Nyon

Summary

Nyon is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Nyon ranks in the top 2% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (282 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nyon was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Nyon is located in Nyon District^[4].
• Nyon is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Nyon is on the body of water Lake Geneva^[6].
• Nyon's head of government is recorded as Daniel Rossellat^[7].
• Nyon's image is recorded as Nyon-aerial-3.jpg^[8].
• Nyon's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[9].
• Nyon's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland^[10].
• Nyon's official language is recorded as French^[11].
• Nyon's flag image is recorded as CHE Nyon Flag.svg^[12].
• Nyon's shares border with is recorded as Duillier^[13].
• Nyon's shares border with is recorded as Prangins^[14].
• Nyon's shares border with is recorded as Crans^[15].
• Nyon's shares border with is recorded as Eysins^[16].
• Nyon's shares border with is recorded as Signy-Avenex^[17].
• Nyon's shares border with is recorded as Grens^[18].
• Nyon's shares border with is recorded as Trélex^[19].
• Nyon's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Nyon COA.svg^[20].
• Nyon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nyons^[21].
• Nyon's ISNI is recorded as 0000000446807977^[22].
• Nyon's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 157108087^[23].
• Nyon's GND ID is recorded as 4104620-1^[24].
• Nyon's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Nyon 2014.png^[25].
• Nyon's postal code is recorded as 1260^[26].
• Nyon's part of is recorded as Métropole lémanique^[27].

Body

Geography

Nyon is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Nyon is located in Nyon District^[4]. Nyon is on the body of water Lake Geneva^[6]. Nyon's part of is recorded as Métropole lémanique^[27].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6.79'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6.8'}^[29]. Nyon's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+403'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+19170'}^[31], {'amount': '+19502'}^[32], {'amount': '+20272'}^[33], {'amount': '+20533'}^[34], {'amount': '+21192'}^[35], and {'amount': '+23351'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland^[9] and city of Switzerland^[10]. Nyon's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[37].

Why It Matters

Nyon ranks in the top 2% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (282 views/month).^[2] Nyon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Nyon is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]