Nyon

municipality and city in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
Place municipality_of_switzerland Q64027
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Nyon

Summary

Nyon is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Nyon ranks in the top 2% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,761 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nyon was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
  • Nyon is located in Nyon District[4].
  • Nyon is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Nyon is on the body of water Lake Geneva[6].
  • Nyon's head of government is recorded as Daniel Rossellat[7].
  • Nyon's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[8].
  • Nyon's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland[9].
  • Nyon's official language is recorded as French[10].
  • Nyon's shares border with is recorded as Duillier[11].
  • Nyon's shares border with is recorded as Prangins[12].
  • Nyon's shares border with is recorded as Crans[13].
  • Nyon's shares border with is recorded as Eysins[14].
  • Nyon's shares border with is recorded as Signy-Avenex[15].
  • Nyon's shares border with is recorded as Grens[16].
  • Nyon's shares border with is recorded as Trélex[17].
  • Nyon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nyons[18].
  • Nyon's postal code is recorded as 1260[19].
  • Nyon is part of Métropole lémanique[20].
  • Nyon's Commons category is recorded as Nyon[21].
  • Nyon's licence plate code is recorded as VD[22].
  • Nyon's local dialing code is recorded as 022[23].
  • Nyon's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 46.38196166666667, 'longitude': 6.23888}[24].
  • Nyon's official website is recorded as http://www.nyon.ch[25].
  • Nyon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nyon[26].
  • Nyon has a population of {'amount': '+19170'}[27].

Body

Geography

Nyon is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Nyon is located in Nyon District[4]. Nyon is on the body of water Lake Geneva[6]. Nyon is part of Métropole lémanique[20].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'amount': '+6.79'}[28] and {'amount': '+6.8'}[29]. Nyon sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+403'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+19170'}[27], {'amount': '+19502'}[31], {'amount': '+20272'}[32], {'amount': '+20533'}[33], {'amount': '+21192'}[34], and {'amount': '+23351'}[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland[8] and city of Switzerland[9]. Nyon's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[36].

Why It Matters

Nyon ranks in the top 2% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,761 views/month).[2] Nyon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Nyon is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · Alstorx · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Nyons, Q141540097
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q141540097]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275027|batch #275027]]"
  2. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Nyon
    Category for the view from the item → Category:Views from Nyon
    Shares border with → Duillier, Prangins, Crans +4
    Twinned administrative body → Nyons
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14586]]: 78752, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
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