In the metropolitan area of Geneva lived over 1.25 million peoples. That is after Zurich the largest metropolitan area in Switzerland. The most important cities in the metropolitan area are
Geneva, Lausanne, Montreux, Vevey, Nyon and Yverdon-les Bains. On french the region is called
Métropole Lémanique. The metropolitan area Geneva - Lausanne is part of the economic region Greater Bern-Geneva Area and its the second important economic room in Switzerland.