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Lausanne (pronounced
French phonology

For assistance in making IPA transcriptions of French for Wikipedia articles, see WP:IPA for FrenchThis article mainly discusses the phonology system of standard language French language based on the Metropolitan French....
 , ) is a city in Romandy, the French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
-speaking part of Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva or Lake L?man is the second largest freshwater lake in Central Europe in terms of surface area . 60% of it comes under the jurisdiction of Switzerland , and 40% under France ....
 (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains
Évian-les-Bains

?vian-les-Bains or ?vian is a communes of France of France, in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie , on the shores of Lake Geneva , opposite Lausanne, Switzerland....
 (France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
) and with the Jura mountains
Jura mountains

The Jura Mountains are a small mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone River rivers and forming part of the drainage divide of each....
 to its north-west. Lausanne is located some northeast of Geneva
Geneva

Geneva is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie . Situated where the Rh?ne River exits Lake Geneva , it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva....
. It is the capital of the canton
Cantons of Switzerland

File:Karte 13 Alte Orte.pngThe 26 cantons of Switzerland are the State s of the federation of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereignty state with its own borders, army and currency until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848....
 of Vaud
Vaud

The cantons of Switzerland of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne....
 and of the district of Lausanne
Lausanne (district)

Lausanne is a Districts of Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district is the city of Lausanne.The following municipalities are located within the district:...
. The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23, 1894....
 are located in Lausanne, as are the headquarters of the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Court of Arbitration for Sport

The Court of Arbitration for Sport is an international arbitration body set up to settle disputes related to sports. Its headquarters are in Lausanne; there are additional courts located in New York City and Sydney, with ad-hoc courts created in Olympics host cities as required....
. It lies in the middle of a wine region.

Romans
Roman Republic

The Roman Republic was the phase of the Ancient Rome characterized by a republican form of government; a period which began with the overthrow of the Roman Roman Kingdom, c....
 built a military camp, which they called Lousanna, at the site of a Celt
Celt

Celts , is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic languages. The term is also used in a wider sense to describe the Modern Celts of those peoples, notably those who participate in a Celtic culture....
ic settlement, near the lake where currently are Vidy and Ouchy
Ouchy

Ouchy is a commune , port, and popular lakeside resort located south of the city of Lausanne in Switzerland at the edge of the Lake L?man .Very popular with tourists for the views of nearby France , Ouchy is also a favorite area for rollerskating and for skateboarding....
; on the hill above was a fort called 'Lausodunon' or 'Lousodunon' (The 'y' suffix is common to many place names of Roman origin in the region (e.g.) Prilly
Prilly

Prilly is a Municipalities of Switzerland in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lausanne . It is one of the western suburbs of the city of Lausanne....
, Pully
Pully

Pully is a Municipalities of Switzerland in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lausanne .It is one of the eastern suburbs of the city of Lausanne, located on the shores of Lake Geneva and at the foot of the vineyards of Lavaux on the road to Vevey and Montreux....
, Lutry
Lutry

Lutry is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the Switzerland Cantons of Switzerland of Vaud, located in the Lavaux .Lutry is located on the shores of Lake Geneva....
, etc).

After the fall of the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
, insecurity forced the transfer of Lausanne to its current center, a hilly, easier to defend site.






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Lausanne (pronounced
French phonology

For assistance in making IPA transcriptions of French for Wikipedia articles, see WP:IPA for FrenchThis article mainly discusses the phonology system of standard language French language based on the Metropolitan French....
 , ) is a city in Romandy, the French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
-speaking part of Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva or Lake L?man is the second largest freshwater lake in Central Europe in terms of surface area . 60% of it comes under the jurisdiction of Switzerland , and 40% under France ....
 (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains
Évian-les-Bains

?vian-les-Bains or ?vian is a communes of France of France, in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie , on the shores of Lake Geneva , opposite Lausanne, Switzerland....
 (France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
) and with the Jura mountains
Jura mountains

The Jura Mountains are a small mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone River rivers and forming part of the drainage divide of each....
 to its north-west. Lausanne is located some northeast of Geneva
Geneva

Geneva is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie . Situated where the Rh?ne River exits Lake Geneva , it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva....
. It is the capital of the canton
Cantons of Switzerland

File:Karte 13 Alte Orte.pngThe 26 cantons of Switzerland are the State s of the federation of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereignty state with its own borders, army and currency until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848....
 of Vaud
Vaud

The cantons of Switzerland of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne....
 and of the district of Lausanne
Lausanne (district)

Lausanne is a Districts of Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district is the city of Lausanne.The following municipalities are located within the district:...
. The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23, 1894....
 are located in Lausanne, as are the headquarters of the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Court of Arbitration for Sport

The Court of Arbitration for Sport is an international arbitration body set up to settle disputes related to sports. Its headquarters are in Lausanne; there are additional courts located in New York City and Sydney, with ad-hoc courts created in Olympics host cities as required....
. It lies in the middle of a wine region.

