Lausanne (ìpè Faransé: ​[loˈzan]) is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (Faransé: Lac Léman). Swiss Federal Statistical Office, MS Excel document – Bilanz der ständigen Wohnbevölkerung nach Kantonen, Bezirken und Gemeinden (Jẹ́mánì) accessed 25 August 2010 Clarey, Christopher. "Introduction to Lausanne". The New York Times. http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/switzerland/lausanne/overview.html?st=cse&sq=Lausanne&scp=3. Retrieved 2008-04-20.