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Lavaux District District de Lavaux
District
FlagCoat of arms
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
Capital	Cully
Area
• Total	7,884 km (3,044 sq mi)
Population
• Total	23.861
• Density	0.0030/km (0.0078/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	12

Lavaux District was a district located on the north-eastern shore of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) in the Swiss-romand canton of Vaud between Lausanne and Vevey. The capital of the district was Cully, but used to be Lutry. The district is part of the World Heritage Site listed region of Lavaux. It consisted of the following municipalities:

• Chexbres
• Cully
• Epesses
• Forel
• Grandvaux
• Lutry
• Puidoux
  • includes the village of Treytorrens
• Riex
• Rivaz
• Saint-Saphorin
• Savigny
• Villette

Mergers and name changes

On 1 September 2006 the municipalities of Chexbres, Cully, Epesses, Forel (Lavaux), Grandvaux, Lutry, Puidoux, Riex, Rivaz, Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux), Savigny and Villette (Lavaux) came from the District de Lavaux to join the Lavaux-Oron District.

References

1. Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 4 April 2011

External links

• (in French) Pictures of Lavaux
• (in French) Lavaux, pays aux trois soleils

46°30′N 6°45′E / 46.500°N 6.750°E / 46.500; 6.750

v t e Subdivisions of the canton of Vaud
Current	Aigle Broye-Vully Gros-de-Vaud Jura-Nord Vaudois Lausanne Lavaux-Oron Morges Nyon Ouest Lausannois Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut
Former	Aubonne Avenches Cossonay Échallens Grandson La Vallée Lavaux Moudon Orbe Oron Payerne Pays-d'Enhaut Rolle Vevey Yverdon
Districts of Switzerland Municipalities of the canton of Vaud

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