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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanton_Waadt" title="Kanton Waadt – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Kanton Waadt" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AF" title="كانتون فود – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كانتون فود" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cant%C3%B3n_de_Vaud" title="Cantón de Vaud – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Cantón de Vaud" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quenton_de_V%C3%B4d" title="Quenton de Vôd – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Quenton de Vôd" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vo_(kanton)" title="Vo (kanton) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vo (kanton)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%88_(%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)" title="وو (کانتون) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="وو (کانتون)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanton_Vaud" title="Kanton Vaud – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Kanton Vaud" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud_Chiu" title="Vaud Chiu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Vaud Chiu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE_(%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD)" title="Во (кантон) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Во (кантон)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE_(%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD)" title="Во (кантон) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Во (кантон)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE" title="Во – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Во" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanton_Vaud" title="Kanton Vaud – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kanton Vaud" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE_(%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD)" title="Во (кантон) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Во (кантон)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_de_Vaud" title="Canton de Vaud – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Canton de Vaud" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud_(kantona)" title="Vaud (kantona) – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Vaud (kantona)" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanton_Waadt" title="Kanton Waadt – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kanton Waadt" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud%27_kanton" title="Vaud' kanton – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vaud' kanton" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B9_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%92%CF%89" title="Καντόνι του Βω – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Καντόνι του Βω" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cant%C3%B3n_de_Vaud" title="Cantón de Vaud – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cantón de Vaud" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Va%C5%ADdo" title="Kantono Vaŭdo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Vaŭdo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%88" title="کانتون وو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کانتون وو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_de_Vaud" title="Canton de Vaud – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Canton de Vaud" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud_(Canton)" title="Vaud (Canton) – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Vaud (Canton)" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cant%C3%B3n_de_Vaud" title="Cantón de Vaud – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Cantón de Vaud" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B3%B4%EC%A3%BC_(%EC%8A%A4%EC%9C%84%EC%8A%A4)" title="보주 (스위스) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="보주 (스위스)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%B8_(%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6)" title="Վո (կանտոն) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վո (կանտոն)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8" title="वो कैन्टन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="वो कैन्टन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanton_Vaud" title="Kanton Vaud – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kanton Vaud" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_de_Vaud" title="Canton de Vaud – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Canton de Vaud" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE_(%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD)" title="Во (кантон) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Во (кантон)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_Vaud" title="Canton Vaud – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Canton Vaud" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%95_(%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F)" title="וו (קנטון) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="וו (קנטון)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanton_Vaud" title="Kanton Vaud – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Kanton Vaud" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ვოს კანტონი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვოს კანტონი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE_(%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD)" title="Во (кантон) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Во (кантон)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cianton_de_Vaud" title="Cianton de Vaud – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Cianton de Vaud" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdensis_(pagus)" title="Valdensis (pagus) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Valdensis (pagus)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vo_kantons" title="Vo kantons – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Vo kantons" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanton_Vaud" title="Kanton Vaud – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Kanton Vaud" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vo" title="Vo – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vo" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud_(kanton)" title="Vaud (kanton) – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Vaud (kanton)" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_Vaud" title="Canton Vaud – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Canton Vaud" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud_kanton" title="Vaud kanton – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Vaud kanton" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B" title="व्हो – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="व्हो" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%88%D8%AF" title="ڤود – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ڤود" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF" title="وود – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="وود" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud_(kanton)" title="Vaud (kanton) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Vaud (kanton)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E5%B7%9E" title="ヴォー州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヴォー州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waadt_(Kantoon)" title="Waadt (Kantoon) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Waadt (Kantoon)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_de_Vaud" title="Canton de Vaud – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Canton de Vaud" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AF" title="واود – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="واود" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AA" title="وادت – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="وادت" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonul_Vaud" title="Cantonul Vaud – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Cantonul Vaud" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantun_Vad" title="Chantun Vad – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Chantun Vad" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE_(%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD)" title="Во (кантон) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Во (кантон)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantoni_Vaud" title="Kantoni Vaud – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Kantoni Vaud" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_Vaud" title="Canton Vaud – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Canton Vaud" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanton_Vaud" title="Kanton Vaud – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Kanton