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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6284,Lat: 46.5176
Elevation	462 meter above sea level
Local time	18:58:56pm
Population	129000 (5th largest city in country)
Name province/region (Kanton)	Vaud
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Lausanne
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lausanne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Prilly	2.6 km	NorthWest
2 Pully	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 Paudex	3.8 km	EastSouthEast
4 Belmont-sur-Lausanne	3.8 km	East
5 Renens (VD)	3.8 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	78 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	231 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	315 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 284 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Le Léman (Genfersee) (340.7 km² at a height of around 371 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Le Léman with a height of 372 meter (at a distance of 7.1 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 6.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 9.7 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 64%, low mountains: 36%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Stadtlandschaft -- Paysage urbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 51 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.1 km2

3.9%

Agriculture

6.2 km2

7.9%

Viticulture

0.2 km2

0.2%

Urban area

35.7 km2

45.5%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

29.8 km2

37.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lausanne in country Switzerland

Lausanne at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	9.5 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	16 km	EastSouthEast
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	67 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Lausanne
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lausanne

Type of weather in Lausanne	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	13.18 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	988 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:54 Europe/Amsterdam