Nyon DistrictNyon District is a district in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district is the city of Nyon. Nyon has an area, , of . Of this area, or 42.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 44.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.5% is unproductive land. Nyon has a population () of . Most of the population () speaks French (47,010 or 75.9%), with English being second most common (4,462 or 7.2%) and German being third (4,361 or 7.0%).
Gland, SwitzerlandGland (ɡlɑ̃) is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The city also is home to the IUCN and WWF headquarters. Gland is known to have been a prehistoric settlement. During the Roman period a farm called Villa Glanis was there. Until the 1960s, Gland was merely a small farming village (essentially vineyards and cattle). Gland is first mentioned around 994 -1049 as de Glans.
Le VaudLe Vaud is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Le Vaud has an area, , of . Of this area, or 50.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 19.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.3% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 14.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.6% of the area Out of the forested land, 27.
Vich, SwitzerlandVich is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Vich is known to have been a paleolithic settlement, only to have been abandoned in the Neolithic, although the area was certainly exploited by people from the settlement of nearby Gland. Although traces from the Bronze Age have been found in the vicinity, and the site that was to become Vich found itself strategically situated on the Vy de l'Etraz - the Roman paved road (albeit with prehistoric antecedents) from Nyon to Orbe - there is no archaeological evidence or mention of a village until 1165 when the church of Vich (ecclesiam de Vizo) was given by the Lord of Begnins to the Cistercian abbey of Bonmont.
BassinsBassins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The village of Bassins is located in the foothills of the Jura, at an average altitude of about 800 metres. Bassins is first mentioned in 1095 as Bassins. Bassins has an area, , of . Of this area, or 35.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 61.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.
