Gingins

Also known as Gingins VD

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

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Gingins
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Gingins COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Gingins Flag.svg
Swiss town.image_photo: Gingins Croix blanche.JPG
Swiss town.canton: Vaud
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-VD
Swiss town.district: Nyon
Swiss town.postal_code: 1276
Swiss town.municipality_code: 5719
Swiss town.area: 12.58
Swiss town.elevation: 542
Swiss town.population: 1008
Swiss town.populationof: 2003
Swiss town.website: www.gingins.ch
Swiss town.mayor_title: Syndic
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Chéserex, Grens, La Rippe, Prémanon (FR-39), Saint-Cergue, Trélex

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Official website

Commune de Gingins - site Internet officiel - Commune de Gingins

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Gingins
Population: 1221
Area: 12.56
Elevation: 1212
Official website: www.gingins.ch
Image: Gingins Croix blanche.JPG
Dialing code: 022
Licence plate code: VD

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Commons category: Gingins
postal code: 1276
P8168: Horst Ehrmantraut
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/5719

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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.