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Vaud (canton) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 46 37 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.6167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 006 38 42 E degrees minutes |
Long: 6.6450 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area has been inhabited since prehistoric times; was home to Helvetii, who were conquered by Julius Caesar; was part of Transjurane Burgandy from 888 to 1032; passed in 1536 to Bernese, who forcibly imposed the Reformation. |
Names: |
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| Vaud (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Vaud (Italian)
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| Vaud (French,U)
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| Canton de Vaud (C,V,O,French-P,U)
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| Waadt (C,V,German,U)
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| Kanton Waadt (C,V,German-P,U)
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| Canton Vaud (C,V,Italian-P,U)
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| Chantun Vad (C,V,Romansh-P,U)
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| SZ23 (C,V,FIPS,French,U)
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| Vad (C,V,Romansh,U)
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| Vad, Chantun (C,V,Romansh,U)
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| Vaud, Canton (C,V,Italian,U)
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| Vaud, Canton de (C,V,French,U)
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| Waadt, Kanton (C,V,German,U)
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| Canton of Vaud (C,U,English)
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| Waadtland (C,U,German)
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| 보 주 (C,U,Korean)
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| Léman (H,V)
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............ | used for area in 1798 |
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Vaud (canton) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| canton (preferred, C) |
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joined Swiss Confederacy 1803 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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