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Le Vaud
Le 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, Switzerland
Vich 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.
Begnins
Begnins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It belongs to the wine-producing area of La Côte. Begnins was first mentioned in 1145 as Begnins. Begnins has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.8%.
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%).
Arzier-Le Muids
Arzier-Le Muids is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The first mention of Arzier was in 1306 as the village Argie. Throughout the Middle Ages Arzier's name is seen in documents as Arsie, Argier, and Arsier. Le Muids is first mentioned as a barn (dependent upon the abbey of Oujon) in 1250. Settlers were granted land (for farming) in Arzier by the abbey of Oujon in 1304. In 1536 control of the region, and of all of the lands of the abbey were lost to a conquering duke from Bern.