History

The Romans
Roman Republic

The Roman Republic was the phase of the Ancient Rome characterized by a republican form of government; a period which began with the overthrow of the Roman Roman Kingdom, c....
 built a military camp, which they called Lousanna, at the site of a Celt
Celt

Celts , is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic languages. The term is also used in a wider sense to describe the Modern Celts of those peoples, notably those who participate in a Celtic culture....
ic settlement, near the lake where currently are Vidy and Ouchy
Ouchy

Ouchy is a commune , port, and popular lakeside resort located south of the city of Lausanne in Switzerland at the edge of the Lake L?man .Very popular with tourists for the views of nearby France , Ouchy is also a favorite area for rollerskating and for skateboarding....
; on the hill above was a fort called 'Lausodunon' or 'Lousodunon' (The 'y' suffix is common to many place names of Roman origin in the region (e.g.) Prilly
Prilly

Prilly is a Municipalities of Switzerland in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lausanne . It is one of the western suburbs of the city of Lausanne....
, Pully
Pully

Pully is a Municipalities of Switzerland in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lausanne .It is one of the eastern suburbs of the city of Lausanne, located on the shores of Lake Geneva and at the foot of the vineyards of Lavaux on the road to Vevey and Montreux....
, Lutry
Lutry

Lutry is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the Switzerland Cantons of Switzerland of Vaud, located in the Lavaux .Lutry is located on the shores of Lake Geneva....
, etc).

After the fall of the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
, insecurity forced the transfer of Lausanne to its current center, a hilly, easier to defend site. The city which emerged from the camp was ruled by the Dukes of Savoy and the Bishop of Lausanne
Bishop of Lausanne

The Bishop of Lausanne was a Prince-Bishop of the Holy Roman Empire and the Ordinary of the diocese of Lausanne, Switzerland .Berne secularized the bishopric in 1536....
. Then it came under Berne
Berne

The city of Berne or Bern is the Bundesstadt of Switzerland and, with 128,041 people , the fifth most populous city in Switzerland ....
 from 1536 to 1798 and a number of its cultural treasures, including the hanging tapestries in the Cathedral, were permanently removed. Lausanne has made a number of requests to recover them. During the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts involving Napoleon I of France First French Empire and changing sets of European allies and opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815....
, its status changed. In 1803, it became the capital of a newly formed Swiss canton, Vaud
Vaud

The cantons of Switzerland of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne....
 under which it joined the Swiss Federation.

Modern history

From the 1950s to 1970s a large number of Italians
Italian people

The Italian people are a Southern European ethnic group located primarily in Italy and, by virtue of a wide-ranging Italian diaspora, throughout Western Europe, the Americas and Australia....
, Spaniards
Spanish people

Spanish people or Spaniards are a nation or ethnic group native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. They are often considered an amalgam of different ethnic groups, rather than an ethnic group by itself....
 and Portuguese
Portuguese people

The Portuguese people are the ethnic group or nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of Southern Europe-Western Europe Europe....
 immigrated, settling mostly in the industrial district of Renens and transforming the local diet.

The city has been traditionally quiet but in the late 1960s and early 1970s there were a series of mainly youth demonstrations confronted by the police. The next vigorous demonstrations took place to protest against the high cinema prices and since then the city has returned to its very sleepy self, until the protest against the G8
G8

The Group of Eight is a forum for governments of eight nations of the northern hemisphere: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States; in addition, the European Union is represented within the G8, but cannot host or chair....
 meetings on 2003.

