Population
23'768↑1.8%
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
23'768
Tax multiplier
61%
Nyon in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.61%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 54'300↑3.4%
Above average in canton
Median net income
CHF 60'500↑2.5%
76%
Cantonal tax multiplier
155%
0.30%↓44.4%
Below average in canton
- Settlement60%
- Agriculture33%
- Forest7%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
41.1%↑0.9%
Top 10% in canton
Median rent
CHF 28/ m²
+57% vs CH
Dwellings
12'333↑2.5%
Jobs (FTE)
14'511↓2.3%
90%
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 68'900, 11% above the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Nyon has 23'768 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
