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Lausanne, Switzerland
Lausanne ( , , , ) ; it, Losanna; rm, Losanna. 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 northeast of Geneva, the nearest major city. The municipality of Lausanne has a population of about 140,000, making it the List of cities in Switzerland, fourth largest city in Switzerland after Basel, Geneva, and Zurich, with the entire agglomeration area having about 420,000 inhabitants (as of January 2019). The metropolitan area of Lausanne-Geneva (including Vevey-Montreux, Yverdon-les-Bains, Valais and foreign parts), commonly designated as ''Lake Geneva region, Arc lémanique'' was over 1.3 million inhabitants in 2017 and is the fastest growing in Switzerland. Initially a Celtic and Roman settlement on the shores of the lake, Lausanne became a town at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Museum
The Olympic Museum (french: Musée olympique) in Lausanne, Switzerland houses permanent and temporary exhibits relating to sport and the Olympic movement. With more than 10,000 artifacts, the museum is the largest archive of Olympic Games in the world and one of Lausanne's prime tourist site draws attracting more than 250,000 visitors each year. The Olympic Museum and the Olympic Park (sculpture garden between the museum and Lake Léman) are located at Ouchy, south of Lausanne. The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are located at Vidy, to the west of Ouchy. History The museum was founded on 23 June 1993, on the initiative of then-president of the IOC Juan Antonio Samaranch. Mexican architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, an International Olympic Committee member, and Jean-Pierre Cahen, were in charge of the project. The museum was named the European Museum of the Year in 1995. After 23 months of renovation between 2012 and 2013, the Olympic Museum re-opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Épalinges
Épalinges (; frp, Epalinjo) is a municipality in the district of Lausanne in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. History Épalinges is first mentioned in 1182 as ''de Spanengis''. Geography Épalinges has an area, , of . Of this area, or 18.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 56.7% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 42.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanel-sur-Lausanne
Romanel-sur-Lausanne (, literally ''Romanel on Lausanne''; frp, Romanél) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Lausanne. History Romanel-sur-Lausanne is first mentioned in 1184 as ''Romanes''. Geography Romanel-sur-Lausanne has an area, , of (depending on calculation method). Of this area, or 59.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 3.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 37.8% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 14.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.5%. Power and water infrastructure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renens
Renens ( ) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located in the district of Ouest Lausannois, and is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. It is the fourth largest city in the canton. It is considered a very multiethnic town, as more than 50% of the inhabitants are resident foreign nationals from about a hundred different countries. History Renens is first mentioned around 888-896 as ''in villa Runingis''. Neolithic tombs (near Bourdonnette) and a necropolis from the High Middle Ages (near Caudrey) have been discovered in the town. In the Middle Ages Renens was owned by the cathedral chapter of Lausanne which created a prebend there between 1233 and 1303. In 1555 Claude de Praroman exchanged his old Vuarrens prebend with Bern against that of Renens for which he obtained the lordship rights. The house he already owned at 'En Plait' becomes his castle ( Chateau de Renens). Lausanne bought the seigneury in 1750. The castle, sold in 1752 to Jean Pierre Audibert, pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pully
Pully () is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. It is one of the eastern suburbs of the city of Lausanne, located on the shores of Lake Geneva (''Lac Léman'') and at the foot of the vineyards of Lavaux on the road to Vevey and Montreux. History Pully is first mentioned in 994 as ''Pulliacum''. Prehistory In 1826 a neolithic cemetery with about 30 graves was uncovered at Pierra-Portray. However, the artifacts were not fully preserved and only one flint blade and a soapstone fragment still exist. Near Pierra-Portray, along the Chemin de Chamblandes, Albert Naef examined 23 tombs from 1901 to 1910. These tombs belonging to a similar set of tombs which were sporadically excavated and recorded between 1880 and 1993. The local rectangular graves consisted of boxes assembled from four vertical slabs of about in length, with a fifth plate that served as a lid. The dead were lying on their left side with their legs drawn u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prilly
Prilly () is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois. It is one of the western suburbs of the city of Lausanne. History Prilly is first mentioned around 976-77 as . By 1185 it was known as ''Prillie''. Geography Prilly has an area, , of (depending on calculation method). Of this area, or 11.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 6.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 82.2% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 51.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 15.1%. while parks, green bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuvecelle
Neuvecelle (; frp, Nuvassala) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. See also *Communes of the Haute-Savoie department The following is a list of the 279 communes of the French department of Haute-Savoie. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Savoie {{HauteSavoie-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morrens
Morrens () is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Morrens is first mentioned in 1147 as ''Morrens''. Geography Morrens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 65.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.3% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.6%. Out of the forested land, 17.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 48.9% is used for growing crops and 15.6% is pastures, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montpreveyres
Montpreveyres is a municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Montpreveyres is first mentioned in 1154 as ''Monteproverio''. In 1177 it was mentioned as ''Montpreuero''. Then in 1167 and again in 1228 it was called ''Mons Presbiteri''. Geography Montpreveyres has an area, , of . Of this area, or 40.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 50.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxilly-sur-Léman
Maxilly-sur-Léman is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Haute-Savoie department The following is a list of the 279 communes of the French department of Haute-Savoie. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Savoie {{HauteSavoie-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lugrin
Lugrin (; frp, Lgrin) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Haute-Savoie department The following is a list of the 279 communes of the French department of Haute-Savoie. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Savoie {{HauteSavoie-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Mont-sur-Lausanne
Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (, literally ''Le Mont on Lausanne''; frp, Lo Mont) is a municipality in the district of Lausanne in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. History Le Mont-sur-Lausanne is first mentioned in 1237 as ''Monte super Lausannam''. Geography Le Mont-sur-Lausanne has an area, , of (depending on calculation method). Of this area, or 51.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 18.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 30.0% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 17.1% and transportation infrastructure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
