Lausanne (French pronunciation: [loˈzan]; Italian: Losanna, Romansh: Losanna) is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, or simply Le Léman[3]). It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west. Lausanne is located 62 kilometres (38.5 miles) northeast of Geneva.

Lausanne has a population (as of December 2013) of 132,626,[4] making it the fifth largest city in Switzerland, with the entire agglomeration area having 345,300 inhabitants (as of December 2012).[5] The metropolitan area of Lausanne-Geneva (including Vevey-Montreux, Yverdon-les-Bains, and foreign parts) was over 1.2 million inhabitants in 2000.[6]

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