Gland (French pronunciation: [ɡlɑ̃] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] In 1923 Gland provided the venue for the European Division meeting of the Seventh-day Adventists, where the German Adventist leaders said they regarded whether to serve as combatant in times of war was a matter which should be left to the conscience of individual members of their church.

The opening of the highway linking Geneva with Lausanne brought many commuters to this once-quiet place.

It is only since the mid-1980s that Gland has started to grow into a town with its own businesses and shopping centers.

Gland has an area, as of 2009[update], of 8.3 square kilometers (3.2 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 3.33 km2 (1.29 sq mi) or 40.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, from a hill Vert an Oak-tree of the same fructed Or.

[11] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Gland is; 1,464 children or 13.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1,523 teenagers or 13.5% are between 10 and 19.

[10] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14] The private house "La Villa a Rajada", designed in 1961 by the architectural collaboration of Jakob and Christian Hunziker with Robert Frei, with sculptures by Henri Presset and ceramics by Philippe Lamberoy, along with its outbuildings and land, are listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[15][16] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 21.38% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 2,221 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 39.5%.

[17] Since it is located halfway between the cities of Geneva and Lausanne, many international companies and organizations have offices in Gland, among others Sun Microsystems, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), the Ramsar Convention and World Wide Fund for Nature.

In the tertiary sector; 1,118 or 34.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 80 or 2.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 156 or 4.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 106 or 3.3% were in the information industry, 243 or 7.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 157 or 4.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 209 or 6.4% were in education and 336 or 10.3% were in health care.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 3,565 or 36.9% were Roman Catholic, while 2,943 or 30.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

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.

The library has (as of 2008[update]) 22,346 books or other media, and loaned out 41,248 items in the same year.