Vaud (/voʊ/ VOH; French: (Canton de) Vaud, pronounced [kɑ̃tɔ̃ də vo]), more formally the Canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation...
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Maharana Pratap Airport (redirect from VAUD)
Maharana Pratap Airport (IATA: UDR, ICAO: VAUD) is a domestic airport serving Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. It is situated at Dabok, located 22 km (14 mi)...
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Lausanne (redirect from Lausanne (Vaud))
) is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway...
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The Barony of Vaud was an appanage of the County of Savoy, corresponding roughly to the modern Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It was created by a process...
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Catherine of Savoy-Vaud (1324—18 June 1388), was an Italian vassal. She was suo jure Baron of Vaud in 1349 – 1359. In 1359, she sold the Barony to Amadeus...
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Mex is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Gros-de-Vaud. Mex is first mentioned in 1154 as Mais. Mex has an...
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RER Vaud (French: Réseau express régional vaudois) is an S-Bahn network in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is centered on Lausanne and began operating...
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Engineering and Management Vaud (abbrev. HEIG-VD, in the official French form Haute Ecole d'Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud) is a public university...
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Corsier-sur-Vevey (redirect from Corsier-sur-Vevey (Vaud))
a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Corsier-sur-Vevey is first mentioned in 1079 as Corise. Until...
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Montreux (redirect from Montreux (Vaud))
Alps. It belongs to the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district in the canton of Vaud, having a population of approximately 26,500, with about 85,000 in the Vevey-Montreux...
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[apl]) is a former municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. On 1 July 2021 the former municipalities of Apples, Cottens...
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FC Lausanne-Sport (redirect from Team Vaud U21)
Lausanne-Sport is a Swiss football club based in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. Founded in 1896, Lausanne Sport compete in the top-tier Swiss Super League...
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(French pronunciation: [fɔʁɛl]) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. The oldest document mentioning the...
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The Gros-de-Vaud is an area of the Swiss canton of Vaud. The Gros-de-Vaud lies between the cities of Lausanne and Yverdon on the North-South direction...
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Roche is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle. Roche is first mentioned in 1177 as Rochi. Roche has an...
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Basel-City (42%), canton of Neuchâtel (38%), canton of Geneva (35%), canton of Vaud (26%), or Zurich city (city: >25%; canton: 23%). The earliest forms of literature...
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Villette is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. The municipalities of Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux...
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Louis I (1249/50 – 1302) was the Baron of Vaud. At the time of his birth he was a younger son of the House of Savoy, but through a series of deaths and...
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canton de Genève, 'Republic and canton of Geneva'), Jura, Neuchâtel, Valais, Vaud and Ticino. In the 16th century, the Old Swiss Confederacy was composed of...
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Liberal Party of Switzerland (redirect from Liberal Party of Vaud)
strongest in the Protestant cantons in Romandy, particularly in Geneva, Vaud and Neuchâtel. In contrast, the ideologically similar FDP was successful...
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Tolochenaz (redirect from Tolochenaz (Vaud))
Tolochenaz is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. Tolochenaz lies on the northern shore of Lake Geneva west...
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Swissair Flight 111 (redirect from Vaud (airplane))
Douglas in 1991,: 21 and Swissair was its only operator. It bore the title of Vaud, in honor of the Swiss canton of the same name. Until 1992, the aircraft...
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USS Vaud J. (SP-3361) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in service from 1918 to 1919. Vaud J. was built in 1907 as a private motorboat of the same...
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Vaud and the Villains is a 15 to 20 piece New Orleans themed stage musical show from the United States. Based in Los Angeles, California, the group was...
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Savigny, Switzerland (redirect from Savigny, Vaud)
pronunciation: [saviɲi] ) is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. Savigny is first mentioned in 1224...
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There are 300 municipalities in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, (as of January 2022[update]). Vaud is the canton with the 2nd most municipalities (after...
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pronunciation: [ekyblɑ̃]) is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois. It is a suburb of Lausanne...
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Concision (redirect from Concise (Vaud))
In common usage and linguistics, concision (also called conciseness, succinctness, terseness, brevity, or laconicism) is a communication principle of eliminating...
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Gossens (redirect from Gossens (Vaud))
Gossens was a municipality in the district of Yverdon of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It merged with neighbouring Donneloye on January 1, 2008. It...
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Saint-Sulpice is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois. It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne...
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