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Yverdon-les-Bains
Yverdon-les-Bains
Yverdon-les-Bains
Coat of arms of Yverdon-les-Bains
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Yverdon-les-Bains is located in Switzerland
Yverdon-les-Bains
Yverdon-les-Bains
Location in Switzerland
Yverdon-les-Bains is located in Canton of Vaud
Yverdon-les-Bains
Yverdon-les-Bains
Location in Canton of Vaud
Country Switzerland
Canton Vaud
District Jura-Nord vaudois
Area
 • Total 13.54 km2 (5.23 sq mi)
Elevation
435 m (1,427 ft)
Population
 (Dec 2020 )
 • Total 29,955
 • Density 2,212.3/km2 (5,729.9/sq mi)
Postal code
1400
Surrounded by Belmont-sur-Yverdon, Cheseaux-Noréaz, Cuarny, Ependes, Grandson, Gressy, Montagny-près-Yverdon, Pomy, Treycovagnes
Twin towns Nogent-sur-Marne (France), Winterthur (Switzerland), Prokuplje (Serbia), Kagamino (Japan), Pontarlier (France), Collesano (Italy)

Yverdon-les-Bains is a municipality in Jura-Nord vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the capital of the district. As of 31 December 2020, 29,955 people lived in Yverdon-les-Bains. It was called Eburodunum and Ebredunum during the Roman era.

Yverdon-les-Bains won Wakker Prize in 2009 for the way the city handled and developed the public areas and connected the old city with Lake Neuchâtel.

The former municipality Gressy became part of Yverdon-les-Bains on 1 July 2011.

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