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Vaud

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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