    lausanne (; ; , ) is a city in romandy, the french-speaking part of switzerland; it is the capital of the canton of vaud. the seat of lausanne district, the city is situated on the shores of lake geneva (, or simply le lÃ©man). it faces the french town of Ãvian-les-bains, with the jura mountains to its north-west. lausanne is located  northeast of geneva. lausanne has a population (as of december 2013) of 139,390,{{cite web |url=http://www.scris.vd.ch/data_dir/elementsdir/2570/24/f/01.02.01.xls |format=xls |type=statistics |title=population totale selon l'origine, 1979-2013 |language=french |publish
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