Geography

The most important geographical feature of the area surrounding Lausanne is Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva or Lake L?man is the second largest freshwater lake in Central Europe in terms of surface area . 60% of it comes under the jurisdiction of Switzerland , and 40% under France ....
 (Lac Léman in French). Lausanne is built on the southern slope of the Swiss plateau
Swiss plateau

The Swiss plateau constitutes one of the three major landscapes in Switzerland alongside the Jura mountains and the Swiss Alps. It covers about 30% of the Swiss surface....
, with a difference in elevation of about between the lakeshore at Ouchy and its northern edge bordering Le Mont-sur-Lausanne
Le Mont-sur-Lausanne

Le Mont-sur-Lausanne is a municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Lausanne in the Cantons of Switzerland of Vaud in Switzerland.It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne and has an infamous red light district because over 78% of the sex workers are transgenders....
 and Epalinges
Epalinges

Epalinges is a municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Lausanne in the Cantons of Switzerland of Vaud in Switzerland.It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne....
. Lausanne boasts a dramatic panorama over the lake and the Alps
Swiss Alps

The Swiss Alps are the portion of the Alps mountain mountain range that lies within Switzerland. Because of their central position with the entire Alpine range, they are also known as the Central Alps....
.

In addition to its generally southward-sloping layout, the center of the city is the site of an ancient river Flon, which has been covered since the 19th century. The former river forms a gorge running through the middle of the city south of the old city centre, generally following the course of the present Rue Centrale, with several bridges crossing the depression to connect the adjacent neighborhoods. Due to the large differences in elevation, visitors should make a note as to which plane of elevation they are on and where they want to go, lest they find themselves tens of meters below or above the street which they are trying to travel on. The name Flon is also used for the Metro
Lausanne Metro

The Lausanne Metro system includes two lines in Lausanne, Switzerland, owned by two distinct companies and operated by a third. The Line m1 is a Light rail, while the Line m2 is a fully automated metro which opened on October 27 2008....
 station located in the gorge.

Lausanne is located at the limit between the extensive wine
Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage often made of fermentation grape juice. The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients....
-growing regions of Lavaux
Lavaux

The Lavaux is a region in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, in the Lavaux . It was built mostly by monks about 800 years ago and consists of 830 hectares of terraced wineyards....
 (to the east) and la Côte
La Côte

La C?te is part of the sloping Lake Geneva north shore, stretching from Nyon to Lausanne in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland....
 (to the west).

The population of the greater Lausanne area (grand Lausanne) is about 316'000(2007 est.).

Transport

Metro Meteor M2 P1010695
Lausanne includes bus
Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
es and metros
Rapid transit

A rapid transit, subway, underground, elevated railway or metro system is an railway electrification system public transport rail transport in an urban area with high capacity and frequency, and which is grade separation from other traffic....
 (operated by ), nationwide and regional train
Train

A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track to rail transport from one place to another. The track usually consists of two rail tracks, but might also be a monorail or magnetic levitation train guideway....
 lines (CFF
SBB-CFF-FFS

Swiss Federal Railways is the national railway company of Switzerland headquartered in Berne. Formerly a government institution, it is since 1999 a special stock corporation with all shares held by the Swiss Confederation or the Swiss cantons....
, ), and boats (). The majority of urban public transport in Lausanne is by trolleybus
Trolleybus

A trolleybus is an electric bus that draws its electricity from a network of charged overhead wires using spring loaded trolley poles. Two poles are needed, so that one can draw down the live current to power the motor and the other can complete the circuit by carrying the neutral current back to the network....
.

Lausanne became the first city in Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
 to have a rubber-tyred metro
Rubber-tyred metro

A rubber-tyred metro is a form of rapid transit system that uses a mix of road transport and rail transport technology. The vehicles have wheels with rubber tire which run inside a guideway for traction, as well as traditional railway steel wheels with flanges on steel tracks for guidance....
 system, with the m2 Line which opened in October 2008. The rolling stock is a shorter version of the one used on Paris Métro Line 14
Paris Metro Line 14

Paris M?tro Line 14 of Paris Paris M?tro crosses the center of Paris and currently runs between the Saint-Lazare and Olympiades stations. It is the twelfth busiest line on the network....
.

Lausanne is connected to the A1
A1 (Switzerland)

|-|colspan="3" style="color:#ffffff;background-color:green; text-align: center;"|Autobahn part A1a |-|colspan="3"||-|colspan="3" style="color:#ffffff;background-color:green; text-align: center;"|Autobahn part A1a ...
 motorway
Autobahn

is the German language word for a major high-speed road restricted to motor vehicles capable of driving at least and having full control of access, similar to a motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries....
 on its west side (Geneva
Geneva

Geneva is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie . Situated where the Rh?ne River exits Lake Geneva , it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva....
 - Zurich
Zürich

Z?rich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Z?rich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne....
 axis) and to the A9 on its north and east side (transit with Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 and France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
), the forking point between these two motorways being at the north-west side of the city.

