Prangins (French pronunciation: ) is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located on Lake Geneva. Prangins is first mentioned around 1135-85 as Prengins. Following the fall of the Second French Empire, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte and his wife, Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy, resided in exile at Château de Prangins, where Charles I of Austria and his family would later take residence briefly, beginning 20 May 1919. Prangins has an area, as of 2009, of 6 square kilometers (2.3 sq mi). Of this area, 3.3 km2 (1.3 sq mi) or 54.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.79 km2 (0.31 sq mi) or 13.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.89 km2 (0.73 sq mi) or 31.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land. More information...
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