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Borex
Borex is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Borex is first mentioned in 1213 as Borrai. Borex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 76.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 1.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 20.7% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 15.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests.
Gingins
Gingins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Gingins is first mentioned around 1144-59 as Gingins. In October 1535, a major battle was fought in that locality between the forces of the republic of Geneva and Charles III, Duke of Savoy, which ended in the latter's defeat. Gingins has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 58.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.
Signy-Avenex
Signy-Avenex (siɲi avnɛ) is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Avenex is first mentioned in 926 as Avenaco. In 1018, Signy was mentioned as Sigiciacum. Signy-Avenex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 75.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 2.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 21.8% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.
Chéserex
Chéserex (ʃez(ə)ʁɛ) is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Chéserex is first mentioned around 1001-25 as Chiseras. Chéserex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 49.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 1.5% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.
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%).
Trélex
Trélex is a small village in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Trélex is first mentioned in 1145 as Trailai. Trélex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 51.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.