Le VaudLe Vaud is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Le Vaud has an area, , of . Of this area, or 50.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 19.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.3% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 14.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.6% of the area Out of the forested land, 27.
Dents du MidiThe Dents du Midi (French: "teeth of noon") are a three-kilometre-long mountain range in the Chablais Alps in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Overlooking the Val d'Illiez and the Rhône valley to the south, they face the Lac de Salanfe, an artificial reservoir, and are part of the geological ensemble of the Giffre massif. Their seven peaks are, from north-east to south-west: the Cime de l'Est, the Forteresse, the Cathédrale, the Éperon, the Dent Jaune, the Doigts and the Haute Cime.
Mex, VaudMex is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Gros-de-Vaud. Mex is first mentioned in 1154 as Mais. Mex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 17.0% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, 27.
Le RhôneLe Rhône was the name given to a series of rotary aircraft engines built between 1910 and 1920. Le Rhône series engines were originally sold by the Société des Moteurs Le Rhône and, following a 1914 corporate buyout, by its successor company, Gnome et Rhône. During World War I, more than 22,000 nine cylinder Le Rhône engines were built, with the type far outselling Gnome et Rhône's other main wartime engine series, the Gnome Monosoupape.
Lê dynastyThe Lê dynasty, also known in historiography as the Later Lê dynasty (Hậu Lê triều, chữ Hán: 後黎朝 or nhà Hậu Lê, chữ Nôm: 茹後黎), officially Great Việt (Đại Việt; Chữ Hán: 大越), was the longest-ruling Vietnamese dynasty, having ruled from 1428 to 1789, with an interregnum between 1527 and 1533.
Early Lê dynastyThe Early Lê dynasty, alternatively known as the Former Lê dynasty (Nhà Tiền Lê; chữ Nôm: ; ɲâː tjə̂n le) in historiography, officially Great Cồ Việt (Đại Cồ Việt; Chữ Hán: 大瞿越), was a dynasty of Vietnam that ruled from 980 to 1009. It followed the Đinh dynasty and was succeeded by the Lý dynasty. It comprised the reigns of three emperors. After the assassination of the emperor, Đinh Tiên Hoàng, and the emperor's first son, Đinh Liễn, the third son of the emperor, Đinh Phế Đế, assumed the throne at aged six with the regent Lê Hoàn.
Villa Le LacThe Villa Le Lac, also known as the Villa "Le Lac" Le Corbusier, is a residential building on Lake Geneva in Corseaux, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, designed by Swiss architects and cousins Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret between 1923 and 1924 for Le Corbusier's parents. It is an example of residential Modern architecture and showcases three of Le Corbusier's Five Points of Architecture. The building is a designated Swiss Cultural Property of National Significance and was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2016.
Le NainThe three Le Nain brothers were painters in 17th-century France: Antoine Le Nain (c.1600–1648), Louis Le Nain (c.1603–1648), and Mathieu Le Nain (1607–1677). They produced genre works, portraits and portrait miniatures. The brothers were born in or near Laon, in Picardy, in northern France. Mathieu was born in 1607; Antoine and Louis were originally believed to have been born in 1588 and 1593, respectively, but are now thought to have been born later; the National Gallery gives them birth dates of "c.
Emil Frey-GessnerEmil Frey-Gessner (19 March 1826, in Aarau – 24 July 1917, in Genf) was a Swiss entomologist. At first Emil Frey-Gessner studied mechanical engineering and was until 1865 technical director in the Frey-Gessner family cotton mill. Later he studied natural sciences at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich and became a District Teacher in Brugg then in the Canton of Aarau. From 1872 he was conservator of the entomological collections at the new museum of Geneva University. He was Dr. hc of the University of Geneva.
Cugy, VaudCugy is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Cugy is first mentioned around 968-85 as in villa Cuzziaco. In 1147 it was mentioned as Cusi. Cugy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 36.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 26.6% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 20.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.