Vaud" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%BE" title="Кантон Во – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Кантон Во" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE_%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B5" title="Во вилаяте – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Во вилаяте" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A7" title="รัฐโว – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="รัฐโว" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE" title="Во – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Во" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%88" title="وو – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="وو" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_Vaud" title="Canton Vaud – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Canton Vaud" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Vaud" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%83%E5%B7%9E" title="沃州 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="沃州" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%BE%E5%B7%9E" title="禾州 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="禾州" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Vaud&params=46_37_N_6_33_E_region:CH-VD_type:city(814762)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">46°37′N</span> <span class="longitude">6°33′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">46.617°N 6.550°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">46.617; 6.550</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Switzerland</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital and largest city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lausanne" title="Lausanne">Lausanne</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_canton_of_Vaud" title="Municipalities of the canton of Vaud">339 municipalities</a>, <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Switzerland#Vaud" title="Districts of Switzerland">10 districts</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_cantonal_executives_of_Switzerland" title="List of cantonal executives of Switzerland">Executive</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Council_of_State_of_Vaud" title="Council of State of Vaud">Conseil d’État</a></span></span> (7)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_cantonal_legislatures_of_Switzerland" title="List of cantonal legislatures of Switzerland">Legislative</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Council_of_Vaud" title="Grand Council of Vaud">Grand Council</a> (150)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-Area_Canton_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Area_Canton-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,211.94 km<sup>2</sup> (1,240.14 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(December 2020)<sup id="cite_ref-Stat2020_VD_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stat2020_VD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">814,762</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">250/km<sup>2</sup> (660/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">CHF</a> 56.898 billion (2020)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">CHF 70,250 (2020)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">CH-VD</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cantons_of_Switzerland_by_elevation" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cantons of Switzerland by elevation">Highest point</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3,210 m (10,531 ft): <a href="/wiki/Diablerets" title="Diablerets">Diablerets</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cantons_of_Switzerland_by_elevation" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cantons of Switzerland by elevation">Lowest point</a></th><td class="infobox-data">372 m (1,220 ft): <a href="/wiki/Lake_Leman" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Leman">Lake Leman</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Switzerland#Order_of_accession_of_the_cantons" title="History of Switzerland">Joined</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1803</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.VD.ch">www<wbr />.vd<wbr />.ch</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_canton_de_Vaud.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Logo_canton_de_Vaud.svg/40px-Logo_canton_de_Vaud.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Logo_canton_de_Vaud.svg/60px-Logo_canton_de_Vaud.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Logo_canton_de_Vaud.svg/80px-Logo_canton_de_Vaud.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1670" /></a><figcaption>The logo of Vaud</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Vaud</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">VOH</span></i></a>; <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">(Canton de) Vaud</i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[kɑ̃tɔ̃<span class="wrap"> </span>də<span class="wrap"> </span>vo]</a></span>),<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> more formally the <b>Canton of Vaud</b>, is one of the <a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">26 cantons</a> forming the <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Swiss Confederation</a>. It is composed of <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_the_canton_of_Vaud" title="Subdivisions of the canton of Vaud">ten districts</a>; its capital city is <a href="/wiki/Lausanne" title="Lausanne">Lausanne</a>. Its coat of arms bears the motto "Liberté et patrie" on a white-green bicolour. </p><p>Vaud is the third-largest Swiss canton by population and fourth by size. It is located in <a href="/wiki/Romandy" title="Romandy">Romandy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>-speaking western part of the country, and borders the canton of <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Canton of Neuchâtel">Neuchâtel</a> to the north, the cantons of <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Fribourg" title="Canton of Fribourg">Fribourg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">Bern</a> to the east, the canton of <a href="/wiki/Valais" title="Valais">Valais</a> to the south, the canton of <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Geneva" title="Canton of Geneva">Geneva</a> to the south-west, and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> to the west. The geography of the canton includes all three natural regions of Switzerland: the <a href="/wiki/Jura_Mountains" title="Jura Mountains">Jura Mountains</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Plateau" title="Swiss Plateau">Swiss Plateau</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Alps" title="Swiss Alps">(Swiss) Alps</a>. It also includes some of the largest lakes of the country: <a href="/wiki/Lake_Geneva" title="Lake Geneva">Lake Geneva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lake_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Lake Neuchâtel">Lake Neuchâtel</a>. It is a major tourist destination, renowned for its landscapes and gastronomy. </p><p>The largest city is <a href="/wiki/Lausanne" title="Lausanne">Lausanne</a>, followed by <a href="/wiki/Yverdon-les-Bains" title="Yverdon-les-Bains">Yverdon-les-Bains</a> and <a href="/wiki/Montreux" title="Montreux">Montreux</a>. As of 2020, the canton has a population of 814,762.<sup id="cite_ref-Stat2020_VD_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stat2020_VD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is one of the four cantons where <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> is the sole official language, and it is the canton with the largest number of French speakers. Formerly a Bernese bailiwick, Vaud joined the Swiss Confederation as an independent canton in 1803. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Vaud" title="Barony of Vaud">Barony of Vaud</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roman_column_-_Nyon,_Vaud,_Switzerland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Roman_column_-_Nyon%2C_Vaud%2C_Switzerland.jpg/170px-Roman_column_-_Nyon%2C_Vaud%2C_Switzerland.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Roman_column_-_Nyon%2C_Vaud%2C_Switzerland.jpg/255px-Roman_column_-_Nyon%2C_Vaud%2C_Switzerland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Roman_column_-_Nyon%2C_Vaud%2C_Switzerland.jpg/340px-Roman_column_-_Nyon%2C_Vaud%2C_Switzerland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="801" /></a><figcaption>Roman column in Nyon</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Karte_Bernische-Vogteien-Kanton-Waadt_en.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Karte_Bernische-Vogteien-Kanton-Waadt_en.png/220px-Karte_Bernische-Vogteien-Kanton-Waadt_en.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Karte_Bernische-Vogteien-Kanton-Waadt_en.png/330px-Karte_Bernische-Vogteien-Kanton-Waadt_en.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Karte_Bernische-Vogteien-Kanton-Waadt_en.png/440px-Karte_Bernische-Vogteien-Kanton-Waadt_en.