Education

University of Lausanne
Lausanne enjoys some world class education establishements.

  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
    École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

    The ?cole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and is located in Lausanne, Switzerland....
     - EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Lausanne)
  • Université de Lausanne - UNIL (University of Lausanne)
  • HEC Lausanne
    HEC Lausanne

    HEC Lausanne , is the affiliated business school of the University of Lausanne. It offers different formations, all integrated to the Bologna Process: two Bachelors of Sciences, six Masters of Sciences, many executive MBA programs and PhD programs....
     - Hautes Etudes Commerciales, UNIL (High Business Studies, at University of Lausanne)
  • Business School Lausanne
  • International Institute for Management Development
    International Institute for Management Development

    The International Institute for Management Development is a non profit business school located in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is widely considered as one of the leading Global business schools....
     (IMD)
  • École hôtelière de Lausanne
    École hôtelière de Lausanne

    Lausanne Hotel School provides university-level studies to students who are aiming for careers in the hospitality industry....
  • The Lausanne campus of the University of the Nations
    University of the Nations

    The University of the Nations is a Christianity university providing coursework in over 50 languages at over 300 locations throughout the world....


Culture

Lausanne Cathe7
Ouchy Waterfront Statue
The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne and the Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne provide a diverse and rich musical life. The latter has been under the direction of Michel Corboz
Michel Corboz

Michel Corboz is a Swiss conductor.Corboz was born in Marsens, Switzerland and educated in his native canton of Fribourg. He founded the Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, with which he has recorded and toured extensively....
 for many years.

In January, the Prix de Lausanne
Prix de Lausanne

File:Prix de Lausanne photo.jpgThe Prix de Lausanne is a prestigious International dance competition held annually in Lausanne, Switzerland....
, the famous dance competition takes place at the Théâtre de Beaulieu over a one-week period. The event attracts dancers and some of the big names in dance from all over the world.

Each July, the "Festival de la Cité" (city festival) is held in the old part of town. There are also film and music festivals, such as the Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival
Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival

The Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, or LUFF, is a film festival and music festival devoted to underground culture. It is held each year in Lausanne, Switzerland....
 and the Bach Festival, "Le Festival et Concours Bach de Lausanne", which follows "La Nuit de Musées" (museums' night) in the fall season.

Lausanne is also the home of the Béjart Ballet
Béjart Ballet

The B?jart Ballet is a Switzerland ballet company. It is based in the city of Lausanne, but tours other countries.B?jart Ballet Lausanne was founded in 1987....
.

Monuments

  • (Cathedral, restored by Viollet-le-Duc).
  • (Town Hall)

Museums

Lausanne is also the site of many museum
Museum

A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment, for the purposes of education, study, and entertainment", as defined by the International Coun...
s:
  • Musée Olympique Lausanne
    Olympic Museum

    The Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland houses permanent and temporary exhibits relating to sport and the Olympic games movement. With more than 10,000 pieces, the museum is the largest archive of Olympic Games in the world and one of Lausanne's prime tourist draws attracting more than 250,000 visitors each year....
     (Olympic Museum)
  • (Elysée Museum)
  • (Hermitage Foundation)
  • (Art Brut
    Outsider Art

    The term Outsider Art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English language synonym for Art Brut , a label created by France artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture; Dubuffet focused particularly on art by Psychiatric_hospital inmates....
     Collection)
  • (Musée de design et d'arts appliqués contemporains)
  • (Lausanne Historical Museum)
  • (formerly Cabinet des Médailles cantonal, Cantonal Money Museum -
  • (Science Center for Kids)
  • - Musée de la main (Museum of the Hand)
  • (Cantonal Botanical Museum and Gardens -
  • (Cantonal Museum of Archeology and History )
  • (Cantonal Fine Arts Museum)
  • (Cantonal Geological Museum)
  • (Lausanne-Vidy Roman Museum)


Art Galleries

Main contemporary art galleries:
Art centers or artists' run galleries


Music

  • Contemporary composer Leonardo Balada
    Leonardo Balada

    Leonardo Balada , Spain, is a Spanish Catalan composer and naturalized American citizen....
    's Symphony No. 4 is subtitled 'Lausanne'.


