Lausanne

Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lausanne Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
	Coordinates: 46°31.19′N 6°38.01′E / 46.51983°N 6.63350°ECoordinates: 46°31.19′N 6°38.01′E / 46.51983°N 6.63350°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Lausanne
Government
• Executive	Municipalité ; with 7 members
• Mayor	Syndic (list); Grégoire Junod PS; (as of 2016)
• Parliament	Conseil communal ; with 100 members
Area
• Total	41.37 km2 (15.97 sq mi)
Elevation	495 m (1,624 ft)
Highest elevation (Jorat)	929.4 m (3,049.2 ft)
Lowest elevation (Lake Léman)	372 m (1,220 ft)
Population
• Total	144'426 url=http://www.lausanne.ch/lausanne-officielle/administration/securite-et-economie/controle-des-habitants/statistiques/evolution-mensuelle-nombre-habitants-en-2,017.html
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	1000–1018
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, Ecublens, Epalinges, 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	www.lausanne.ch ; Profile (in French), SFSO statistics

Lausanne is a city in Switzerland. It has a population of about 140,000 people. The city is the capital of the district Lausanne. It is also the capital of the canton of Vaud. Lausanne is the fourth biggest city of Switzerland. The syndic of Lausanne (syndic is the French word for mayor in the canton of Vaud) is Grégoire Junod, from the Socialist Party, since 2016.

Cathedral Notre-Dame of Lausanne

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Lausanne Media

Logo of the city of Lausanne
Saint-Françoiscode: fr is deprecated Square, c. 1840
The agglomeration of Lausanne, Lake Geneva and the Alps
View from Rue du Grand-Pont
Stairs (escaliers du marché) in the old city
The Protestant Cathedral of Notre Dame dominates the Lausanne skyline (left: Old Academy, right: Palais de Rumine).
The Lausanne Metro is a rubber tyre metro system.
The Lausanne Metro Line 1 is completely on reserved track, single line, even underground.
Map of the Lausanne metro and trolleybus network

References

Other websites

Official website (in French)

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Municipality

Coat of arms
Location of Lausanne Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Coordinates: 46°31.19′N 6°38.01′E / 46.51983°N 6.63350°E / 46.51983; 6.63350Coordinates: 46°31.19′N 6°38.01′E / 46.51983°N 6.63350°E / 46.51983; 6.63350
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Lausanne
Government
• Executive	Municipalité with 7 members
• Mayor	Syndic (list) Grégoire Junod PS (as of 2016)
• Parliament	Conseil communal with 100 members
Area
• Total	41.37 km² (15.97 sq mi)
Elevation	495 m (1,624 ft)
Highest elevation (Jorat)	929.4 m (3,049.2 ft)
Lowest elevation (Lake Léman)	372 m (1,220 ft)
Population
• Total	144'426 url=http://www.lausanne.ch/lausanne-officielle/administration/securite-et-economie/controle-des-habitants/statistiques/evolution-mensuelle-nombre-habitants-en-2,017.html
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	1000–1018
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, Ecublens, Epalinges, 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	www.lausanne.ch Profile (in French), SFSO statistics