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1738" /></a><figcaption>Bailiwicks of Bern in Vaud in the 18th century</figcaption></figure> <p>Humans lived alongside the Vaud lakes in prehistoric times. Later, the <a href="/wiki/Celtic_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Celtic people">Celtic</a> tribe of the <a href="/wiki/Helvetii" title="Helvetii">Helvetii</a> inhabited the area. <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Caesar</a>'s troops defeated the Helvetii in 58 BC and as a consequence the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Romans</a> settled in the area. The many towns established by the Romans include <a href="/wiki/Vevey" title="Vevey">Vevey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Viviscus</i>) and Lausanne (<i>Lausonium</i> or <i>Lausonna</i>). </p><p>While the exact date of the founding of Aventicum is not exact, it was likely established during or shortly after Augustus' reign. There are still many Roman remains around the town today. Between the 2nd and the 4th centuries <a href="/wiki/Alemanni" title="Alemanni">Alemannic</a> tribes repeatedly invaded the area, and in the 5th century the <a href="/wiki/Burgundians" title="Burgundians">Burgundians</a> occupied the territory. The <a href="/wiki/Merovingian" class="mw-redirect" title="Merovingian">Merovingian</a> Franks later replaced the Burgundians. Their control did not last long either, and in 888 the area of the canton of Vaud became part of the <a href="/wiki/Carolingian_Empire" title="Carolingian Empire">Carolingian Empire</a> (the successor state to the Merovingians). In 1032 the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Z%C3%A4hringen" title="House of Zähringen">Zähringens</a> of Germany defeated the Burgundians. The Zähringens themselves were succeeded in 1218 by the counts of <a href="/wiki/County_of_Savoy" title="County of Savoy">Savoy</a>. It was only under the counts of Savoy that the area gained political unity as the <a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Vaud" title="Barony of Vaud">Barony of Vaud</a>. A part stretching from <a href="/wiki/Attalens" title="Attalens">Attalens</a> to the river <a href="/wiki/Saane/Sarine" title="Saane/Sarine">Sarine</a>, in the north, was absorbed by the canton of Fribourg. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lausanne_Saint-Maire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Lausanne_Saint-Maire.jpg/170px-Lausanne_Saint-Maire.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Lausanne_Saint-Maire.jpg/255px-Lausanne_Saint-Maire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Lausanne_Saint-Maire.jpg/340px-Lausanne_Saint-Maire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="589" /></a><figcaption> Built by the Bishop of <a href="/wiki/Bishopric_of_Lausanne" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric of Lausanne">Lausanne</a> during the 15th century, <a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_Saint-Maire" class="mw-redirect" title="Château Saint-Maire">Château Saint-Maire</a> has been the seat of the cantonal government since 1803</figcaption></figure> <p>As the power of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Savoy" title="House of Savoy">House of Savoy</a> declined at the beginning of the 15th century, troops from <a href="/wiki/Bern" title="Bern">Bern</a> occupied the land. By 1536 Bern had completely annexed the area. Vaud's <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Reformation">Protestant Reformation</a> started with co-workers of <a href="/wiki/John_Calvin" title="John Calvin">John Calvin</a> like <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Viret" title="Pierre Viret">Pierre Viret</a> (a famous debate took place at the cathedral of Lausanne), but it was only decisively implemented when Bern put its full force behind it. </p><p>The Bernese occupiers were not popular amongst the population. In 1723 Major <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Davel" title="Abraham Davel">Abraham Davel</a> led a revolt against Bern, in protest at what he saw as the denial of political rights of the French-speaking Vaudois by the German-speaking Bernese; he was subsequently beheaded.<sup id="cite_ref-HistoiredelaSuisse_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HistoiredelaSuisse-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, inspired by the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a> of 1789–1799, the Vaudois drove out the Bernese governor in 1798 and declared the <a href="/wiki/Lemanic_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Lemanic Republic">Lemanic Republic</a>. Vaud nationalists like <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-C%C3%A9sar_de_La_Harpe" title="Frédéric-César de La Harpe">Frédéric-César de La Harpe</a>, born in Rolle, had called for French intervention in liberating the area, and French Revolutionary troops moved in, taking over the whole of Switzerland itself in the process and setting up the <a href="/wiki/Helvetic_Republic" title="Helvetic Republic">Helvetic Republic</a>. Under <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoleon I">Napoleon I</a> (Emperor 1804–1815), Vaud became (1798–1803) the <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_L%C3%A9man" title="Canton of Léman">canton of Léman</a>. Unrest about the abolition of <a href="/wiki/Feudalism" title="Feudalism">feudal</a> rights and taxes led to increased discontent, which culminated in the revolt of the <a href="/wiki/Bourla-papey" title="Bourla-papey">Bourla-papey</a> in spring 1802, closely followed by the <a href="/wiki/Stecklikrieg" title="Stecklikrieg">Stecklikrieg</a> (August to October 1802) that brought the end of the entire Helvetic Republic in 1803. In 1803 Vaud joined the re-installed <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Confederation_(Napoleonic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss Confederation (Napoleonic)">Swiss Confederation</a>. In spite of Bernese attempts to reclaim Vaud, it has remained a sovereign canton ever since. </p><p>In the 19th century, the canton of Vaud was an outspoken opponent of the <a href="/wiki/Sonderbund_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonderbund war"><i>Sonderbund</i></a> Catholic separatist movement, which led to intervention by 99,000 Swiss Federal troops under General <a href="/wiki/Guillaume_Henri_Dufour" title="Guillaume Henri Dufour">Henri Dufour</a> against 79,000 separatists, in the Sonderbund War (November 1847). Separation was prevented at the cost of very few lives. </p><p>The current cantonal constitution dates from 14 April 2003, replacing the constitution of 1885.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LakeGenevaVeveyMontreux.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/LakeGenevaVeveyMontreux.jpg/220px-LakeGenevaVeveyMontreux.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/LakeGenevaVeveyMontreux.jpg/330px-LakeGenevaVeveyMontreux.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/LakeGenevaVeveyMontreux.jpg/440px-LakeGenevaVeveyMontreux.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="470" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vevey" title="Vevey">Vevey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_Geneva" title="Lake Geneva">Lake Geneva</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Alps" title="Swiss Alps">Swiss Alps</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joux.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Joux.jpg/220px-Joux.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Joux.jpg/330px-Joux.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Joux.jpg/440px-Joux.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vall%C3%A9e_de_Joux" title="Vallée de Joux">Vallée de Joux</a>, Jura</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Montreux_-_Lake_Geneva.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Montreux_-_Lake_Geneva.jpg/220px-Montreux_-_Lake_Geneva.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Montreux_-_Lake_Geneva.jpg/330px-Montreux_-_Lake_Geneva.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Montreux_-_Lake_Geneva.jpg/440px-Montreux_-_Lake_Geneva.