A report on Vaud, Lausanne and Swiss Plateau

Logo of the city of Lausanne
Satellite image of the Swiss Plateau between the Jura and the Alps
Logo of the canton of Vaud
Saint-François Square, c. 1840
View from the Pilatus on the Swiss Plateau near Luzern
Roman column in Nyon
Aerial view from 250 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)
The Napf region in the higher Swiss Plateau
Bailiwicks of Bern in Vaud in the 18th century
The agglomeration of Lausanne, Lake Geneva and the Alps.
The Swiss Plateau near Muri (AG)
Built by the Bishop of Lausanne during the 15th century, Château Saint-Maire has been the seat of the cantonal government since 1803
The Charles-Bessières bridge with Lausanne Metro car. In the background the cathedral of Notre-Dame and the old town.
Central Swiss Plateau near Sursee
Vevey, Lake Geneva, and the Swiss Alps
View from Rue du Grand-Pont
View from the Rigi on the sea of fog covering the Swiss Plateau
Vallée de Joux, Jura
Stairs (escaliers du marché) in the old city.
Much of the eastern part of the plateau has become part of the "Greater Zurich Area".
Montreux and Lake Geneva
The Protestant Cathedral of Notre Dame dominates the Lausanne skyline (left: Old Academy, right: Palais de Rumine).
The densely populated Swiss Plateau: view of Zurich from Waidberg
The room of the Grand Council of Vaud, the parliament of the canton of Vaud
The Lausanne Metro is a rubber tyre metro system
Lavaux and Lake Geneva
Districts of canton of Vaud
The Lausanne Tram is completely on reserved track, single line, even underground
Nuclear power plant (Leibstadt)
Lausanne, capital and largest city in Vaud
Public transport network
The Rhine Falls
Lavaux vineyards above Lake Geneva
Aerial view of Lausanne (railway station in the centre and Parc de Milan at the bottom).
The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (photo) and the University of Lausanne form a large campus near the lake Geneva.
In addition to the Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne, the Palais de Rumine hosts several museums.
The seat of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne
Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Auguste Piccard, 1932
Albert Chavannes, 1903
Capucine, 1962
Lady Elizabeth Butler (née Thompson)
Rachel Kolly d'Alba, 2009
Princess Ubol Ratana, 2010
Coco Chanel, 1928
Pierre de Coubertin, 1925
Bertrand Piccard, 2015
Ludovic Magnin, 2006
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
The Casino de Montbenon
Lausanne Cathedral
University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV)
Château Saint-Maire
Swiss Reformed Church of Saint-François
Swiss Reformed Church of Saint-Laurent
Fondation de l'Hermitage
Lausanne railway station
Hôtel Beau-Rivage Palace
Administrative building of the Vaudoise Assurances
Musée de l'Élysée
Olympic Museum and Archives of the International Olympic Committee
Ouchy waterfront
Synagogue
The Sauvabelin Tower
Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le lac Léman

Lausanne is the capital and largest city of the Swiss french speaking canton of Vaud.

- Lausanne

It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne.

- Vaud

The geography of the canton includes all three natural regions of Switzerland: the Jura Mountains, the Swiss Plateau and the (Swiss) Alps.

- Vaud

Entirely situated within the Swiss Plateau are the cantons of Zurich, Thurgau and Geneva; mostly situated within the Swiss Plateau are the cantons of Lucerne, Aargau, Solothurn, Bern, Fribourg and Vaud; small portions of the Swiss Plateau are situated in the cantons of Neuchâtel, Zug, Schwyz, St. Gallen and Schaffhausen.

- Swiss Plateau

Lausanne is built on the southern slope of the Swiss plateau, with a difference in elevation of about 500 m between the lakeshore at Ouchy and its northern edge bordering Le Mont-sur-Lausanne and Épalinges.

- Lausanne

All the Swiss cities with more than 50 000 inhabitants except Basel and Lugano are situated in the plateau, especially Bern, Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich.

- Swiss Plateau

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