LatLon-Lausanne: Facts and figures of the City of Lausanne

Lausanne: Facts & figures

This page offers tourist information about the city of Lausanne, telling you all you need to know for a stay in this town and in Switzerland.

The City of Lausanne by numbers - The Canton of Vaud by numbers
The Swiss Confederation by numbers - Traveling in Switzerland: Useful infos

The City of Lausanne by numbers

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LAUSANNE
Swiss Confederation
Canton of Vaud
Daniel Brélaz

41,37 km²
126 720 (30.12.2009) - Les Lausannois
3 062 Hab./km²
French
375 to 900 m
1000 - (1018)
+41 - (0)21.

www.lausanne.ch

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The Canton of Vaud by numbers

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Swiss Confederation
Canton of Vaud (VD) - since 1803
Lausanne

Lausanne (126 720 habitants) - Yverdon-les-Bains (27 234)
Montreux (24 884) - Renens (19 456) - Nyon (18 303)

3 212 km²
708 177 (12.2009)
214 Hab./km²
French
4,7 % (10.2011)

www.vd.ch

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Swiss Confederation

Bern
President of the Swiss Confederation: Doris Leuthard

Moritz Leuenberger (SP - since 1995) / Micheline Calmy-Rey (SP - since 2002) / Hans-Rudolf Merz (FDP - since 2004) / Doris Leuthard (CVP - since 2006 - President for 2010) / Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (BDP - since 2008) / Ueli Maurer (SVP - since 2009) / Didier Burkhalter (FDP - since 2009)

UDC/SVP 54 - PSS/SP 46 - PRD/FDP 30 - PDC/CVP 28 - GPS 15 - GLP 12 - BDP 9 (2011)

Zürich (337 000) - Geneva (189 000) - Basel (169 000)

41 284 km²
7 700 000 habitants (31.12.2008)
187 Hab./km²
German (64%), French (20%), Italian (7%), Romansh (1%)

Swiss franc (CHF) € Rappen: 5, 10, 20, 50 and 1, 2, 5 Franc : 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 1000. 1 Swiss Franc = 100 Rappen

$ 43 195 (2008)
2,8 % (06.2011)
UTC +1 (+2 Summer)

- 01. August 1291 - Rütlischwur
- 1848 with the first Swiss federal constitutional

01. August

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Traveling in Switzerland: Useful infos

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(Train connection) Geneva (33 min) - Yverdon (20 min) - Neuchâtel (40 min) - Bern (1h06) - Zürich (2h08) - Bâle (2h12) - Lyon (2h45) - Paris (4h) - Berlin (9h26)

Airports Geneva - Cointrin (42 min.)
Airports Zürich - Kloten (2 h 30)
Airports Bâle - Mulhouse-Freiburg (2 h 30)

A1, Zürich - Berne - Morat / Geneva
A9, Lausanne - Valais/Sion

SBB/ CFF
Transports publics de la région lausannoise (TL)
Taxi phone 0844 810 810 - Lausanne Limousines (web)
Europcar Avenue Louis-Ruchonnet2 - 021. 319 90 40
Lausanneroule & Rent a bike - Informations

Sulgeneckstrasse 19, 3007 Bern +41 (0)31 357 70 11 - Web
Thunstrasse 50, 83, 3005 Bern +41 (0)31. 359 77 00 - Web
Willadingweg 78, 83, 3006 Bern +41 (0)31. 359 41 11 - Web
Jubiläumsstr. 41, 3005 Bern +41 (0)31. 359 41 11 - Web
Schosshaldenstr. 46. 3006 Bern +41 (0)31. 359 21 11 - Web
Kirchenfeldstrasse 77, 3006 Bern +41 (0)31. 356 52 52 - Web
Kalcheggweg 24, 3006 Bern +41 (0)31. 350 52 52
Elfenstr. 14, 3006 Bern +41 (0)31. 350 07 77

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