Canton Waadt

canton Waadt
German: Liberty and native country
base data
principal place:	Lausanne
surface:	3 ' 212 km ² (rank 4)
inhabitants:	657 ' 700 (2004) (rank 3)
population density:	205 Einw. /km ² (rank 14)
entry to the confederation:	1803
abbreviation:	VD
languages:	French
Website:	Canton Waadt
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the canton Waadt is a canton in the west of Switzerland.

German: Waadt; French: Vaud; Italian: Vaud; RA-gate-Omani: Vad; English: Vaud.

The canton becomes as the Waadt or alsowhen the Waadtland designates, in the French Pays de Vaud. The native ones are called as Waadtländer, in the French Vaudois.

1 geography
2 population
3 specialities
4 economics
- 4,1 tourism
5 history
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geography

the canton Waadt lies in the west of Switzerland. The Waadt extends from the Geneva lake to the new citizen lake. It borders in the northwest on the French Départements Ain, law, and Doubs,in the southwest to the canton Geneva, in the southeast to whale-read, in the east to the cantons Freiburg and Berne and in the northeast at new castle. Beyond the Geneva lake the Waadtland borders on the Département strike Savoie.

ThatNorthwest of the Waadtlands is taken of law, the southeast of the alps. The remainder is in the central country.

In the northeast the district Avenches forms a Exklave umschlossene of the canton Freiburg. On the other side Freiburg possesses three enclavesin the Waadt. It exists besides those Geneva enclave Céligny in the southwest of the canton.

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population

the canton in Romandie is französischsprachig and predominantly Protestant.

Most Waadtländer lives in the dye Lausanne with approximately 275 ' 000 inhabitants,in the dye Montreux - Vevey (70 ' 000 E.) as well as in Yverdon les Bains. Nyon again belongs rather to the dye of Geneva.

Further important localities are Morges, Renens as well as role.

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specialities

Saucissons on the market in Lutry

The most well-known culinary speciality are the Waadtländer Saucissons. There are these sausages in most diverse regional developments. In addition Fondue and much wine come.

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economics

the capital Lausanne is the economical center of the Waadt. Around the capital is thatIndustrial sector actively. In the city has the service sector with a portion of 72% the upper hand. In Lausanne the EPFL, the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Swiss federal technical university Lausanne) and the UNIL (Université de Lausanne) is also togetherover 20 ' 000 students.

The Waadt is after whale-reads the second largest wine manufacturer of Switzerland. Waadtländer wine is mostly Weisswein and the vines in addition is preferentially at the steep rock slopes above the Geneva lake. Agriculture becomes in Waadtländi in ofGeneva lake remote areas operated. Sugar plan days are around Orbe, tobacco in the Broye - area. Fruits predominantly grow at the foot of the law mountains. In BEX exists besides a salt mine.

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tourism

in different localities at the Geneva lake is thatTourism an important component of the economy. This predominantly concerns the regions around Lausanne, Montreux and Vevey.

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