Vaud - Switzerland

Vaud is the third largest Swiss canton by population around 790 thousand inhabitants, in size it is the fourth. Its located in the western part of Switzerland were they speak French, that region is called Romandy. In the north its bordered the canton of  Neuchâtel. In the east its bordered the cantons of Fribourg and Bern. In the south is there Lake Geneva and southwest the canton of Geneva, southeast of it the canton of Valais. West of it we find Switzerland's big neighbor France. Some cantons in Switzerland have enclaves and Vaud have one in Fribourg, otherwise three enclaves of Fribourg are in Vaud. Geneva have an enclave in Vaud. Lausanne is the capital of Vaud and the economical center and top notch education facilities. Its also considered sport association capital of the world and 55 can found in Lausanne, the International Olympic Committee is by far the importants. Like Lausanne is also the city of Montreux situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, Montreux is famous for its international festivals and its subtropical looking promenade. So lets take an look at the flag.

The flag is an square-shape like the flag of Switzerland, also the other cantons use this shape. The colors are white and green with golden letters the big no of the vexillologists. The colors represented revolution in the 1790's against the canton of Bern, eventually Vaud became an canton in 1803. The words in English means "Freedom and Fatherland" because of that event. Not only the vexillologists dislike the words, but Swiss outside of Vaud ridicule the text. They deliberately misrepresenting the words with "Liberté est partie" and that mean "Freedom is gone". Vaud is the only canton with an flag with words on it. Maybe the replace the words with symbols that represented the words, that make the flag fine.