Sports

Sporting activities are very popular in Lausanne, with water sports available on the nearby lake and mountaineering
Mountaineering

Mountaineering is the sport, hobby or profession of walking, hiking, trekking and climbing up mountains. It is also sometimes known as alpinism, particularly in Europe....
 in the nearby mountains. Cycling
Cycling

Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, Quadracycle s and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport....
 is also a popular pastime, with the vineyard
Vineyard

A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice. The science, practice and study of vineyard production is known as viticulture....
s in the surrounding hills providing spectacular views and challenging routes. There is an annual athletic contest
Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
 (), road running
Road running

Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road . These events normally range from 5 km to long distance, such as half marathons and marathons, and may involve large numbers of runners or wheelchair entrants....
 through the city (the ), the Tour de Romandie
Tour de Romandie

The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI ProTour. It runs in the old Romandie region, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland....
 road cycling race, marathon
Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance running with an official distance of 42.195 kilometers that is usually run as a road race. The event is named after the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens....
 () and triathlon
Triathlon

A triathlon is an endurance sports event consisting of running, biking, and swimming over various distances. As a result, proficiency in swimming, cycling, or running alone is not sufficient to guarantee a triathlon athlete a competitive time, trained triathletes have learned to race each stage in a way that preserves their energy and endur...
 competition, among other sports events. The two most important sports are ice hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
 and football
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
.

  • Lausanne Hockey Club
  • Lausanne-Sport
    Lausanne Sports

    Lausanne Sports is a sports club from Lausanne, Switzerland. It is most famous for its football department , but the club has also Athletics , sport rowing, and rink hockey departments....
     Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
     Club
  • Lausanne-Sports Aviron
    Lausanne-Sports Aviron

    Lausanne-Sports Aviron is a Switzerland sport rowing club.The club was founded on June 21 1916, located at Vidy-Lausanne.The club has a number of national champions, and members of the club have rowed internationally, including at the Olympic Games....
     Rowing Club
  • Lausanne Sharks American Football Club


  • International Olympic Committee
    International Olympic Committee

    The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23, 1894....
     Headquarters
  • Court of Arbitration for Sport
    Court of Arbitration for Sport

    The Court of Arbitration for Sport is an international arbitration body set up to settle disputes related to sports. Its headquarters are in Lausanne; there are additional courts located in New York City and Sydney, with ad-hoc courts created in Olympics host cities as required....
     Headquarters


  • International Hockey Federation
    International Hockey Federation

    The International Hockey Federation is the global governing body for the sport of field hockey, which is known simply as hockey in many countries....
     Headquarters
  • International Table Tennis Federation
    International Table Tennis Federation

    The International Table Tennis Federation is the Sport governing body for all national table tennis associations. Led by representatives of Germany, Hungary, and England, the International Table Tennis Federation was founded in 1926....
     Headquarters
  • Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
    Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

    The F?d?ration A?ronautique Internationale is the world governing body for air sports and aeronautics and astronautics world records. This includes man-carrying vehicles from Balloon to spacecraft, and unmanned vehicles ....
     (FAI) The World Air Sports Federation
  • Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) The international governing body for equestrian
  • Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (FISA) The international governing body for rowing
  • Fédération Internationale d'Escrime
    Fédération Internationale d'Escrime

    F?d?ration Internationale d'Escrime is the international Sport governing body of Olympic Games fencing. It was founded on November 29, 1913 in Paris, France....
     (FIE) The international governing body for fencing
    Fencing

    Fencing is a family of sports and activities that feature armed combat involving cutting, stabbing, or slapping Club ing weapons that are directly manipulated by hand, rather than shot, thrown or positioned....
  • International Baseball Federation
    International Baseball Federation

    The International Baseball Federation is the worldwide governing body for the sport of baseball. It sanctions play between teams sponsored by the national baseball federations of member countries through competition tournaments including the Baseball World Cup, the World Baseball Classic , the Intercontinental Cup , and the Baseball at the...
  • International Swimming Federation
    International Swimming Federation

    F?d?ration Internationale de Natation is the International Federation recognized by the International Olympic Committee for administering international competition in the aquatic sports ....
  • International Skating Union
    International Skating Union

    The International Skating Union is the international sport governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating....
  • NSFL Non Professional Swiss Romand American Football Federation


