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Nyon District is a district in the canton of
Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms b ...
,
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. The seat of the district is the city of
Nyon Nyon (; outdated German: or ; outdated Italian: , ) is a municipality in Nyon District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has become part of the Ge ...
.


Geography

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.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010


Demographics

Nyon has a population () of . Most of the population () speaks French (47,010 or 75.9%), with
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being second most common (4,462 or 7.2%) and
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being third (4,361 or 7.0%). There are 1,386 people who speak
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and 33 people who speak Romansh. Of the population in the district 11,411 or about 18.4% were born in Nyon and lived there in 2000. There were 11,760 or 19.0% who were born in the same canton, while 16,519 or 26.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 19,711 or 31.8% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 642 live births to Swiss citizens and 358 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 357 deaths of Swiss citizens and 54 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 285 while the foreign population increased by 304. There were 59 Swiss men and 61 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 916 non-Swiss men and 863 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 452 and the non-Swiss population increased by 1891 people. This represents a
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of 2.8%.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008
accessed 19 June 2010
The age distribution, , in Nyon is; 10,782 children or 12.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 11,348 teenagers or 13.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 8,922 people or 10.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 12,835 people or 14.9% are between 30 and 39, 15,361 people or 17.9% are between 40 and 49, and 10,841 people or 12.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 8,845 people or 10.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 4,366 people or 5.1% are between 70 and 79,there are 2,160 people or 2.5% who are 80 and 89, and there are 417 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older.Canton of Vaud Statistical Office
accessed 29 April 2011
, there were 25,813 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 30,544 married individuals, 2,171 widows or widowers and 3,446 individuals who are divorced.STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000
accessed 2 February 2011
There were 7,384 households that consist of only one person and 1,678 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 25,296 households that answered this question, 29.2% were households made up of just one person and there were 85 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 6,471 married couples without children, 8,806 married couples with children There were 1,606 single parents with a child or children. There were 367 households that were made up of unrelated people and 577 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing. The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:960 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:62000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:12000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:2400 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from:start till:10764 text:"10,764" bar:1860 from:start till:11545 text:"11,545" bar:1870 from:start till:12248 text:"12,248" bar:1880 from:start till:12975 text:"12,975" bar:1888 from:start till:13524 text:"13,524" bar:1900 from:start till:14471 text:"14,471" bar:1910 from:start till:14783 text:"14,783" bar:1920 from:start till:14738 text:"14,738" bar:1930 from:start till:14816 text:"14,816" bar:1941 from:start till:14940 text:"14,940" bar:1950 from:start till:16494 text:"16,494" bar:1960 from:start till:19577 text:"19,577" bar:1970 from:start till:27385 text:"27,385" bar:1980 from:start till:37998 text:"37,998" bar:1990 from:start till:50690 text:"50,690" bar:2000 from:start till:61974 text:"61,974"


Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 22.27% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (17.53%), the FDP (14.65%) and the
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(14%). In the federal election, a total of 19,858 votes were cast, and the
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was 44.7%.


Religion

From the , 20,892 or 33.7% were
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, while 20,233 or 32.6% belonged to the
Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 585 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.94% of the population), there were 73 individuals (or about 0.12% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 2,070 individuals (or about 3.34% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 243 individuals (or about 0.39% of the population) who were
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, and 1,589 (or about 2.56% of the population) who were
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ic. There were 175 individuals who were
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, 178 individuals who were
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and 100 individuals who belonged to another church. 11,875 (or about 19.16% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or
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, and 3,961 individuals (or about 6.39% of the population) did not answer the question.


Education

In Nyon about 19,956 or (32.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 14,052 or (22.7%) have completed additional higher education (either
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or a ''
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''). Of the 14,052 who completed tertiary schooling, 39.2% were Swiss men, 25.3% were Swiss women, 20.1% were non-Swiss men and 15.4% were non-Swiss women. In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 10,228 students in the local and district school systems. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010
accessed 2 May 2011
During the school year, the district provided pre-school care for a total of 1,249 children. There were 563 (45.1%) children who received subsidized pre-school care. There were 5,538 students in the primary school program, which last four years. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 4,501 students in those schools. There were also 189 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition
accessed 2 May 2011


Municipalities

On 1 September 2006, the districts of Nyon were redefined and reduced in number from 19 to 10. The 47 municipalities in the new district of Nyon include all 32 of the old district of Nyon, 12 from the abolished
Rolle District Rolle District was a district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The seat of the district was the city of Rolle until January 1, 2008. It is now part of Nyon District, except the town of Allaman which is now part of the Morges District. Mergers ...
(all except
Allaman Allaman is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The village is famous for the medieval Allaman Castle (Château d'Allaman), built by the Count of Vaud in 1253. History Allaman is first mentioned in 1234 ...
), and three from the abolished
Aubonne District Aubonne District was a former district of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The seat of the district was the town of Aubonne, Switzerland, Aubonne until January 1, 2008. The municipalities are now part of the district of Mo ...
(
Longirod Longirod is a municipality in the Swiss canton Vaud, located in the district of Nyon. History Longirod is first mentioned in 1267 as ''Longirot''. Geography Longirod has an area, , of . Of this area, or 39.3% is used for agricultural purpos ...
,
Marchissy Marchissy is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located in the district of Nyon. History Marchissy is first mentioned in 1235 as ''Marchisie''. Geography Marchissy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 31.9% is used for agricul ...
and
Saint-George Saint-George is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located in the district of Nyon. History Saint-George is first mentioned in 1153 as ''Sancti Georgii de Essartinis''. Geography Saint-George has an area, , of . Of this area, ...
).Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 4 April 2011


References

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