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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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Key facts

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

Instance of: big city
Official name: Lausanne
Demonym: Lausannoise
Country: Switzerland
Located in: Canton of Berne
Official language: French
Population: 144873
Area: 41.38
Elevation: 495
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Capital of: Lausanne District
Shares border with: Montpreveyres
Official website: www.lausanne.ch
Image: Lausanne img 0585.jpg
Dialing code: 021
Licence plate code: VD

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contains settlement: Sous-Gare/Ouchy
Commons category: Lausanne
postal code: 1007
topic's main category: Category:Lausanne
twinned administrative body: Pernik
category for people born here: Category:Births in Lausanne
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Lausanne
category of associated people: Category:People from Lausanne
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