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Living in Nyon as an expat
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In short
Nyon is a town of 23,768 people in the canton of Vaud, on Lake Geneva between Geneva and Lausanne. French is the local language, and 41.1% of residents had foreign citizenship at the end of 2025. Newcomers register at the residents' office within 8 days; direct trains reach Geneva in 15 to 16 minutes.
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Nyon in figures
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- Residents
- 23,768
- permanent resident population
- 31 Dec 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), STATPOP (opens in a new tab)
- Foreign residents
- 41.1%
- 9,772 residents without Swiss citizenship
- 31 Dec 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), STATPOP (opens in a new tab)
- Communal tax rate
- 61%
- coefficient communal, in % of the cantonal base tax
- 2026 · État de Vaud (opens in a new tab)
- Vacancy rate
- 0.28%
- 34 empty homes (Switzerland: 0.84%)
- 1 June 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO) (opens in a new tab)
- Monthly pass, one zone
- CHF 71
- Mobilis fare network, adult, 2nd class
- 2026, until 12 Dec · Mobilis, Communauté tarifaire vaudoise (opens in a new tab)
- Registration deadline
- 8 days
- after arrival, at the Contrôle des habitants
- 2026 · Ville de Nyon (opens in a new tab)
Services in Nyon
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How do you register when you move to Nyon?
New residents report their arrival in person at the residents' office (Contrôle des habitants), Place du Château 3, within 8 days. For people moving from abroad, this visit also starts the permit application. Fees for arrivals from abroad range from CHF 35 to CHF 140 per person, and family members moving together attend together.
Nyon applies the Vaud rule: an arrival is reported within 8 days, and the date that counts is the real moving date, which is not always the start date on the lease(nyon.ch, checked ). A notice from the landlord or letting agency does not replace the resident's own visit. Each person over 15 fills in a separate form, and original identity documents are checked at the counter(nyon.ch, checked ).
EU/EFTA citizens arriving from abroad apply for their residence permit through this arrival report, using the EU/EFTA arrival form and form T1. No certificate of residence is issued automatically; it is requested separately(nyon.ch, checked ). Permit types are explained in Swiss permits B, L and C, and the steps that apply in every commune in registering at your commune.
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What is Nyon like to live in?
Nyon lies on Lake Geneva in the district of Nyon, canton of Vaud, where French is the official language. It had 23,768 residents at the end of 2025, 41.1% of them foreign nationals, and the town counted 18,180 jobs in 2023. Direct trains to Geneva take 15 to 16 minutes.
The city counted 18,180 jobs and 2,471 businesses in 2023(nyon.ch, checked ). Housing is tight: on 1 June 2026 only 34 homes stood empty, a vacancy rate of 0.28% against 0.84% for Switzerland as a whole(FSO vacancy count, checked ). Search services are listed under apartment search in Nyon.
Direct RE and IR trains run from Nyon to Geneva in 15 to 16 minutes on a weekday morning (October 2026 timetable)(Swiss timetable, checked ). Local buses belong to the Mobilis fare network, where a monthly adult pass costs CHF 71 for one zone and CHF 78 for two zones in 2nd class; Mobilis has announced new prices from 13 December 2026(Mobilis, checked ). The wider region is covered on the Geneva page.
For 2026, Nyon's communal tax rate is 61% of the cantonal base tax(vd.ch, checked ); the canton levies its own rate of 155% on the same base(ESTV, checked ).
What else do people ask about living in Nyon?
When do I have to register in Nyon?
Within 8 days of arriving, in person at the Contrôle des habitants, Place du Château 3. The date that counts is the day of the actual move.
How long is the train from Nyon to Geneva?
Direct trains take 15 to 16 minutes to Geneva's main station, according to the October 2026 timetable.
Is it hard to find a flat in Nyon?
Vacancies are low: 34 homes, or 0.28% of the housing stock, were empty on 1 June 2026, against 0.84% nationally.
Sources
Last checked by the expat-services.ch editorial team
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO), STATPOP Permanent and non permanent resident population by year, canton, district, commune, population type, citizenship (category), sex and age (opens in a new tab)
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO) Logements vacants au 1er juin, dans les communes de plus de 5000 habitants (opens in a new tab)
- État de Vaud Arrêtés d'imposition 2026: taux des impôts communaux (opens in a new tab)
- Federal Tax Administration (ESTV) Steuerfüsse in den Kantonshauptorten 2026, natürliche Personen (opens in a new tab)
- Mobilis, Communauté tarifaire vaudoise Tarifs Mobilis : Options et Abonnements Vaud (opens in a new tab)
- Ville de Nyon Arrivée en tant que ressortissant UE/AELE en provenance de l'étranger (opens in a new tab)
- Ville de Nyon Chiffres-clé (opens in a new tab)
- transport.opendata.ch (Swiss public transport timetable) Connections Nyon to Genève, 22 Oct 2026 from 08:00 (opens in a new tab)
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