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Montreux" title="Montreux">Montreux</a> and Lake Geneva</figcaption></figure> <p>The canton stretches from <a href="/wiki/Lake_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Lake Neuchâtel">Lake Neuchâtel</a> in the north, where it borders the <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Canton of Neuchâtel">canton of Neuchâtel</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Lake_Geneva" title="Lake Geneva">Lake Geneva</a> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Léman</i>) in the south, where it borders the <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Geneva" title="Canton of Geneva">canton of Geneva</a>, the French <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9partements" class="mw-redirect" title="Départements">department</a> of <a href="/wiki/Haute-Savoie" title="Haute-Savoie">Haute-Savoie</a> (lake border) and the <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Valais" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Valais">canton of Valais</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chablais" title="Chablais">Chablais</a>). In the <a href="/wiki/Jura_mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Jura mountains">Jura mountains</a> in the west, the canton borders the French departments of <a href="/wiki/Ain" title="Ain">Ain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jura_(d%C3%A9partement)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jura (département)">Jura</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Doubs_(department)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doubs (department)">Doubs</a>. In the east, it borders the cantons of <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Fribourg" title="Canton of Fribourg">Fribourg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">Bern</a>. The total area is 3,212 square kilometres (1,240 sq mi). </p><p>Along with the canton of Berne, Vaud is one of the two cantons whose territory extends from the Jura to the Alps, through the three distinct <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Switzerland" title="Geography of Switzerland">geographic regions of Switzerland</a>. </p><p>The areas in the south east are mountainous, situated on the north side of the <a href="/wiki/Bernese_Alps" title="Bernese Alps">Bernese Alps</a>. This region is commonly named the <i>Vaud Alps</i> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Alpes Vaudoises</i>). The <a href="/wiki/Diablerets" title="Diablerets">Diablerets</a> massif, peaking at 3,210 metres (10,531 ft), is the highest mountain of the canton. Other summits such as the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Muveran" title="Grand Muveran">Grand Muveran</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tour_d%27A%C3%AF" title="Tour d'Aï">Tour d'Aï</a> are visible from most of the canton. The area also hosts several popular skiing destinations such as <a href="/wiki/Villars-sur-Ollon" title="Villars-sur-Ollon">Villars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Les_Diablerets_(Ormont-Dessus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Les Diablerets (Ormont-Dessus)">Les Diablerets</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leysin" title="Leysin">Leysin</a>. </p><p>The central area of the canton, in contrast, consists of <a href="/wiki/Moraine" title="Moraine">moraines</a> and is hilly. There are plains along the lakes. In the north, Avenches is in an <a href="/wiki/Exclave" class="mw-redirect" title="Exclave">exclave</a> of the canton surrounded by the canton of Fribourg and Lake Neuchâtel. On the other hand, there are three enclaves of the <a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">canton</a> of Fribourg (Estavayer-le-lac, Vuissens, Surpierre), as well as two enclaves of the canton of <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a> (Céligny), that are surrounded by the canton of Vaud.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The north-western part of the canton is also mountainous but in a more modest way with mountains generally not above 1,500 metres (4,900 ft); the <a href="/wiki/Jura_Mountains" title="Jura Mountains">Jura Mountains</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Vall%C3%A9e_de_Joux" title="Vallée de Joux">Vallée de Joux</a> is one of the most popular destinations in the region and also a centre of luxury mechanical <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Made" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss Made">Swiss watch</a> manufacturing.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Council_of_State_of_Vaud" title="Council of State of Vaud">Council of State of Vaud</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grand_Council_of_Vaud" title="Grand Council of Vaud">Grand Council of Vaud</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Salle_du_Grand_Conseil_du_canton_de_vaud.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Salle_du_Grand_Conseil_du_canton_de_vaud.jpg/220px-Salle_du_Grand_Conseil_du_canton_de_vaud.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Salle_du_Grand_Conseil_du_canton_de_vaud.jpg/330px-Salle_du_Grand_Conseil_du_canton_de_vaud.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Salle_du_Grand_Conseil_du_canton_de_vaud.jpg/440px-Salle_du_Grand_Conseil_du_canton_de_vaud.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>The room of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Council_of_Vaud" title="Grand Council of Vaud">Grand Council of Vaud</a>, the parliament of the canton of Vaud</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Members_of_the_national_council">Members of the national council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Members of the national council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Swiss_People%27s_Party" title="Swiss People's Party">UDC</a> members </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Social Democratic Party of Switzerland">PS</a> members </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Green Party of Switzerland">PES</a> members </th> <th><a href="/wiki/FDP.The_Liberals" class="mw-redirect" title="FDP.The Liberals">PLR</a> members </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_People%27s_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland">PDC</a> members </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Green_Liberal_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Green Liberal Party of Switzerland">PVL</a> member(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Micha%C3%ABl_Buffat" title="Michaël Buffat">Michaël Buffat</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pierre-Yves_Maillard" title="Pierre-Yves Maillard">Pierre-Yves Maillard</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Br%C3%A9laz" title="Daniel Brélaz">Daniel Brélaz</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laurent_Wehrli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Laurent Wehrli (page does not exist)">Laurent Wehrli</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Wehrli" class="extiw" title="fr:Laurent Wehrli">fr</a>]</span> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Claude_B%C3%A9gl%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Claude Béglé (page does not exist)">Claude Béglé</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_B%C3%A9gl%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="fr:Claude Béglé">fr</a>]</span> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_Pointet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="François Pointet (page does not exist)">François Pointet</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Pointet" class="extiw" title="fr:François Pointet">fr</a>]</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alice_Glauser-Zufferey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alice Glauser-Zufferey (page does not exist)">Alice Glauser-Zufferey</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Glauser-Zufferey" class="extiw" title="fr:Alice Glauser-Zufferey">fr</a>]</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ada_Marra" title="Ada Marra">Ada Marra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valentine_Python" title="Valentine Python">Valentine Python</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaqueline_de_Quattro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jaqueline de Quattro (page does not exist)">Jaqueline de Quattro</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaqueline_de_Quattro" class="extiw" title="fr:Jaqueline de Quattro">fr</a>]</span> </td> <td>--- </td> <td>--- </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Grin-Hofmann" title="Jean-Pierre Grin-Hofmann">Jean-Pierre Grin-Hofmann</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_Nordmann" title="Roger Nordmann">Roger Nordmann</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sophie_Michaud_Gigon" title="Sophie Michaud Gigon">Sophie Michaud Gigon</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Olivier_Feller&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Olivier Feller (page does not exist)">Olivier Feller</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Feller" class="extiw" title="fr:Olivier Feller">fr</a>]</span> </td> <td>--- </td> <td>--- </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Nicolet" title="Jacques Nicolet">Jacques Nicolet</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigitte_Crottaz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brigitte Crottaz (page does not exist)">Brigitte Crottaz</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Crottaz" class="extiw" title="fr:Brigitte Crottaz">fr</a>]</span> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leonore_Porchet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leonore Porchet (page does not exist)">Leonore