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Meinier
Meinier is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Meinier is first mentioned in 1153 as ''de maniaco''. Around 1344 it was mentioned as ''Meignier''. Geography Meinier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 80.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 3.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.3%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 1.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rouelbeau Castle
Rouelbeau Castle is a ruined Upland and lowland, lowland Fortification, fortress in the Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality of Meinier and the only comprehensively visible remnant of a medieval castle in the Canton of Geneva in Switzerland. It is a Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance, heritage site of national significance. Name The site has been known under a variety of names, including ''Bâtie Compey'', ''Bâtie Cholay'', ''Sonneyro'' or ''Sonnoyre,'' and ''Soubeyron'' or ''Souveyron''. The latter ones have been traced by some to the term ''sous-Voirons'' ("under-will-see"), but other have doubted that logic. The first mention of the name ''Roillebot'' - later transcribed as ''Rouelbeau'' - has been dated to 1536: The name which has been used in modern times is said to be a combination of the French verb ''roiller'' and the noun ''Bot'' from the old local dialect. The former can be translated with "to rain heavily" and, more specif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collonge-Bellerive
Collonge-Bellerive () is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Collonge-Bellerive is first mentioned in 1153 as ''Collonges''. In 1275 Saint-Maurice is first mentioned as ''Sancto Mauricio'' and Vésenaz first in 1314 as ''Vysinaz''. Until 1799 it was known as ''Collonge sur Bellerive''. It became part of the Canton of Geneva in 1816. Geography Collonge-Bellerive has an area, , of . Of this area, or 37.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 4.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 58.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choulex
Choulex is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Choulex is first mentioned in 1153 as ''Cholay''. Geography Choulex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 73.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 9.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.0% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 11.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 5.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 52.4% is used for gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsier, Geneva
Corsier (, locally ) is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Corsier is first mentioned in 1297 as ''Corsiacum''. Between 1816-58 Corsier and Anières formed a single municipality. Geography Corsier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 57.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 2.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 40.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.4% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2018 data accessed 26 July 2020 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 27.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.0%. while parks, green belts and sports f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gy, Switzerland
Gy is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Gy is first mentioned in 1227 as ''Gyez''. In 1289 it was mentioned as ''Giez''. In 1851 the municipality separated from Jussy to form an independent municipality.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 18 February 2011 Geography Gy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 57.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 1.8% is unproductive land.2009 dat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jussy, Switzerland
Jussy () is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. The historical Chateau Du Crest is located here. History Jussy is first mentioned in 1180 as ''Jussiacum Episcopi''. Geography Jussy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 36.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 45.8% is used for growing crops and 3.6% is pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presinge
Presinge is a municipality of the canton of Geneva in Switzerland. History Presinge is first mentioned after 1000 as ''in Presiago''. In 1180 it was mentioned as ''villa que appellatur Presingium''. The village of Presinge was part of ancient Burgundy and settled in 443 by 'le peuple germanique des Burgondes'. Regarding the German-sounding names of the surrounding villages - albeit now with French spelling (adding an '-e' to the ending) - the text cites the villages of Presinge, Puplinge, Corsinge, Merlinge, etc. - 'which tended to indicate an area of Germanic preponderance'. The branch of the noble family (Presinge/Pressinge) that gave its name to the village decreased in influence and number very gradually over the centuries. There is a copy of an old map dated 1740 by Philippe Bauche (the original is kept in the Bibliothèque de Genève) showing the other old spelling of "Pressinge". Geography Presinge has an area, , of . Of this area, or 67.8% is used for agricultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Geneva
The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva (french: link=no, République et canton de Genève; frp, Rèpublica et canton de Geneva; german: Republik und Kanton Genf; it, Repubblica e Cantone di Ginevra; rm, Republica e chantun Genevra), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of forty-five municipalities and the seat of the government and parliament is in the City of Geneva. Geneva is the French-speaking westernmost canton of Switzerland. It lies at the western end of Lake Geneva and on both sides of the Rhone, its main river. Within the country, the canton shares borders with Vaud to the east, the only adjacent canton. However, the borders of the canton are essentially international, with the French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. As is the case in several other Swiss cantons ( Ticino, Neuchâtel, and Jura), Geneva is referred to as a republic within the Swiss Confederation. One of the most populated cantons, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Switzerland
french: Parti liberal suisse it, Partito Liberale Svizzero rm, Partida liberala svizra , logo = LPS.Logo.jpg , foundation = , dissolution = , merged = FDP.The Liberals , headquarters = Spitalgasse 32, Case postale 71073001 Bern , ideology = Libertarianism (Switzerland)Economic liberalismSoft Euroscepticism , position = Centre-right , international = Liberal International , european = European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , colours = Blue , country = Switzerland The Liberal Party of Switzerland (german: link=no, Liberale Partei der Schweiz, french: link=no, Parti liberal suisse, it, Partito Liberale Svizzero, rm, Partida liberala svizra) was a political party in Switzerland with economically liberal policies. It was known as a party of the upper class. On 1 January 2009 it merged with the larger Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) to establish FDP.The Liberals. It was strongest in the Protestant cantons in Romandy, particularly in the cantons of Geneva, Vaud a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inventory Of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage. Sites of national importance Types The types are based on the Ordinance and consolidated/translated as follows: *city: german: Stadt, Stadt/Flecken, it, città, french: ville *town: german: Kleinstadt, Kleinstadt (Flecken), it, borgo, borgo/cittadina, french: petite ville *urbanized village: german: verstädtertes Dorf, it, villaggio urbanizzato, french: village urbanisé, rm, vischnanca urbanisada *village: german: Dorf, it, villaggio, french: village, rm, vischnanca *hamlet: german: Weiler, it, frazione, frazione (casale), french: hameau, rm, aclaun *special case: german: Spezialfall, it, caso particolare, french: cas particulier, cas spécial, rm, cas spezial References * External links ISOS* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heritage Sites Heritage registers in Switzerland Switzerland geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Swiss Federal Election
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007. For the 48th legislative term of the federal parliament (2007–2011), voters in 26 cantons elected all 200 members of the National Council as well as 43 out of 46 members of the Council of States. The other three members of the Council of States for that term of service were elected at an earlier date.The date of the election of the members of the Council of States is a matter of cantonal law. 24 cantons have chosen to let the elections coincide with the federally regulated National Council elections. Two cantons are electing their members of the Council of States at an earlier date: Zug reelected its incumbents Peter Bieri and Rolf Schweiger on 29 October 2006, while Appenzell Innerrhoden elected Ivo Bischofsberger as its o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party (german: Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; rm, Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (french: Union démocratique du centre, UDC; it, Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a national-conservative, right-wing populist political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Marco Chiesa, it is the largest party in the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, Federal Assembly, with 53 members of the National Council of Switzerland, National Council and 6 of the Council of States of Switzerland, Council of States. The SVP originated in 1971 as a merger of the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB) and the Democratic Party (Switzerland), Democratic Party, while the BGB, in turn, had been founded in the context of the emerging local farmers' parties in the late 1910s. The SVP initially did not enjoy any increased support beyond that of the BGB, retaining around 11% of the vote through the 1970s and 1980s. This changed however duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