Notable people

Bejart 1984
Lausanne is the birthplace of:
  • David Bennent
    David Bennent

    David Bennent is a Switzerland actor.His parents are actor Heinz Bennent and former dancer Diane Mansart. His sister Anne Bennent is also an actress....
    , Actor
  • Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh
    Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh

    Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh , Metropolitan bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was founder and for many years bishop, archbishop then metropolitan bishop of the diocese of Diocese of Sourozh, the Russian Orthodox Moscow Patriarchate's diocese for Great Britain and Ireland....
    , Russian Orthodox ecclesiastic located in Britain
  • François-Louis David Bocion, Swiss artist and teacher
  • Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
    Johann Ludwig Burckhardt

    Johann Ludwig Burckhardt , Switzerland traveller and orientalist, was born in Lausanne. He wrote his letters in French language and signed Louis ....
    , Swiss traveler and orientalist
  • Alejo Carpentier
    Alejo Carpentier

    Alejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essay writer, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous Latin American Boom....
    , Cuban-French writer
  • Stéphane Chapuisat
    Stéphane Chapuisat

    St?phane Chapuisat is a retired Switzerland football striker. He was a prolific goalscorer for both club and Switzerland national football team....
    , Footballer
  • Benjamin Constant
    Benjamin Constant

    Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque was a Switzerland-born, nobleman, thinker, writer and France politician....
    , Swiss thinker, writer and French politician
  • Aloise Corbaz
    Aloïse Corbaz

    Alo?se Corbaz was a Switzerland outsider artist included in Jean Dubuffet's initial collection of psychiatric art. She is one of very few acclaimed female outsider artists....
    , Swiss outsider artist
  • Charles Dutoit
    Charles Dutoit

    Charles ?douard Dutoit is a Switzerland conducting, particularly noted for his interpretations of French and Russian 20th century music. He has made influential modern recordings of Hector Berlioz's Rom?o et Juliette and Maurice Ravel's ballets Daphnis et Chlo? and Ma M?re l'Oie....
    , conductor
  • Egon von Furstenberg, fashion designer
  • Eugène Grasset
    Eugène Grasset

    Eug?ne Samuel Grasset was a Swiss decorative artist who worked in Paris, France in a variety of creative design fields during the Belle ?poque....
    , Swiss decorative artist
  • Henry Markram
    Henry Markram

    Henry Markram is Director of the Blue Brain Project at ?cole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne .He obtained his B.Sc. from Cape Town University, South Africa under the supervision of Rodney Douglas and his Ph.D....
    , Director of the Blue Brain Project
  • Bertrand Piccard
    Bertrand Piccard

    Dr. Bertrand Piccard is a Switzerland psychiatrist and balloon .He was born in Utah, Hollady canton. His grandfather Auguste Piccard and father, Jacques Piccard, were noted balloonists and inventors....
    , Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist
  • Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
    Charles Ferdinand Ramuz

    Charles Ferdinand Ramuz was a French language-speaking Switzerland writer.He was born in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud and educated at the University of Lausanne....
    , Swiss writer
  • Ubol Ratana
    Ubol Ratana

    Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya of Thailand , born April 5, 1951 in Lausanne, Switzerland, is the eldest child of Bhumibol Adulyadej and Sirikit. She relinquished her royal title and settled in the United States with her husband, Peter Ladd Jensen, but came back to Thailand after divorcing in 1998....
    , Thai princess
  • Théophile Steinlen
    Théophile Steinlen

    Th?ophile Alexandre Steinlen, frequently referred to as just Steinlen , was a Switzerland-born France Art Nouveau painter and printmaker....
    , Art Nouveau painter and printmaker
  • Elizabeth Thompson
    Elizabeth Thompson

    Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler was a United Kingdom Painting, one of the few female painters to achieve fame for history paintings, especially military battle scenes, at the end of that tradition....
     (Lady Butler), British painter
  • Bernard Tschumi
    Bernard Tschumi

    Bernard Tschumi is an architect, writer, and educator, commonly associated with deconstructivism. Born of French and Swiss parentage, he works and lives in New York and Paris....
    , contemporary architect, writer, and educator
  • Nanos Valaoritis
    Nanos Valaoritis

    Nanos Valaoritis is one of the most distinguished writers in Greece today. He has been widely published as a poet, novelist and playwright since 1939, and his correspondence with Giorgos Seferis has been a bestseller....
     (1921) Greek poet
  • Félix Vallotton
    Félix Vallotton

