Canton de Vaud, Vaud

Canton de Vaud: canton of Switzerland

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Canton de Vaud at a glance

Canton de Vaud currently has 42 quality-checked populated place pages and 25 county pages linked on MapSof.

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Quick Facts about Canton de Vaud

Country Switzerland
State Vaud (Switzerland)
Twitter username EtatdeVaud
Plate code VD
Area 3212 km2
Official name Vaud
Annual number of weddings 3824, 4300, 3289, 3423, 3552, 3884, 3661, 3470, 3140, 3500, 3678, 3726, 2645, 3543, 3655, 2802, 3740, 3662, 3756, 3813, 3271, 3458, 2903, 2618, 2642, 3604, 3701, 4071, 2962, 3964, 3787, 3952, 3612, 3089, 2688, 4081, 3708, 2740, 3454, 2581, 3986, 3562, 3425, 3324, 3022, 3757, 3705, 3609, 3724
Latitude & Longitude 46.6667,6.5000
Legislative body Grand Council of Vaud
Official language French
Altitude 1,624 feet / 495 meters
Capital Lausanne
Establishment January 01, 1803 (223 years ago)
Time Zone UTC+02:00, UTC+01:00
Local time 01:26:21 (16th April 2026)

Geography

Canton de Vaud is located at 46°40'0"N 6°30'0"E (46.6666667, 6.5). It has 9 neighbors: Canton du Valais, Canton de Neuchatel, Canton de Geneve, Canton de Fribourg, Kanton Bern, Departement du Jura, Departement du Doubs, Region Auvergne and Departement de l Ain.

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The largest city of Canton de Vaud is Vevey with a population of 19,891. Other cities include and Morges population 15,705. See all Canton de Vaud cities & populated places.

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  • Broye-Vully District
  • Jura-Nord vaudois District
  • Nyon District
  • Morges District
  • Gros-de-Vaud District
  • Ouest Lausannois District
  • Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District
  • Lavaux-Oron District
  • Aigle District
  • Lausanne District
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