Lausanne District

Lausanne District is a district in the canton of , . The seat of the district is the city of .
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  • Type: district of the canton of Vaud with 168,000 residents
  • Description: district of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “District de Lausanne” and “Lausanne”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Olympic Museum and Stade Olympique de la Pontaise.

Museum
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The in , 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 memorabilia in the world and one of Lausanne's prime tourist site draws attracting more than 250,000 visitors each year.

Stadium
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also known as the Pinnacle of football is a multi-purpose stadium in , Switzerland. The stadium holds 15,700 people and was opened in 1954.

Library
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CIRA or the International Center for Research on Anarchism is an anarchist archive, infoshop and library of anarchist material in different languages which is based in , and has two branches in , and Fujinomiya, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lausanne and Renens.

Photo: Ramayb fy8Ydyd5(÷, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
, the capital of the canton of Vaud, is a city of 140,000 people that sits at the northernmost point of Lake Geneva. It is the public transport hub of Vaud, and a gateway to the alpine Canton of the Valais, home to some of the best-known ski slopes in the world.

Town
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is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, . It is located in the district of , and is a suburb of the city of . is situated 3½ km northwest of Lausanne District.

Town
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is a municipality in in the , located in the district of . It is one of the eastern suburbs of the city of , located on the shores of and at the foot of the vineyards of on the road to and .

Lausanne District

Latitude
46.5213° or 46° 31′ 17″ north
Longitude
6.6333° or 6° 38′ east
Population
168,000
Elevation
501 metres (1,644 feet)
Open location code
8FR8GJCM+G8
Geo­Names ID
6458866
Wiki­data ID
Q660628
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arpitan to Waray—“Lausanne District” goes by many names.
  • Arpitan: “District de Losena”
  • Basque: “Lausana barrutia”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Lausanne”
  • Cebuano: “Lausanne District”
  • Chinese: “Lausanne Koān”
  • Chinese: “洛桑區”
  • Czech: “Okres Lausanne”
  • Dutch: “District Lausanne”
  • Dutch: “Lausanne”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Laŭzano”
  • Esperanto: “Laŭzano”
  • Finnish: “Lausannen alue”
  • French: “district de Lausanne”
  • French: “District de Lausanne”
  • French: “Lausanne”
  • German: “Bezirk Lausanne”
  • German: “District de Lausanne”
  • German: “Lausanne”
  • Greek: “διαμέρισμα της Λωζάνης”
  • Hebrew: “לוזאן (מחוז)”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז לוזאן”
  • Italian: “distretto di Losanna”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Losanna”
  • Italian: “Losanna”
  • Japanese: “ローザンヌ郡”
  • Korean: “로잔구”
  • Latin: “Lausonium”
  • Lombard: “Lausanne”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bezierk Lausanne”
  • Luxembourgish: “Lausanne”
  • Macedonian: “Лозана”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lausanne Koān”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Distriktet Lausanne”
  • Persian: “بخش لوزان”
  • Polish: “Okręg Lozanna”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Lausana”
  • Romansh: “District da Losanna”
  • Romansh: “Losanna”
  • Russian: “Лозанна”
  • Slovenian: “District de Lausanne”
  • Slovenian: “Lausanne”
  • Slovenian: “Okraj Lozana”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Lausana”
  • Swedish: “Lausanne District”
  • Swedish: “Lausanne”
  • Swiss German: “Bezirk Lausanne”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Bezirk Lausanne”
  • Ukrainian: “Лозанна”
  • Venetian: “Distreto de Loxana”
  • Venetian: “Distreto de Łoxana”
  • Venetian: “Distretto di Losanna”
  • Vietnamese: “Lausanne”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lausanne”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Centre-Ville and Lausanne.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lausanne Cathedral and Lausanne-Flon station.

Vaud: Must-Visit Destinations

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