SwitzerlandCommunes vaudoises 11 · Your commune in Vaud
Whose agreement is needed for a merger of municipalities in Vaud to take place?
In the exam (French)
Qui doit donner son accord pour qu'une fusion de communes vaudoises ait lieu ?
- aOnly the Council of State (Conseil d'État)Seulement le Conseil d'État
- bOnly the syndics of the municipalities concernedSeulement les syndics des communes concernées
- cThe voters of each municipality concernedLes électeurs de chacune des communes concernéesCorrect answer
- dThe voters of the whole districtLes électeurs du district tout entier
Why?
No merger takes place without the consent of the voters of each municipality concerned. The votes are held at the same time in all the municipalities.
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Our own practice questions, written in French on the facts of the Federal Constitution and official information from the Confederation and the cantons of Vaud and Geneva. They are not the questions of the cantonal tests, and no text from the official cantonal or communal lists is reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in French. We are not affiliated with the Confederation, the cantons or the communes.
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