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District de Nyon

Vaud

District de Nyon is one of 10 districts of the canton of Vaud and comprises 47 municipalities with 108'301 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.

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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Votes in District de Nyon

district results as published by BFS
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% Yes
27.6% YesNo 72.4%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes
50.7% YesNo 49.3%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes
34.4% YesNo 65.6%
14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% Yes
37.7% YesNo 62.3%
14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% Yes
51.5% YesNo 48.5%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes
67.8% YesNo 32.2%
All federal votes →
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
FDP25.2% · strongest party
FDP25.2%
SP20.4%
SVP19.8%
GRÜNE12.2%
GLP10.9%
Mitte5.7%
Übrige2.5%
PdA/Sol.2.2%
EVP0.7%
EDU0.5%
Coinsins
49 %
median of its municipalities
62 %
Tartegnin
79 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 49 % % in Coinsins to 79 % % in Tartegnin (median 62 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 14.8 % in Coinsins to 16.8 % in Tartegnin (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
1.37 %
Dwellings
50'356
Avg. rooms
3.8
Built before 1946
16.0%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
+722 +0.7%
births
877
deaths
561
net migration
+377
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
50'138
Workplaces
8'575
Services share
82 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 1'694 (3.4%) · Secondary 7'198 (14.4%) · Tertiary 41'091 (82.0%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
352
Organic share
15.6 %
Farmland
9'811 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
9.1 °C
Precipitation
1'273 mm
Elevation
372–1'674 m
Flat share
53.6%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
703 GWh
Electricity
28.6 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
46 min
Road to centre
35 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (27.886–33.727 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

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Which municipalities belong to District de Nyon?
District de Nyon comprises 47 municipalities: Nyon, Gland, Rolle, Prangins, Founex, Coppet, Saint-Cergue, Arzier-Le Muids, Commugny, Mont-sur-Rolle, Crans, Mies, Genolier, Begnins, Eysins, Tannay, Perroy, Bassins, Gilly, Trélex, Chavannes-de-Bogis, Le Vaud, Crassier, Chéserex, Gingins, La Rippe, Borex, Vich, Duillier, Givrins, Saint-George, Chavannes-des-Bois, Bogis-Bossey, Bursins, Essertines-sur-Rolle, Dully, Luins, Signy-Avenex, Longirod, Bursinel, Coinsins, Marchissy, Grens, Burtigny, Vinzel, Arnex-sur-Nyon, Tartegnin. Together they have 108'301 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is District de Nyon in?
District de Nyon lies in the canton of Vaud, which is divided into 10 districts.
How many people live in District de Nyon?
District de Nyon has 108'301 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 47 municipalities; the largest is Nyon with 23'768.
Does District de Nyon have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In District de Nyon the municipal rate ranges from 49 % (Coinsins) to 79 % (Tartegnin).
How did District de Nyon vote in the latest federal vote?
On 27.09.2026, District de Nyon voted 23.1 % yes on “Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'” (Rejected) — the district figure BFS publishes.

Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.