The Gros-de-Vaud is an area of the Swiss canton of Vaud

Vaud

Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...

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Localisation

The Gros-de-Vaud lies between the cities of Lausanne

Lausanne

Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...

 and Yverdon on the North-South direction, and between Moudon

Moudon

Moudon is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It was the seat of the district of Moudon and is now in the Broye-Vully district.-History:...

 and Orbe in the East-West axle. The community of Echallens

Echallens

Echallens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:The territory of the municipality was already settled very early. There are remains of a Bronze Age foundry....

 is its centre and the head of the Gros-de-Vaud district

Gros-de-Vaud (district)

Gros-de-Vaud District is a district in Vaud canton.Gros-de-Vaud has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.7% is forested...

 that was created on January 1, 2008.

Close to the Lausanne agglomeration (capital of the canton of Vaud), the Gros-de-Vaud is connected to it by the Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher

Bercher

Bercher is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-Geography:Bercher has an area, , of . Of this area, or 56.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.4% is forested...

(LEB) railroad.