Commugny is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
[3] Commugny has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.5 square kilometers (2.5 sq mi).
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Pallet Argent, overall a Bell Or.
[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Commugny is; 323 children or 13.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 377 teenagers or 15.3% are between 10 and 19.
[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 21.78% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 622 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.3%.
[9] There were 1,301 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.6% of the workforce.
In the tertiary sector; 23 or 16.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 27 or 18.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 1.4% were in the information industry, 15 or 10.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 24 or 16.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 15 or 10.5% were in education and 6 or 4.2% were in health care.
[9] From the 2000 census[update], 853 or 32.8% were Roman Catholic, while 802 or 30.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.
[10] Commugny lies on the Way of St. James, one of the pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela.
In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.
The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.
[16] It was in Commugny that Jean Lanfray committed the murders that lead to absinthe being banned in Switzerland.
[19][20] George de Mestral inventor of Velcro lived and died in Commugny, where a road is named after him.