Lausanne is a city located in the west of Switzerland, on the north shore of Lake Geneva. This is quatrième3 largest city, the capital of the canton of Vaud and the chief town of the district of Lausanne. In late 2011, the Lausanne area had 342,200 inhabitants4 including 136,288 in the municipality of Lausanne5.
The city of Lausanne is an administrative center, a hub of public transport (rail, road and ship), a center of trade, tourism and education, and a place of cultural and sporting events.
It is in the town of Lausanne as are the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, the University of Lausanne and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.