    F?lix Edouard Vallotton was a Switzerland painter and printmaking associated with Les Nabis. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut....
    , post-impressionist painter
  • Vincent Perez
    Vincent Pérez

    Vincent P?rez is a Swiss-Spanish actor from Lausanne, Switzerland. Of Spanish people and Germans descent, he is the second of three children. He is currently married to Karine Silla, and has four children: daughter Iman, twins Pablo & In?s, and a stepdaughter, Roxanne, whose father is Vincent's co-star from Cyrano de Bergerac , G?rard De...
    , film actor and director
  • Stanislas Wawrinka
    Stanislas Wawrinka

    Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss male tennis player. He is current ranked #15. His career high is #9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and the backhand his best shot....
    , Swiss Tennis player
  • Jocelyn Wildenstein
    Jocelyn Wildenstein

    Jocelyn Wildenstein, born Jocelynnys Dayannys da Silva Bezerra otherwise known as Jocelyn Cano , sometimes referred to as the "Lion Queen" or "Cat Woman," is a wealthy socialite who has frequently been seen in the tabloid press because of her numerous plastic surgery....
    , Manhattan socialite and ex-wife of the late Alec Wildenstein


Notable residents:
  • Lorik Cana
    Lorik Cana

    Lorik Cana is an Albanian football . A midfielder, 1.86m tall and weighing 86kg, he plays for the Albania national football team and for Olympique de Marseille of France, where he is the team captain, at the club level....
    , Professional Footballer for Albania and Marseille
  • Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
    Jean-Pascal Delamuraz

    Jean-Pascal Delamuraz was a Switzerland politics and member of the Swiss Federal Council .He obtained a degree in political science in 1960 and became that same year deputy director of the Swiss National Exhibition ....
    , Swiss politician
  • Jean Anouilh
    Jean Anouilh

    Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a France dramatist....
    , French dramatist
  • Ingvar Kamprad
    Ingvar Kamprad

    Ingvar Feodor Kamprad is a Swedish people entrepreneur who is the founder of the home furnishing retail chain store IKEA. he is the 7th wealthiest person in the world according to Forbes magazine, with an estimated net worth of around US$31 1,000,000,000 ....
    , Founder of IKEA
  • Alice Bailly
    Alice Bailly

    Alice Bailly was a radical Switzerland painter, known for her interpretation of cubism and her Multimedia artist wool paintings....
    , Swiss painter and multimedia artist
  • Maurice Béjart
    Maurice Béjart

    Maurice B?jart was a France and Switzerland choreographer who ran the B?jart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He was the son of the French philosopher Gaston Berger....
    , choreographer
  • Capucine
    Capucine

    Capucine was a Golden Globe-nominated France actor and Model best known for her role as Simone Clouseau in the 1963 comedy The Pink Panther ....
    , French actress and model
  • Coco Chanel
    Coco Chanel

    Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion....
    , fashion designer
  • Pierre de Coubertin
    Pierre de Coubertin

    Pierre de Fr?dy, Baron de Coubertin was a French pedagogue and history who is best known as the founder of the International Olympic Committee....
    , French baron and IOC founder
  • Helen of Greece and Denmark, Queen Mother of Romania
  • Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg
    Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg

    Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg , was queen consort of Alfonso XIII of Spain. She was a granddaughter of Victoria of the United Kingdom. The current King of Spain, Juan Carlos of Spain, is her grandson....
    , queen of Spain
  • Peter Carl Fabergé
    Peter Carl Fabergé

    Peter Carl Faberg? known in russian as Carl Gustavovich Faberg? was a Russian jewelery, best known for the famous Faberg? eggs, made in the style of genuine Easter eggs, but using precious metals and gemstones rather than more mundane materials....
    , Russian jeweller
  • Edward Gibbon
    Edward Gibbon

    Edward Gibbon was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788....
    , British historian
  • Gloria Guinness
    Gloria Guinness

    Gloria Guinness was a Mexican-born socialite and writer who was a contributing editor to Harper's Bazaar from 1963 until 1971. She also was a member of the International Best Dressed List....
    , socialite and writer.
  • Ravi Gupta, American-born scientific researcher and scholar
  • Oswald Heer
    Oswald Heer

