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Crissier
Crissier () is a municipality in the district of Ouest Lausannois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a suburb of Lausanne. History Crissier is first mentioned in 1199 as ''Crissiaco''. In 1228 it was mentioned as ''Crissie''. Geography Crissier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 25.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 48.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 14.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 15.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 16.3%. while parks, green belts and sports fiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crissier De Nuit 3
Crissier () is a municipality in the district of Ouest Lausannois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a suburb of Lausanne. History Crissier is first mentioned in 1199 as ''Crissiaco''. In 1228 it was mentioned as ''Crissie''. Geography Crissier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 25.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 48.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 14.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 15.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 16.3%. while parks, green belts and sports fiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouest Lausannois District
Ouest Lausannois District is a district in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district is Renens. Geography Ouest Lausannois has an area, , of . Of this area, or 24.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 61.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.6% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Demographics Ouest Lausannois has a population () of . In there were 397 live births to Swiss citizens and 430 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 362 deaths of Swiss citizens and 75 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Écublens, Vaud
Écublens () is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois. It is a suburb of Lausanne and is served by the Lausanne metro line 1 and several bus lines. The nearest train station is Renens. History A Hallstatt era grave was discovered in Dorigny. Three Bronze Age graves were found in Valeyre and several La Tène culture graves have been found in Bassenges and Valeyre. A motte (a raised earthen, fortified hill) of an unknown age is found at a place in the municipality which is known as ''Chateau-de-la-Motte''. A connection between the motte and nearby Roman era artifacts has not been established. Écublens is first mentioned around 958-59 as ''in villa Escublens''. In 964 it was mentioned as ''Scubilingis'' in a document recording the property of the cathedral of Lausanne. This document mentions that Scubilingis is situated near Renens. In the 10th Century Écublens was part of the territory of Renens. Under Bernese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lausanne
, neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), Maxilly-sur-Léman (FR-74), Montpreveyres, Morrens, Neuvecelle (FR-74), Prilly, Pully, Renens, Romanel-sur-Lausanne, Saint-Sulpice, Savigny , twintowns = Lausanne ( , , , ) ; it, Losanna; rm, Losanna. is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French speaking canton of Vaud. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake. Lausanne is located northeast of Geneva, the nearest major city. The municipality of Lausanne has a population of about 140,000, making it the fourth largest city in Switzerland after Basel, Geneva, and Zurich, with the entire agglomeration area having about 420,000 inhabit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bussigny-près-Lausanne
Bussigny (until 2014 Bussigny-près-Lausanne) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois. History Bussigny is first mentioned in 1358 as ''Bussignye''. Geography Bussigny has an area, , of . Of this area, or 33.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 48.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 11.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 17.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 14.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne
Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne (, literally ''Cheseaux on Lausanne''; frp, Chesâls) is a municipality in the district of Lausanne in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. History Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Chesaus''. Geography Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne has an area, , of . Of this area, or 60.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 14.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 24.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.0% and transportation infrastructure made u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jouxtens-MĂ©zery
Jouxtens-MĂ©zery is a municipality in the district of Lausanne in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. History Jouxtens is first mentioned in 1185 as ''Jotens''. MĂ©zery is first mentioned in 929 as ''Masiriaco''. Geography Jouxtens-MĂ©zery has an area, , of (depending on calculation method). Of this area, or 40.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 10.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 47.7% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 35.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.8%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mex, Vaud
Mex is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Gros-de-Vaud. History Mex is first mentioned in 1154 as ''Mais''. Geography Mex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 17.0% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, 27.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 44. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renens
Renens ( ) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located in the district of Ouest Lausannois, and is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. It is the fourth largest city in the canton. It is considered a very multiethnic town, as more than 50% of the inhabitants are resident foreign nationals from about a hundred different countries. History Renens is first mentioned around 888-896 as ''in villa Runingis''. Neolithic tombs (near Bourdonnette) and a necropolis from the High Middle Ages (near Caudrey) have been discovered in the town. In the Middle Ages Renens was owned by the cathedral chapter of Lausanne which created a prebend there between 1233 and 1303. In 1555 Claude de Praroman exchanged his old Vuarrens prebend with Bern against that of Renens for which he obtained the lordship rights. The house he already owned at 'En Plait' becomes his castle ( Chateau de Renens). Lausanne bought the seigneury in 1750. The castle, sold in 1752 to Jean Pierre Audibert, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sullens
Sullens is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Gros-de-Vaud. History Sullens is first mentioned in 1180 as ''Sollens''. Geography Sullens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 71.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 12.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 16.3% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 66.3% is used for growing crops and 4.3% is pastures. The municipality was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villars-Sainte-Croix
Villars-Sainte-Croix is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois. History The Order of St John owned the old village church and a hospital which is mentioned in records from before 1272. The buildings still existed as ruins in 1546. Both had been part of the commandry of La Chaux. Geography Villars-Sainte-Croix has an area, , of . Of this area, or 53.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 9.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 37.6% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.1% and transportation inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaud
Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms bears the motto "Liberté et patrie" on a white-green bicolour. Vaud is the third largest canton of the country by population and fourth by size. It is located in Romandy, the French-speaking western part of the country; and borders the canton of Neuchâtel to the north, the cantons of Fribourg and Bern to the east, the canton of Valais to the south, the canton of Geneva to the south-west and France to the west. The geography of the canton includes all three natural regions of Switzerland: the Jura Mountains, the Swiss Plateau and the (Swiss) Alps. It also includes some of the largest lakes of the country: Lake Geneva and Lake Neuchâtel. It is a major tourist destination, renowned for its landscapes and gastronomy. The largest city is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
