Yverdon-les-Bains

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Yverdon-les-Bains
Canton	Vaud
District	Yverdon
Coordinates	46°47′ N 6°38′ E
Population	23,595   (December 2003)
Area	11.26 km²
Elevation	435 m
Postal code	1400
Mayor	Remy Jaquier 2005
Website	www.yverdon.ch

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Yverdon-les-Bains (called Eburodunum during the Roman era) is a town in the Vaud canton of Switzerland, located on the shore of Lake Neuchâtel. It is famous for its thermal springs.

Famous buildings and locations

• The Menhirs-Statues dating as far as the third millenium B.C.
• The Castrum remains of gigantic ramparts and towers of the Roman era
• Thermal springs
• The 13th Century castle
• The Temple an 18th Century Protestan church
• Champ-Pittet, the Grande Caricaie. It is a nature reserve that stretches along the entire southern shore of Lake Neuchâtel. The area protects approximately 1,000 plant and 10,000 animal species.
• Maison d'Ailleurs (House of Elsewhere) is a museum of science fiction, utopia and extraordinary journeys, founded in 1976, and is the only one of its kind in Europe.

Famous residents:

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712, (Geneva, Switzerland) - 1778, (Ermenonville, France)
• Fortuné-Barthélémy de Félice 1723, (Rome, Italy) - 1789, (Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland)
• Henri Pestalozzi 1746, (Zurich, Switzerland) - 1827, (Neuhof, Switzerland)

External links:

• http://www.yverdonlesbains-tourisme.ch/e/home/
• Maison d'Ailleurs