Places / Europe / Switzerland
Lausanne
Visited in February 2017
At a glance
- Country
- Switzerland
- Region
- Lausanne District
- Population
- 144,873
- Type
- Capital city of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.52°N, 6.63°E
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Overview
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 51.7 kilometres (32 miles) northeast of Geneva, the nearest major city.
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