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Canton of Vaud

canton of Switzerland
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Summary

Canton of Vaud is a canton of Switzerland[1]. It draws 7,452 Wikipedia views per month (canton of switzerland category, ranking #4 of 28).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: International Union for Conservation of Nature[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Switzerland[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Capital: Lausanne[6]
  • Official language: French[7]
  • Shares border with: Canton of Neuchâtel[8], Canton of Fribourg[9], Canton of Berne[10], Canton of Valais[11], Canton of Geneva[12], Ain[13], Jura[14], Doubs[15], Haute-Savoie[16], Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[17], Bourgogne-Franche-Comté[18]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Aigle District[19], Broye-Vully District[20], Gros-de-Vaud District[21], Jura-Nord vaudois District[22], Lausanne District[23], Lavaux-Oron District[24], Morges District[25], Nyon District[26], Ouest Lausannois District[27], Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District[28]
  • Flag: Fahne und Wappen des Kantons Waadt[29]
  • Legislative body: Grand Council of Vaud[30]
  • Coat of arms: Fahne und Wappen des Kantons Waadt[31]
  • Part of: Romandy[32], Lake Geneva region[33]
  • Commons category: Canton of Vaud[34]
  • Licence plate code: VD[35]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[36], UTC+02:00[37]
  • Archives at: Canton Vaud Archives[38]
  • Inception: 1803[39]
  • Highest point: Les Diablerets summit[40]
  • Coordinate location: 46.6, 6.55[41]
  • Official website: https://www.vd.ch/[42]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Canton of Vaud[43]
  • Commons gallery: Vaud[44]
  • Population: 799,145[45], 845,870[46]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Canton of Vaud[47]
  • Number of seats: 2[48], 19[49]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedic Lexicon[50], Otto's encyclopedia[51], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[52]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Canton of Vaud include papet Vaudois[53].

Why It Matters

Canton of Vaud has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

Entities named for it include papet Vaudois[53].

Related Entities

David Niven Govdirectory James Mason Pays de Vaud Switzerland

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · NGOgo · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → International Union for Conservation of Nature
    Coat of arms image → CHE Vaud COA.svg
    Flag image → CHE Vaud Flag.svg
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56231|batch #56231]]: iucn membership"
  2. 13w ago · Yorwba · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Locator map image → Karte Kanton Waadt 2013.png, Vaud in Switzerland.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Locator map image: Vaud in Switzerland.svg"
  3. 19w ago · Watmildon · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag → Fahne und Wappen des Kantons Waadt
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag: Fahne und Wappen des Kantons Waadt, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1780204037131"
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