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Coppet
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Nyon District
Nyon 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%).
Commugny
Commugny is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Commugny is first mentioned in 1018 as Communiacum. Commugny has an area, , of . Of this area, or 60.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 18.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.8% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 14.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%.
Tannay, Switzerland
Tannay is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Tannay may have been founded before the town of Coppet, which was first mentioned in 1294. However, it is first mentioned in 1390 as Taney. During the Middle Ages, it was part of the barony of Coppet. In 1536 the region became part of the Canton of Bern and the village was part of the Vogtei of Nyon, with the Baron of Coppet retaining power over the villages surrounding Coppet. Tannay Castle was built in 1649.
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva (le Léman lə lemɑ̃, lac Léman lak lemɑ̃, rarely lac de Genève lak də ʒ(ə)nɛv; Lago Lemano; Genfersee ˈɡɛnfərˌzeː; Lai da Genevra) is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône. Sixty per cent () of the lake belongs to Switzerland (the cantons of Vaud, Geneva and Valais) and forty per cent () to France (the department of Haute-Savoie).