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Political representation at cantonal level
Cantonal government:
Cantonal parliament:
Political representation in the national parliament
House of Representatives:
Social Democratic Party
Marlyse Dormond, Roger Nordmann, Pierre Salvi, Géraldine Savary
Swiss People’s Party
André Bugnon, Jean Fattebert, Guy Parmelin, Pierre-François Veillon
Radical Party
Charles Favre, Yves Guisan, Isabelle Moret, René Vaudroz
Liberal Party
Serge Beck, Claude Ruey,
Green Party
Anne-Catherin Menétry-Savary, Guy Parmelin
Communist Party
Marianne Huguenin, Josef Zisyadis
Senate:
Michel Béguelin, Social Democratic Party and Christiane Langenberger, Radical Party
Pascal Broulis, Jacqueline de Quattro
Pierre-Yves Maillard, Anne-Catherine Lyon
Jean-Claude Mermoud
François Marthaler
Philippe Leuba
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Capital: Lausanne
Area: 3’212 km2
Number of communes (2006): 381
Resident population (2005): 663’500
Foreign population (2005): 28.7%
Per capita income (2004): SFr. 51’474
Unemployment rate (average 2006): 4.8%
Date of entry into the Swiss Confederation: 1803
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