Vinzel

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Vinzel

Total population

380

Elevation455 m

Land area1.1 km²

Coordinates46.45°, 6.28°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Vinzel is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Archduke Rudolf of Austria

Archduke of Austria (1919–2010)

E

Ernest Mamboury

Swiss historian (1878-1953)

Charles-Jules Guiguer

Swiss politician (1780-1840)

Guy Parmelin

Swiss politician

Éric Rochat

Swiss politician

Nassim Ben Khalifa

Swiss association football player

B

Bert Beverly Beach

American theologian and author (1928–2022)

C

Charles-Edouard de Bavier

Swiss diplomat (1893-1975)

J

Jean-Louis Ancrenaz

Swiss politician (1814-1879)

F

Francis Pernoux

Swiss politician (1850-1905)

Olivier Feller

Swiss politician

Y

Yvan Leyvraz

Swiss aid worker (1954-1986)

L

Louis Bonnet

Swiss theologian (1805-1892)

D

Duchess Charlotte, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Austrian and Mecklenburg-Strelitzish Imperial and Royal

A

Alfred Aubert

Swiss politician (1859-1923)

A

Albert Bonnard

Swiss journalist (1858-1917)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Vaud

• Luins
  0.5 mi away · pop. 611
• Bursins
  0.6 mi away · pop. 522
• Gilly
  1.1 mi away · pop. 768
• Dully
  1.4 mi away · pop. 617
• Bursinel
  1.4 mi away · pop. 472
• Begnins
  1.5 mi away · pop. 1,335
• Burtigny
  1.8 mi away · pop. 311
• Gland
  1.8 mi away · pop. 11,947
• Vich
  1.9 mi away · pop. 734
• Tartegnin
  2.2 mi away · pop. 228
• Bassins
  2.5 mi away · pop. 832
• Coinsins
  2.6 mi away · pop. 368

Browse all places in Vaud →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Lacrymaria pyrotricha

Lacrymaria pyrotricha

Seen 2026-09-21

False Chanterelle

Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca

Seen 2026-09-21

Rosemary Beetle

Chrysolina americana

Seen 2026-09-21

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-09-20

Red-banded Polypore

Fomitopsis pinicola

Seen 2026-09-19

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Seen 2026-09-19

field maple

Acer campestre

Seen 2026-09-19

Old-man-of-the-woods

Strobilomyces strobilaceus

Seen 2026-09-19

shingled hedgehog

Sarcodon imbricatus

Seen 2026-09-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers