Vinzel (French pronunciation: [vɛ̃zɛl]) is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Barry of Six, Azure a Mullet of Five Or and Argent.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (241 or 81.7%) as their first language, with German being second most common (20 or 6.8%) and English being third (15 or 5.1%).

[9] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Vinzel is; 49 children or 14.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 58 teenagers or 16.6% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[12] The entire hamlet of Vinzel is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 27.82% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 99 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 56.3%.

[8] There were 155 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.6% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 8 or 26.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 26.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 7 or 23.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 6.7% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 102 or 34.6% were Roman Catholic, while 124 or 42.0% 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.