Lausanne (che)

Lausanne

Lausanne ranks 279th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Durban, Poznań, and Jacksonville, Florida. Memorable people born in Lausanne include Benjamin Constant, Michel Mayor, and Alejo Carpentier. Memorable people who died in Lausanne include Georges Simenon, James Mason, and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. Lausanne has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many writers, and politicians. Lausanne is located in Switzerland.

Lausanne is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. The Olympic capital, 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 51.7 kilometres northeast of Geneva, the nearest major city. The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland convenes in Lausanne, although it is not the de jure capital of the nation. Read more on Wikipedia