Vaud: Facts & Figures
The life of a canton can also be expressed in figures, percentages, kilograms, population statistics or any other unit of measurement. These serve to track its development at a variety of levels. The Canton of Vaud publishes statistics for its ten constituent regions under more than 20 main headings.
Did you know …?
- 25,000 students and researchers at the University and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale are creating Switzerland's largest campus in Lausanne.
- In 1819 François-Louis Cailler founded a chocolate factory near Vevey. This is Switzerland's oldest chocolate factory still in production.
The figures keep coming
- 32 hectares is the surface area of the Canton's smallest commune, Rivaz.
- 1964 saw the inauguration of the «autoroute», the first motorway linking Lausanne and Geneva. 206 km of national highways and 2,126 km of cantonal roads cross the canton.
