Population
23'351↑1.5%
About Nyon
City · Vaud
Nyon 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 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.
Population
23'351
Tax multiplier
61%
Nyon in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
61%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 71'530
Middle in canton
Vacancy
0.30%↓44.4%
Below average in canton
- Settlement60%
- Agriculture33%
- Forest7%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
40.8%↑0.1%
Top 10% in canton
Dwellings
12'333↑2.5%
Jobs (FTE)
14'858↑1.1%
90%
38%
Fibre
Housing market in Nyon
The rental vacancy rate is 0.30%, 67% below the cantonal average (0.92 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 61%, 12% below the cantonal average (69 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 71'530, 6% above the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Nyon has 23'351 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
