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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 ...
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Aire-la-Ville Aire-la-Ville is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland. History Aire-la-Ville is first mentioned in 1429 as ''Aeria Villa''. In 1666 it was mentioned as ''Haire-la-Ville''. Geography Aire-la-Ville has an area, , of . Of this ar ...
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Anières Anières is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland. The inhabitants are known as the "Aniérois". It is known for having some of the most expensive housing in the Geneva area. History Anières is first mentioned in 1179 as '' uill ...
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Avully Avully is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland. History Avully is first mentioned in 1220 as ''Avulie''. Geography Avully has an area, , of . Of this area, or 64.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 15.0% is forested ...
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Avusy Avusy (; frp, Avouesi) is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland. History Avusy is first mentioned in 1260 as ''Avussie''. Geography Avusy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while o ...
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Bardonnex Bardonnex is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland. History Bardonnex is first mentioned in 1153 as ''Bardonacum''. Geography Bardonnex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 73.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or ...
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Bellevue Bellevue means "beautiful view" in French. It may refer to: Placenames Australia * Bellevue, Western Australia * Bellevue Hill, New South Wales * Bellevue, Queensland * Bellevue, Glebe, an historic house in Sydney, New South Wales Canada ...
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Carouge Carouge () is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Carouge is first mentioned in the Early Middle Ages as ''Quadruvium'' and ''Quatruvio''. In 1248 it was mentioned as ''Carrogium'' while in the 14th Century it was kn ...
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Céligny Céligny is a municipality in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It consists of two small exclaves of the Canton of Geneva surrounded by the Canton of Vaud, near Crans-près-Céligny. History Céligny is first mentioned in 1163 as ''Siliniacum ...
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Chancy Chancy is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. The westernmost point of the country is located there. History Chancy is first mentioned in 1240 as ''Chancie''. Geography Chancy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.2% is ...
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Chêne-Bougeries Chêne-Bougeries is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Chêne-Bougeries is first mentioned in 1270 as ''Quercus''. In 1801 it was mentioned as ''Chêne-les-Bougeries''. Chêne-Bougeries was inhabited for most of its his ...
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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 forest ...
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Collex-Bossy Collex-Bossy is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Both Collex and Bossy were first mentioned in 1258. Collex was called ''Coliacum'' while Bossy was ''Bocium''. Between 1790-1855 the municipality also included the v ...
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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 ' ...
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Confignon Confignon is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Confignon is first mentioned in 1153 as ''Cofiniacum''. The current, independent municipality was created in 1851 when the former municipality of Onex-Confignon divided i ...
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Corsier 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 ...
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Dardagny Dardagny () is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. In 1978, Dardagny received the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage. History Dardagny was first mentioned in 1309 as ''Dardaniacum''. ...
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Genève , neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier , website = https://www.geneve.ch/ Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...
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Genthod Genthod is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Genthod is first mentioned around 1301-1400 as ''Gentouz''. Geography Genthod has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 8.0 ...
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Le Grand-Saconnex Le Grand-Saconnex () is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. Several international organizations and permanent missions to the United Nations are located in Grand Saconnex. Consequently, the population of Grand Saconnex is quite ...
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Hermance Hermance () is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Hermance is first mentioned in 1247 as ''intra Armentia''. In 1271 it was mentioned as ''Eremencia''. Geography Hermance has an area, , of . Of this area, or 57.6% ...
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Laconnex Laconnex () is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Laconnex is first mentioned in 1225 as ''Laconay''. In 1231 it was mentioned as ''Lacunay''. Geography Laconnex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 79.9% is used for ...
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Lancy Lancy is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Lancy is first mentioned in 1097 as ''Lanciaco'' meaning "fearless". Geography Lancy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 5.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or ...
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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 f ...
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Meyrin Meyrin () is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. The main site of CERN, the European particle physics research organisation, is in Meyrin. Meyrin was originally a small agricultural village until the 1950s, when construction of ...
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Perly-Certoux Perly-Certoux is a municipality of the canton of Geneva in Switzerland. History Perly is first mentioned in 1124 as ''de Perliaco''. Certoux was mentioned in 1537 as ''Sartoux''. Geography Perly-Certoux has an area, , of . Of this area, or ...
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Plan-les-Ouates Plan-les-Ouates () is a municipality of the canton of Geneva in Switzerland. History Plan-les-Ouates is first mentioned in 1537 as ''Plan-des-Vuattes''. In 1851 it became an independent municipality when the municipality of Compesières dissolv ...
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Pregny-Chambésy Pregny-Chambésy is a Municipalities of Switzerland, commune in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland. It is located directly north of the city of Geneva, on the south-western shore of Lake Geneva. A number of foreign Diplomatic mission, permanent ...
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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 ...
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Puplinge Puplinge is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland. History According to Pierre Bertrand, the village of Puplinge was part of ancient Burgundy and settled in 443 by 'le peuple germanique des Burgondes' The name of the village ...
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Russin Russin is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland. History Russin is first mentioned around 1100 as ''Russino und Rucins''. In 1217 it was mentioned as ''Russins''. Geography Russin has an area, , of . Of this area, or 53.6% ...
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Satigny Satigny is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It is the largest municipality of the canton by land area and the largest wine-producing municipality of the country. Its territory contains the majority of the Mandement area, a desi ...
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Soral Soral is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Soral is first mentioned in 1236 as ''Sorraz''. Geography Soral has an area, , of . Of this area, or 82.7% is used for agricultural purposes, ...
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Thônex Thônex () is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It is situated in the east of the canton and shares a border with the French town of Ambilly. History In 1869 the municipality was created when Chêne-Thônex split into two indep ...
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Troinex Troinex is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. Geography Troinex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 67.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 7.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 26.3% is settled (build ...
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Versoix Versoix () is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, which sits on the north-west side of Lake Geneva, north-east of the city of Geneva. Geography Versoix has an area, , of . Of this area, or 29.1% is used for agricultural purpo ...
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Veyrier Veyrier is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. Geography Veyrier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 33.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 50.6% is settled (build ...


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{{Municipalities of Switzerland by canton Canton of Geneva
Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...