Nyon
municipality and city in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
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Summary
Nyon is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Nyon ranks in the top 2% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,794 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nyon District[4]
- Country: Switzerland[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Lake Geneva[6]
- Head of government: Daniel Rossellat[7]
- Instance of: city of Switzerland[8]
- Official language: French[9]
- Shares border with: Duillier[10], Prangins[11], Crans[12], Eysins[13], Signy-Avenex[14], Grens[15], Trélex[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Nyons[17]
- Postal code: 1260[18]
- Part of: Métropole lémanique[19]
- Commons category: Nyon[20]
- Licence plate code: VD[21]
- Local dialing code: 022[22]
- Coordinate location: 46.38196166666667, 6.23888[23]
- Official website: http://www.nyon.ch[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Nyon[25]
- Population: 19,170[26], 19,502[27], 20,272[28], 20,533[29], 21,192[30], 23,351[31]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Nyon[32]
- External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/5724[33]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[34], Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae[35], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[36]
- Capital of: Nyon District[37]
- Heritage designation: Swiss townscape worthy of protection[38]
- Official name: Nyon[39], Ville de Nyon[40]
- List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Nyon[41]
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Physical Characteristics
Areas include 6.79[42] and 6.8[43]. Nyon sits at an elevation of 403[44].
Why It Matters
Nyon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Nyon is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]