Coppet

Coppet is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Coppet is first mentioned in 1294 as Copetum. In 1347 it was mentioned as Copet. Coppet has an area (), of . Of this area, or 33.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 3.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 62.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 45.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.7% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 22.5% is used for growing crops and 5.9% is pastures, while 5.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes. The municipality was part of the old Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Coppet became part of the new district of Nyon. The municipality is located along the banks of Lake Geneva on the Lausanne-Geneva road, the Route Suisse. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Chalice Argent. Coppet has a population () of . , 41.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 29.9%. It has changed at a rate of 24% due to migration and at a rate of 7.1% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (1,678 or 71.1%), with English being second most common (247 or 10.5%) and German being third (173 or 7.3%). There are 45 people who speak Italian and 2 people who speak Romansh. The age distribution, , in Coppet is; 348 children or 12.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 379 teenagers or 13.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 266 people or 9.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 329 people or 11.7% are between 30 and 39, 499 people or 17.