canton of Vaud

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf French legislative constituency
gptkbp:area 3212 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:canton_of_Valais
gptkb:France
gptkb:canton_of_Neuchâtel
gptkb:canton_of_Bern
gptkb:canton_of_Fribourg
gptkb:canton_of_Geneva
gptkbp:capital Lausanne
gptkbp:coatOfArms Blazon: Per fess, vert and argent, in chief the motto 'Liberté et Patrie' in gold
gptkbp:country gptkb:Switzerland
gptkbp:currency Swiss franc
gptkbp:demonym Vaudese
gptkbp:established 1803
gptkbp:executiveBranch gptkb:Conseil_d'État
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:Lavaux_vineyards
gptkb:Montreux_Jazz_Festival
gptkb:Olympic_Museum
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:politics
gptkbp:highestPoint gptkb:Diablerets_(3,210_m)
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Helvetic_Republic_(1798–1803)
Bernese rule (1536–1798)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label canton of Vaud
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code gptkb:CH-VD
gptkbp:joinedConfederation 1803
gptkbp:lake gptkb:Lake_Geneva
gptkb:Lake_Joux
Lake Neuchâtel
gptkbp:largestCity Lausanne
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Grand_Council_of_Vaud
gptkbp:lowestPoint Lake Geneva (372 m)
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor 150
gptkbp:mountainRange gptkb:Jura_Mountains
gptkb:Alps
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Nyon
gptkb:Montreux
gptkb:Vevey
gptkb:Yverdon-les-Bains
gptkb:Morges
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:French
gptkbp:officialWebsite https://www.vd.ch/
gptkbp:population about 820000
gptkbp:postalCode VD
gptkbp:region gptkb:Romandy
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Protestantism
gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:timezone CET
gptkbp:timezoneDST CEST
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Lavaux,_Vineyard_Terraces
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode VD
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Val-Mont,_Switzerland
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5