District of Nyon
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Nyon District District de Nyon |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Vaud
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| Capital | Nyon |
| Area | |
| • Total | 307.34 km2 (118.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 97,232 |
| • Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 47 |
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, as of 2009[update], of 307.35 square kilometers (118.67 sq mi). Of this area, 129.16 km2 (49.87 sq mi) or 42.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 137.52 km2 (53.10 sq mi) or 44.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 39.26 km2 (15.16 sq mi) or 12.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and 1.53 km2 (0.59 sq mi) or 0.5% is unproductive land.
Nyon has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 97,232.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) 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%). There are 1,386 people who speak Italian 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 2008[update] 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 population growth rate of 2.8%.
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