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Gingins
Gingins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Gingins is first mentioned around 1144-59 as ''Gingins''. In October 1535, a major battle was fought in that locality between the forces of the republic of Geneva and Charles III, Duke of Savoy, which ended in the latter's defeat. Geography Gingins has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 58.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.7% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Dôle
La Dôle is a mountain of the Jura, overlooking Lake Geneva in the westernmost part of the canton of Vaud. Rising to an altitude of 1677 meters, it is the second highest peak in the Swiss portion of the Jura, after Mont Tendre. Administratively, the summit is split between the municipalities of Gingins, Chéserex and La Rippe. The mountain is also close to and easily accessible from Saint-Cergue and the Col de la Givrine to the north, both above 1000 meters and connected to Nyon on Lake Geneva by road and by the Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez Railway. A paved road also climbs to the Chalet de la Dôle below the summit (1439 m) from Gingins. Swisstopo La Dôle overlooks to south-east the summit of La Barillette, the town of Nyon, Lake Geneva and across the lake the Alps, including the Bernese Alps the Chablais Alps and the Mont Blanc massif. To the south are views of the City of Geneva and the Canton of Geneva; to the north the village of Les Rousses. The Dôle massif has a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyon (district)
Nyon District is a district in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district is the city of Nyon. Geography Nyon has an area, , of . Of this area, or 42.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 44.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.5% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Demographics Nyon has a population () of . Most of the population () speaks (47,010 or 75.9%), with[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grens
Grens is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Grens is first mentioned around 1160-89 as ''de Grens''. In 1164 it was mentioned as ''Graiens'' and in 1212 as ''Granz''. Geography Grens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 89.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 2.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 72.3% is used for growing crops and 4.7% is pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Rippe
La Rippe is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History La Rippe is first mentioned in 1384 as ''Rippis''. Geography La Rippe has an area, , of . Of this area, or 35.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 60.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.5% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 56.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 14.3% is used for growing cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Cergue
Saint-Cergue is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Saint-Cergue is first mentioned in 1110 as ''ecclesiam Sancti Cyrici''. Geography Saint-Cergue has an area, , of . Of this area, or 27.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 66.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.5% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 62.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trélex
Trélex is a small village in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Trélex is first mentioned in 1145 as ''Trailai''. Geography Trélex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 51.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 33.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chéserex
Chéserex () is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Chéserex is first mentioned around 1001-25 as ''Chiseras''. Geography Chéserex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 49.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 1.5% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.2%. Out of the forested land, 48.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyon
Nyon (; outdated German: or ; outdated Italian: , ) 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 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''. Name Nyon derives from one of the names used by the Romans for the town, '' Noviodunum'' or ''Noiodunum''. Other names for the town, particularly of colonies placed there, are ''Colonia Iulia Equestris'' or ''Colonia Julia Equestris'', ''Colonia Equestris Noiodunum'', ''Equestris'', ''Civitas Equestrium'', and ''Civitas Eque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party (german: Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; rm, Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (french: Union démocratique du centre, UDC; it, Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a national-conservative, right-wing populist political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Marco Chiesa, it is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 53 members of the National Council and 6 of the Council of States. The SVP originated in 1971 as a merger of the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB) and the Democratic Party, while the BGB, in turn, had been founded in the context of the emerging local farmers' parties in the late 1910s. The SVP initially did not enjoy any increased support beyond that of the BGB, retaining around 11% of the vote through the 1970s and 1980s. This changed however during the 1990s, when the party underwent deep structural and ideological changes under the influence of Christoph Blocher; the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz; SP; rm, Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra) or Swiss Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste suisse, it, Partito Socialista Svizzero; PS), is a political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Federal Council since 1960 and received the second highest total number of votes in the 2019 Swiss federal election. The SP was founded on 21 October 1888 and is currently the second largest of the four leading coalition political parties in Switzerland. It is the only left-leaning party with representatives on the Federal Council, currently Alain Berset and Simonetta Sommaruga. As of September 2019, the SP is the second largest political party in the Federal Assembly. Unlike most other Swiss parties, the SP is the largest pro-European party in Switzerland and supports Swiss membership of the European Union. Additionally, it is strongly opposed to capitalism and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voter Turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This can be the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford University political scientists Adam Bonica and Michael McFaul, there is a consensus among political scientists that "democracies perform better when more people vote." Institutional factors drive the vast majority of differences in turnout rates.Michael McDonald and Samuel Popkin"The Myth of the Vanishing Voter"in American Political Science Review. December 2001. p. 970. For example, simpler parliamentary democracies where voters get shorter ballots, fewer elections, and a multi-party system that makes accountability easier see much higher turnout than the systems of the United States, Japan, and Switzerland. Significance Some parts of society are more likely to vote than others. As turnout approaches 90%, significant differences between v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
