
Twin towns and sister cities
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Historic population
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Culture and arts
Heritage sites of national significance
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Notable people
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Business
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Unwelcome notables
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The municipality of Lausanne has a population of about 150,000, making it the fourth largest city in Switzerland after Basel, Geneva, and Zurich, with the entire agglomeration area having about 420,000 inhabitants (as of January 2019). The metropolitan area of Lausanne-Geneva (including Vevey-Montreux, Yverdon-les-Bains, Valais and foreign parts), commonly designated as Arc lémanique was over 1.3 million inhabitants in 2017 and is the fastest growing in Switzerland.