    Oswald Heer , Switzerland geologist and natural history, was born at Uzwil in Canton of St. Gallen and died in Lausanne.He was educated as a clergyman at University of Halle-Wittenberg and took holy orders, and he also graduated as Doctor of Philosophy and medicine....
    , Swiss geologist and naturalist
  • Stéphane Lambiel
    Stéphane Lambiel

    St?phane Lambiel is a Swiss Figure skating. He is a two-time World Figure Skating Championships , the 2006 List of Olympic medalists in figure skating, a two-time Grand Prix Final and an eight-time Swiss National Champion....
    , men's figure skater and 2-time World Champion
  • Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim, Finnish president and field marshal
  • James Mason
    James Mason

    James Neville Mason was a three-time Academy Award-nominated British People actor who attained stardom in both United Kingdom and United States films....
    , English actor
  • Jô Soares
    Jô Soares

    Jos? Eug?nio Soares, best known as J? Soares is a Brazilian comedian, talk show host, author, theatrical producer, director, actor, painter and musician....
    , Brazilian humorist
  • Waldemar Mordecai Haffkine, Ukrainian bacteriologist
  • Paloma Picasso
    Paloma Picasso

    Paloma Picasso is a French/Spanish fashion designer and businesswoman, best known for her jewelry designs and signature perfumes. ....
    , Fashion designer
  • Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer
  • Albin Schram
    Albin Schram

    Albin Schram was one of the greatest collectors of autograph letters by shapers of world history. He was born in Prague to Austrian parents. He studied law at Vienna University and worked in Vienna, Germany and Switzerland...
    , Renowned manuscript collector
  • Georges Simenon
    Georges Simenon

    Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgium writer who wrote in French language. He is best known for the creation of the fictional detective Jules Maigret....
    , Belgian writer
  • Han Suyin
    Han Suyin

    Han Suyin , is the Pseudonym of Elizabeth Comber, born Rosalie Elisabeth Kuanghu Chow . She is a China-born Eurasian author of several books on modern China, novels set in East Asia, and Autobiography, as well as a physician....
    , China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
    -born writer
  • Karol Szymanowski
    Karol Szymanowski

    Karol Maciej Szymanowski was a Poland composer and pianist....
    , Polish composer
  • Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
    Eugène Viollet-le-Duc

    Eug?ne Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc was a French architect and theorist, famous for his "restorations" of medieval buildings. Born in Paris, he was as central a figure in the Gothic Revival in France as he was in the public discourse on "honesty" in architecture, which eventually transcended all revival styles, to inform the emerging spirit of M...
    , French architect
  • Pierre Viret
    Pierre Viret

    Pierre Viret was a Switzerland Swiss Reformation theology....
    , Swiss reformed theologian
  • Serge Voronoff
    Serge Voronoff

    Serge Abrahamovitch Voronoff was a France surgeon of Russian extraction who gained fame for his technique of grafting monkey testicle tissue on to the testicles of men while working in France in the 1920s and 1930s....
    , Surgeon buried in Lausanne
  • Sébastien Loeb
    Sébastien Loeb

    S?bastien Loeb is a France Rallying and winner, with co-driver Daniel Elena, of the World Rally Championship List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, and of a record eleven world rallies in 2008, all, save for 2006, with the Citro?n Total World Rally Team....
    , French rally driver


See also

  • Eurovision Song Contest 1989
    Eurovision Song Contest 1989

    The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 was the 34th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 6 May 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Switzerland gained the hosting rights after Celine Dion's victory in Dublin the previous year....
  • List of mayors of Lausanne
  • Franco-Provençal language
    Franco-Provençal language

    Franco-Proven?al or Arpitan is a Romance languages with several distinct dialects that form a linguistic sub-group separate from O?l languages and Occitan language....
  • Scots Kirk, Lausanne
    Scots Kirk, Lausanne

    The Scots Kirk is situated at 24 Avenue de Rumine, Lausanne. It is one of two congregations of the Church of Scotland in Switzerland, the other being the The Scots Kirk, Geneva in Geneva, and is part of the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Europe....
     (Church of Scotland)
  • Lac de Sauvabelin
    Lac de Sauvabelin

    Lac de Sauvabelin is an artificial lake in the Sauvabelin forest, above Lausanne, Switzerland.The city of Lausanne authorized the construction of the lake in 1888....
  • Beau-Rivage Palace
    Beau-Rivage Palace

    The Beau-Rivage Palace is a historical luxury hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland. The hotel opened in 1861 and the current main building was constructed in Art D?co and neo-baroque style in 1908....


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