Porchet</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonore_Porchet" class="extiw" title="fr:Leonore Porchet">fr</a>]</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isabelle_Moret" title="Isabelle Moret">Isabelle Moret</a> </td> <td>--- </td> <td>--- </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Members_of_the_council_of_states">Members of the council of states</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Members of the council of states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>PS member(s) </th> <th>PLR member(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ad%C3%A8le_Thorens_Goumaz" title="Adèle Thorens Goumaz">Adèle Thorens</a> </td> <td>Olivier Français </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_election_results">Federal election results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Federal election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="17">Percentage of the total vote per party in the canton in the <a href="/wiki/National_Council_(Switzerland)" title="National Council (Switzerland)">National Council</a> Elections 1971–2019 <sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th class="unsortable">Ideology</th> <th>1971</th> <th>1975</th> <th>1979</th> <th>1983</th> <th>1987</th> <th>1991</th> <th>1995</th> <th>1999</th> <th>2003</th> <th>2007</th> <th>2011</th> <th>2015</th> <th>2019 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/FDP.The_Liberals" class="mw-redirect" title="FDP.The Liberals">FDP.The Liberals</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_a"><a href="#endnote_a">a</a></sup> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#0E52A0"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classical_liberalism" title="Classical liberalism">Classical liberalism</a></td> <td>26.0</td> <td>25.6</td> <td>27.1</td> <td>30.4</td> <td>27.6</td> <td>26.4</td> <td>23.5</td> <td>25.0</td> <td>18.5</td> <td>14.6</td> <td>16.3</td> <td>26.8</td> <td>23.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_People%27s_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland">CVP/PDC/PPD/PCD</a> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#EF7D00"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_democracy" title="Christian democracy">Christian democracy</a></td> <td>5.3</td> <td>4.6</td> <td>5.1</td> <td>4.5</td> <td>4.1</td> <td>3.6</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>4.5</td> <td>4.4</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>4.6</td> <td>4.1</td> <td>2.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Social Democratic Party of Switzerland">SP/PS</a> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E4002B"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a></td> <td>25.0</td> <td>27.6</td> <td>24.9</td> <td>21.9</td> <td>22.5</td> <td>22.9</td> <td>22.7</td> <td>22.4</td> <td>21.7</td> <td>22.0</td> <td>25.2</td> <td>22.2</td> <td>20.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Swiss_People%27s_Party" title="Swiss People's Party">SVP/UDC</a> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#009F4F"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swiss_nationalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss nationalism">Swiss nationalism</a></td> <td>7.7</td> <td>8.0</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>7.3</td> <td>7.8</td> <td>10.7</td> <td>20.3</td> <td>22.4</td> <td>22.9</td> <td>22.6</td> <td>17.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Liberal Party of Switzerland">LPS/PLS</a> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#134B94"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberalism_and_radicalism_in_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberalism and radicalism in Switzerland">Swiss Liberal</a></td> <td>12.4</td> <td>13.6</td> <td>16.7</td> <td>16.9</td> <td>17.4</td> <td>17.6</td> <td>14.7</td> <td>12.6</td> <td>11.1</td> <td>8.1</td> <td>5.7</td> <td><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_c"><a href="#endnote_c">c</a></sup></td> <td>* </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Independents" title="Alliance of Independents">Ring of Independents</a> </th> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_liberalism" title="Social liberalism">Social liberalism</a></td> <td>4.1</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>* <sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_b"><a href="#endnote_b">b</a></sup></td> <td>*</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>* </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_People%27s_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland">EVP/PEV</a> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#EFDA18"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_democracy" title="Christian democracy">Christian democracy</a></td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>1.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Green_Liberal_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Green Liberal Party of Switzerland">GLP/PVL</a> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#b4dc00"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Green_liberalism" title="Green liberalism">Green liberalism</a></td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>5.1</td> <td>3.9</td> <td>8.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland">BDP/PBD</a> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FBD918"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">Conservatism</a></td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Party_of_Labour" title="Swiss Party of Labour">PdA/PST-POP/PC/PSL</a> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#E93C1A"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">Socialism</a></td> <td>12.2</td> <td>10.7</td> <td>9.3</td> <td>4.1</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>4.2</td> <td>8.9</td> <td>7.8</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>4.7</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>*</td> <td>4.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Green Party of Switzerland">GPS/PES</a> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#84B414"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Green_politics" title="Green politics">Green politics</a></td> <td>*</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>8.4</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>4.1</td> <td>7.1</td> <td>11.3</td> <td>14.3</td> <td>11.6</td> <td>11.3</td> <td>19.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>FGA </th> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Feminist_political_theory" title="Feminist political theory">Feminist</a></td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>3.8</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>3.6</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>* </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Solidarity_(Switzerland)" title="Solidarity (Switzerland)">Solidarity</a> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DC143C"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anti-capitalism" title="Anti-capitalism">Anti-capitalism</a></td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>2.9</td> <td>* </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Democrats" title="Swiss Democrats">SD/DS</a> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#CD5B45"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_conservatism" title="National conservatism">National conservatism</a></td> <td>4.2</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>*</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>2.8</td> <td>2.9</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>* </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Republican_Movement_(Switzerland)" title="Republican Movement (Switzerland)">Rep.</a> </th> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Right-wing_populism" title="Right-wing populism">Right-wing populism</a></td> <td>2.9</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>* </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Federal_Democratic_Union_of_Switzerland" title="Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland">EDU/UDF</a> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#C71585"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_right" title="Christian right">Christian right</a></td> <td>*</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>*</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Freedom Party of Switzerland">FPS/PSL</a> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#8D1919"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Right-wing_populism" title="Right-wing populism">Right-wing populism</a></td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>* </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Romandy_Citizens%27_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Romandy Citizens' Movement">MCR</a> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#CE9D24"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Right-wing_populism" title="Right-wing populism">Right-wing populism</a></td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>*</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>*</td> <td>* </td></tr> <tr> <th>Other </th> <td></td> <td></td> <td>*</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>2.9</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>2.8</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>4.2</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>2.