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Aigle District

Aigle District is a district of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Aigle has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 41.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 17.7% is unproductive land. Aigle has a population () of . Most of the population () speaks French (28,451 or 80.7%), with German being second most common (1,268 or 3.6%) and Portuguese being third (884 or 2.5%). There are 848 people who speak Italian and 12 people who speak Romansh.

Ormont-Dessous

Ormont-Dessous is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle. Ormont-Dessous is first mentioned in 1200 as Ormont. In 1564 it was mentioned as Bas-Ormont. The German name Ormund is no longer used. Ormont-Dessous has an area, , of . Of this area, or 38.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 45.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.0% is either rivers or lakes and or 10.5% is unproductive land.

Roche, Vaud

Roche is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle. Roche is first mentioned in 1177 as Rochi. Roche has an area, , of . Of this area, or 50.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 17.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.9% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.

Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva (le Léman lə lemɑ̃, lac Léman lak lemɑ̃, rarely lac de Genève lak də ʒ(ə)nɛv; Lago Lemano; Genfersee ˈɡɛnfərˌzeː; Lai da Genevra) is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône. Sixty per cent () of the lake belongs to Switzerland (the cantons of Vaud, Geneva and Valais) and forty per cent () to France (the department of Haute-Savoie).