Nyon
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Nyon in late August 2007 | |
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Location of Nyon | |
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| Coordinates: 46°23′N 6°14′E / 46.383°N 6.233°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Vaud |
| District | Nyon |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Municipalité with 7 members |
| • Mayor | Syndic (list) Daniel Rossellat (as of February 2014) |
| • Parliament | Conseil communal with 100 members |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.82 km2 (2.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 400.9 m (1,315 ft) |
| Population (December_2009) | |
• Total | 23,407 |
| • Density | 3,430/km2 (8,890/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 1260 |
| SFOS number | 5724 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-VD |
| Surrounded by | Crans-près-Céligny, Duillier, Eysins, Grens, Messery (FR-74), Prangins, Signy-Avenex, Trélex |
| Twin towns | Nyons (France) |
| Website | www.nyon.ch |
Nyon (French pronunciation: [njɔ̃] ⓘ; historically German: Neuis or Neuss and Italian: Nione, [ˈnjoːne]) 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 Geneva metropolitan area. It lies on the shores of Lake Geneva and is the seat of Nyon District. The town has (as of December 2020) a population of 21,718 and is famous in the sporting world for being the headquarters of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the European Club Association (ECA). It is connected to the rest of Switzerland by way of the Route Suisse, the A1 Motorway and the railways of the Arc Lémanique.