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Voter participation %</th> <th></th> <th></th> <th>45.9</th> <th>43.5</th> <th>37.3</th> <th>40.2</th> <th>37.4</th> <th>37.4</th> <th>32.9</th> <th>31.5</th> <th>42.7</th> <th>44.3</th> <th>41.6</th> <th>42.9</th> <th>41.4 </th></tr> </tbody></table> <dl><dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_a"><b><a href="#ref_a">^a</a></b></span> before 2009: FDP; since 2009: FDP.The Liberals</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_b"><b><a href="#ref_b">^b</a></b></span> "*" indicates that the party was not on the ballot in this canton.</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_c"><b><a href="#ref_c">^c</a></b></span> Part of the FDP for this election</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_subdivisions">Political subdivisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Political subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Districts">Districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Karte_Kanton_Waadt_Bezirke_2008.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Karte_Kanton_Waadt_Bezirke_2008.png/220px-Karte_Kanton_Waadt_Bezirke_2008.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Karte_Kanton_Waadt_Bezirke_2008.png/330px-Karte_Kanton_Waadt_Bezirke_2008.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Karte_Kanton_Waadt_Bezirke_2008.png/440px-Karte_Kanton_Waadt_Bezirke_2008.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1110" /></a><figcaption>Districts of canton of Vaud</figcaption></figure> <p>The canton of Vaud is divided into 10 districts: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aigle_District" title="Aigle District">Aigle</a> with capital <a href="/wiki/Aigle" title="Aigle">Aigle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broye-Vully_District" title="Broye-Vully District">Broye-Vully</a> with capital <a href="/wiki/Payerne" title="Payerne">Payerne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gros-de-Vaud_District" title="Gros-de-Vaud District">Gros-de-Vaud</a> with capital <a href="/wiki/%C3%89challens" title="Échallens">Échallens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jura-Nord_Vaudois_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Jura-Nord Vaudois District">Jura-Nord vaudois</a> with capital <a href="/wiki/Yverdon-les-Bains" title="Yverdon-les-Bains">Yverdon-les-Bains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lausanne_District" title="Lausanne District">Lausanne</a> with capital <a href="/wiki/Lausanne" title="Lausanne">Lausanne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lavaux-Oron_District" title="Lavaux-Oron District">Lavaux-Oron</a> with capital <a href="/wiki/Cully,_Switzerland" title="Cully, Switzerland">Cully</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morges_District" title="Morges District">Morges</a> with capital <a href="/wiki/Morges" title="Morges">Morges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyon_District" title="Nyon District">Nyon</a> with capital <a href="/wiki/Nyon" title="Nyon">Nyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riviera-Pays-d%27Enhaut_District" title="Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District">Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut</a> with capital <a href="/wiki/Vevey" title="Vevey">Vevey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouest_Lausannois_District" title="Ouest Lausannois District">Ouest Lausannois</a> with capital <a href="/wiki/Renens" title="Renens">Renens</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_canton_of_Vaud" title="Municipalities of the canton of Vaud">Municipalities of the canton of Vaud</a></div> <p>There are 300 <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_canton_of_Vaud" title="Municipalities of the canton of Vaud">municipalities in the canton</a> (As of 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lausanne_img_0586.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Lausanne_img_0586.jpg/220px-Lausanne_img_0586.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Lausanne_img_0586.jpg/330px-Lausanne_img_0586.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Lausanne_img_0586.jpg/440px-Lausanne_img_0586.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Lausanne, capital and largest city in Vaud</figcaption></figure> <p>The population is <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>-speaking and historically was mostly <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> (Calvinist), dating from the early years of the <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Reformation">Reformation</a>. Recently, however, this has been changing due to immigration from <a href="/wiki/Southern_Europe" title="Southern Europe">Southern Europe</a>. In 2000, the population was nearly evenly split between Protestants (40%) and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholics</a> (34%).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The population of the canton (as of 31 December 2020) was 814,762.<sup id="cite_ref-Stat2020_VD_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stat2020_VD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2010<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the population included about 28% foreigners, including many <a href="/wiki/Italian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian people">Italians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The major population centres of the canton are: Lausanne (140,202 inhabitants in 31 December 2020), <a href="/wiki/Montreux" title="Montreux">Montreux</a>-<a href="/wiki/Vevey" title="Vevey">Vevey</a> (Montreux: 26090 Vevey:19752 inhabitants) and <a href="/wiki/Yverdon-les-Bains" title="Yverdon-les-Bains">Yverdon-les-Bains</a> (29,955 inhabitants). The region around <a href="/wiki/Nyon" title="Nyon">Nyon</a> is often considered part of the agglomeration of <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a>. All of these are on Lake Geneva (called <b>Léman</b> in <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>), except for Yverdon, which is on Lake Neuchâtel. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Main languages spoken at home in the canton (2020):<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: 82.40%<br /> <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>: 9.10%<br /> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: 7.51%<br /> <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: 5.15%<br /> <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: 5.00%<br /> <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>: 3.88%<br /> <a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>: 2.37%<br /> <a href="/wiki/South_Slavic_languages" title="South Slavic languages">South Slavic languages</a>: 1.61%<br /> Other languages: 6.75%<br /> <i>Note: Respondents were permitted to choose more than one language.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Geneva_Lavaux.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Lake_Geneva_Lavaux.jpg/220px-Lake_Geneva_Lavaux.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Lake_Geneva_Lavaux.jpg/330px-Lake_Geneva_Lavaux.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Lake_Geneva_Lavaux.jpg/440px-Lake_Geneva_Lavaux.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lavaux" title="Lavaux">Lavaux</a> vineyards above <a href="/wiki/Lake_Geneva" title="Lake Geneva">Lake Geneva</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Capital_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (political)">capital</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lausanne" title="Lausanne">Lausanne</a>, is the major city of the canton. There are light industries concentrated around it. In 1998, 71.7% of the workers worked in the tertiary sector and 20.8% in the secondary. </p><p>The canton is the second-largest producer of <a href="/wiki/Wine" title="Wine">wine</a> in Switzerland. Most of the wine produced in the canton is white, and most vineyards are located on the steep shores of Lake Geneva such as the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> the <a href="/wiki/Lavaux" title="Lavaux">Lavaux Vineyard Terraces</a>. There is agriculture in the areas away from Lake Geneva. Sugar beet is important around <a href="/wiki/Orbe" title="Orbe">Orbe</a>, tobacco in <a href="/w/index.php?title=La_Broye_Valley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="La Broye Valley (page does not exist)">La Broye Valley</a>, and fruit at the foot of the <a href="/wiki/Jura_mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Jura mountains">Jura mountains</a>. Cattle breeding and pasture are common in the <a href="/wiki/Alps" title="Alps">Alps</a> and the Jura mountains. There is a <a href="/wiki/Salt_mine" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt mine">salt mine</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bex" title="Bex">Bex</a>. Tourism is important in many towns along Lake Geneva. Major lakeside resorts include Lausanne, <a href="/wiki/Montreux" title="Montreux">Montreux</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vevey" title="Vevey">Vevey</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Union_Cycliste_Internationale" title="Union Cycliste Internationale">Union Cycliste Internationale</a> is based in Aigle, and many of its defamation lawsuits against critics have been heard in the Est Vaudois district court of Vevey.