For its Yverdon-les-Bains branch, BDG has chosen a site not far from the historic town centre. Located on the southern shore of Lake Neuchâtel at the foot of the Jura mountains, Yverdon-les-Bains is the biggest spa town in French-speaking Switzerland. Its thermal baths with their health-giving properties have been known since Roman times. Yverdon-les-Bains is both a tourist town and a dynamic economic centre enjoying extremely good rail and road links with the rest of Switzerland. The administrative hub of the Jura Nord-Vaudois region, Yverdon-les-Bains is also a scientific centre thanks to the presence of the School of Business and Engineering Vaud and the Y-Parc science and technology park.