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Lausanne
Lausanne | |
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 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. | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Lausanne  | |
  Lausanne  Lausanne | |
| Coordinates: 46°31′12″N 6°38′00″E / 46.52000°N 6.63333°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Vaud |
| District | Lausanne |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Municipalité with 7 members |
| • Mayor | Syndic (list) Grégoire Junod SPS/PSS (as of 2016) |
| • Parliament | Conseil communal with 100 members |
| Area | |
• Total | 41.37 km2 (15.97 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Cité) | 526 m (1,726 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 935 m (3,068 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 372 m (1,220 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 139,111 |
| • Density | 3,400/km2 (8,700/sq mi) |
| Demonym | French: Lausannois(e) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 1000 (in general), 1003–1007, 1010–1012, 1000 Lausanne 25–27, 1052 Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (partly), 1053 Cugy VD (partly), 1032 Crissier (partly), 1032 Romanel-sur-Lausanne (partly), 1033 Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne (partly) |
| SFOS number | 5586 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-VD |
| Localities | Le Chalet-à-Gobet, Montblesson, Montheron, Ouchy, Vernand-Dessous, Vernand-Dessus, Vers-chez-les-Blanc |
| Surrounded by | Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), Maxilly-sur-Léman (FR-74), Montpreveyres, Morrens, Neuvecelle (FR-74), Prilly, Pully, Renens, Romanel-sur-Lausanne, Saint-Sulpice, Savigny |
| Website | https://www.lausanne.ch/ Profile (in French), SFSO statistics |
Lausanne (/loʊˈzæn/ loh-ZAN, US also /loʊˈzɑːn/ loh-ZAHN;[3][4][5][6] French: [lɔzan] ⓘ; Arpitan: Losena [lɔˈzəna] ⓘ)[a] is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud. 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) 51.7 kilometres (32 miles) northeast of Geneva, the nearest major city.[9]
The municipality of Lausanne has a population of about 140,000, 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).[10] 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.[11]
Initially a Celtic and Roman settlement on the shores of the lake, Lausanne became a town at the foot of Notre Dame, a cathedral built in the 12th century. In the 20th century, Lausanne became a focus of international sport, hosting the International Olympic Committee (which has recognized the city as the "Olympic Capital" since 1994),[12] the Court of Arbitration for Sport and some 55 international sport associations.[13] It lies in a noted wine-growing region. With its 28-station metro system, Lausanne is the smallest city in the world to have a rapid transit system.[14] Lausanne hosted the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.[15]
- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/fr/px-x-0102020000_201/-/px-x-0102020000_201.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=c5985c8d-66cd-446c-9a07-d8cc07276160. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Lausanne". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Lausanne". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Lausanne" (US) and "Lausanne". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Lausanne". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Glossarium Helvetiae Historicum, Lausanne" (official site) (in French). Berne, Switzerland: Historical Directory of Switzerland.. "À l'intérieur des articles, les formes principales des noms officiels ou indigènes ("endonymes") sont affichées en gros caractères demi-gras, celles des exonymes historiques en caractères normaux. Enfin, toutes les formes secondaires sont imprimées en italique. [Engl.: Within the articles, the main forms of official or indigenous names ("endonyms") are displayed in large semi-bold characters, those of historical exonyms in normal characters {means: non-bold}. Finally, all secondary forms are printed in italics.]
- ^ Gilbert Coutaz: Lausanne in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 30 June 2014.
- ^ Distance Lausanne-Genève
- ^ "Lebensqualität in den Städten und Agglomerationen (Agglo 2012): Demographischer Kontext". pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/ (Statistics). Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel, Swiss Federal Administration. 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ Peca, Servan (29 December 2015). "L'Arc lémanique a été dépassé par son propre pouvoir de séduction". Le Temps.
- ^ "Welcome to International Sports Federations". International Sports Federations. Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
- ^ Kucera, Andrea (28 April 2015). "Lausanne – Hauptstadt des Sports". NZZ. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ "Lausanne Metro m2, Vaud canton, Switzerland". Railway Technology. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Lausanne named Winter Youth Olympic Games host for 2020". International Olympic Committee. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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