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two Swiss public universities are located within the canton: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_F%C3%A9d%C3%A9rale_de_Lausanne" title="École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne">Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne</a> (EPFL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Lausanne" title="University of Lausanne">University of Lausanne</a> (UNIL)</li></ul> <p>Additionally, there are several public <i>hautes écoles</i> offering a limited selection of programmes: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89cole_cantonale_d%27art_de_Lausanne" title="École cantonale d'art de Lausanne">Haute école d'art et de design</a> (ECAL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HEIG-VD" class="mw-redirect" title="HEIG-VD">Vaud School of Business and Engineering (HEIG-VD)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haute_%C3%A9cole_sp%C3%A9cialis%C3%A9e_de_Suisse_occidentale" class="mw-redirect" title="Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale">University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland</a> (HES-SO) <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Haute_%C3%89cole_de_Sant%C3%A9_La_Source&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Haute École de Santé La Source (page does not exist)">Haute École de Santé La Source</a> (HEdS-La Source)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Haute_%C3%89cole_de_travail_social_et_de_la_sant%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Haute École de travail social et de la santé (page does not exist)">Haute École de travail social et de la santé</a> (EESP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89cole_h%C3%B4teli%C3%A8re_de_Lausanne" title="École hôtelière de Lausanne">École hôtelière de Lausanne</a> (EHL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changins" class="mw-redirect" title="Changins">Changins</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Haute_%C3%A9cole_des_arts_et_de_la_sc%C3%A8ne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Haute école des arts et de la scène (page does not exist)">Haute école des arts et de la scène</a> (Manufacture)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Haute_%C3%89cole_de_Sant%C3%A9_Vaud&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Haute École de Santé Vaud (page does not exist)">Haute École de Santé Vaud</a> (HESAV)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Haute_%C3%A9cole_de_musique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Haute école de musique (page does not exist)">Haute école de musique</a> (HEMU)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Haute_%C3%A9cole_p%C3%A9dagogique_du_Canton_de_Vaud&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Haute école pédagogique du Canton de Vaud (page does not exist)">Haute école pédagogique du Canton de Vaud</a> (HEP Vaud)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gastronomy">Gastronomy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Gastronomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The canton is often referred to as the "culinary capital of Switzerland" and is renowned for its many cheeses, wines and charcuterie.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also home to a high number of gourmet restaurants, such as the Hôtel de ville in <a href="/wiki/Crissier" title="Crissier">Crissier</a>, founded by <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9dy_Girardet" title="Frédy Girardet">Frédy Girardet</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Papet_Vaudois" title="Papet Vaudois">Papet Vaudois</a> is a very popular dish of the canton. It consists of potatoes and leeks accompanied by regional sausages, notably <i>Saucisse aux choux</i>. <a href="/wiki/Taill%C3%A9_aux_greubons" title="Taillé aux greubons">Taillé aux greubons</a> are a salted bakery specialty of the region consisting of <a href="/wiki/Pork_rind" title="Pork rind">crackling</a> encased in <a href="/wiki/Puff_pastry" title="Puff pastry">puff pastry</a>. Another of the canton's specialties is <a href="/wiki/Carac_(pastry)" title="Carac (pastry)">carac</a>, a sweet tart consisting of a <a href="/wiki/Shortcrust_pastry#Types" title="Shortcrust pastry">sweetcrust pastry</a> case (<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A2te_sucr%C3%A9e" class="extiw" title="fr:Pâte sucrée">pâte sucrée</a>) filled with chocolate <a href="/wiki/Ganache" title="Ganache">ganache</a>, covered by a characteristic green <a href="/wiki/Icing_(food)" title="Icing (food)">icing</a> or <a href="/wiki/Fondant_icing" title="Fondant icing">fondant</a> layer topped with a dot of chocolate.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Amiguet" title="Caroline Amiguet">Caroline Amiguet</a> (born 1977), French actress and model</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigitte_Balleys" title="Brigitte Balleys">Brigitte Balleys</a> (born 1959) a Swiss mezzo-soprano in opera and concert.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Burki" title="Raymond Burki">Raymond Burki</a> (1949 in Épalinges – 2016) a Swiss cartoonist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henri_D%C3%A8s" title="Henri Dès">Henri Dès</a> (born 1940 in Renens) a Swiss French-language children's singer and songwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe_Ducros" title="Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros">Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros</a> (1748 in Moudon – 1810) a Swiss painter, watercolourist and engraver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Gilliard" title="Pierre Gilliard">Pierre Gilliard</a> (1879 in Fiez – 1962) a Swiss academic and author, French language tutor to the five children of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicholas II of Russia">Nicholas II of Russia</a> from 1905 to 1918.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Regamey" title="Marcel Regamey">Marcel Regamey</a> (1905–1982), Swiss essayist and journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flore_Revalles" title="Flore Revalles">Flore Revalles</a> (1889 in Rolle – 1966) a Swiss entertainer, singer and dancer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Shteiger" title="Anatoly Shteiger">Anatoly Shteiger</a> (1907 — 1944 in Leysin) a Russian poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Tschumi" title="Gabriel Tschumi">Gabriel Tschumi</a> (1883 in Moudon – 1957) Master Chef to Queen Victoria, Kings Edward VII and George V.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Louis_Wagni%C3%A8re" title="Jean-Louis Wagnière">Jean-Louis Wagnière</a> (1739 in Rueyres – 1802) <a href="/wiki/Voltaire" title="Voltaire">Voltaire</a>'s secretary from 1756 to 1778.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles-Emmanuel_de_Warnery" title="Charles-Emmanuel de Warnery">Charles-Emmanuel de Warnery</a> (1720 at Morges - 1776) royal Prussian colonel, later a royal Polish general.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Franco-Proven%C3%A7al_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Franco-Provençal language">Franco-Provençal language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lausanne_campus" title="Lausanne campus">Lausanne campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_of_Vaud" title="List of mountains of Vaud">List of mountains of Vaud</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_and_references">Notes and references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaud&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notes and references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Area_Canton-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Area_Canton_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/raum-umwelt/bodennutzung-bedeckung/gesamtspektrum-regionalen-stufen/Kantone.assetdetail.1420913.html">Arealstatistik Land Cover - 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A. B. Coolidge">Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort</a> (1911). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Vaud"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Vaud">"Vaud" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. 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Switzerland">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">Cantons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appenzell_Innerrhoden" title="Appenzell Innerrhoden">AI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aargau" title="Aargau">AG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appenzell_Ausserrhoden" title="Appenzell Ausserrhoden">AR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">BE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basel-Landschaft" title="Basel-Landschaft">BL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basel-Stadt" title="Basel-Stadt">BS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Fribourg" title="Canton of Fribourg">FR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Geneva" title="Canton of Geneva">GE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Glarus" title="Canton of Glarus">GL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grisons" title="Grisons">GR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Jura" title="Canton of Jura">JU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Lucerne" title="Canton of Lucerne">LU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Canton of Neuchâtel">NE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nidwalden" title="Nidwalden">NW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obwalden" title="Obwalden">OW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_St._Gallen" title="Canton of St. Gallen">SG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schaffhausen" title="Canton of Schaffhausen">SH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Solothurn" title="Canton of Solothurn">SO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schwyz" title="Canton of Schwyz">SZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurgau" title="Thurgau">TG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ticino" title="Ticino">TI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Uri" title="Canton of Uri">UR</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">VD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valais" title="Valais">VS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zug" title="Canton of Zug">ZG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zurich" title="Canton of Zurich">ZH</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Switzerland" title="Districts of Switzerland">Districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Switzerland" title="Municipalities of Switzerland">Municipalities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Switzerland" title="List of cities in Switzerland">list of cities and towns</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NUTS_statistical_regions_of_Switzerland" title="NUTS statistical regions of Switzerland">Statistical regions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Switzerland">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Switzerland" title="List of earthquakes in Switzerland">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_Switzerland" title="List of extreme points of Switzerland">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Switzerland" title="Fauna of Switzerland">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forests_of_Switzerland" title="Forests of Switzerland">Forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_glaciers_in_Switzerland" title="List of glaciers in Switzerland">Glaciers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrology_of_Switzerland" title="Hydrology of Switzerland">Hydrology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Switzerland" title="List of islands of Switzerland">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Switzerland" title="List of lakes of Switzerland">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_passes_in_Switzerland" title="List of mountain passes in Switzerland">Mountain passes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prominent_mountains_of_Switzerland" title="List of prominent mountains of Switzerland">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nature_parks_in_Switzerland" title="Nature parks in Switzerland">Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Switzerland" title="List of rivers of Switzerland">Rivers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Switzerland" title="Politics of Switzerland">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Switzerland" title="Subdivisions of Switzerland">Administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Constitution" title="Swiss Federal Constitution">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_courts_of_Switzerland" title="Federal courts of Switzerland">Courts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Supreme_Court_of_Switzerland" title="Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland">Supreme Court</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Switzerland" title="Elections in Switzerland">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Switzerland" title="Foreign relations of Switzerland">Foreign relations</a></li> <li>Government <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Council_(Switzerland)" title="Federal Council (Switzerland)">Federal Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Swiss_Confederation" title="President of the Swiss Confederation">President of the Confederation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_administration_of_Switzerland" title="Federal administration of Switzerland">Federal administration</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Switzerland" title="Human rights in Switzerland">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Switzerland">LGBT</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landsgemeinde" title="Landsgemeinde">Landsgemeinde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Switzerland" title="Law of Switzerland">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Switzerland" title="Law enforcement in Switzerland">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Armed_Forces" title="Swiss Armed Forces">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Redoubt_(Switzerland)" title="National Redoubt (Switzerland)">National Redoubt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_neutrality" title="Swiss neutrality">Neutrality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Assembly_(Switzerland)" title="Federal Assembly (Switzerland)">Parliament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_(Switzerland)" title="National Council (Switzerland)">National Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_States_(Switzerland)" title="Council of States (Switzerland)">Council of States</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Switzerland" title="List of political parties in Switzerland">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_initiative_in_Switzerland" title="Popular initiative in Switzerland">Popular initiative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voting_in_Switzerland" title="Voting in Switzerland">Voting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_decree" title="Federal decree">Federal decree</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Switzerland" title="Economy of Switzerland">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" 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Switzerland">air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Switzerland" title="Rail transport in Switzerland">rail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Swiss_main_roads" title="List of Swiss main roads">road</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waste_management_in_Switzerland" title="Waste management in Switzerland">Waste management</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Switzerland" title="Category:Society of Switzerland">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Switzerland" title="Abortion in Switzerland">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Switzerland" title="Capital punishment in Switzerland">Capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_Switzerland" title="Conscription in Switzerland">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Switzerland" title="Corruption in Switzerland">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Switzerland" title="Crime in Switzerland">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Switzerland" title="Demographics of Switzerland">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Switzerland" title="Education in Switzerland">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euthanasia_in_Switzerland" title="Euthanasia in Switzerland">Euthanasia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_Switzerland" title="Firearms regulation in Switzerland">Firearms regulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_in_Switzerland" title="Health in Switzerland">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_Switzerland" title="Healthcare in 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