Ségny (), also written Segny, is a commune in the

Ain Ain (, ; ) is a French department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where it ...

department in eastern

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. Ségny is situated in the east of the department, in a district of the

Lake Geneva Lake Geneva is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the List of largest lakes of Europe, largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône. Sixty percent () ...

/ River Rhône basin known as the Pays de Gex. It lies on the important RN 5 trunk road from

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

Geneva Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the ca ...

and is just five minutes by road from

Geneva Cointrin International Airport Geneva Airport – formerly and still unofficially known as Cointrin Airport – is an international airport of Geneva, the second most populous city in Switzerland. It is located northwest of the city centre. It surpassed the 15-million-pas ...

. A local bus service connects Ségny to Geneva city centre, which is some away. Ségny became a member of the Pays de Gex Community of Communes on 1 January 1996. The commune is bordered by

Cessy Cessy () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. The area was first inhabited by two farming families in the eleventh century, and as the town has grown its agricultural heritage has remained a significant feature, with the pop ...

to the north, Versonnex to the east,

Prévessin-Moëns Prévessin-Moëns () is a commune in the Department of Ain, in France. It is located in the western suburbs of Geneva. Geography The commune of Prévessin-Moëns is situated between the Jura mountains and the Alps, with a view of Mont Blan ...

and

Ornex Ornex (; ) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Geography It is located on the former N5 highway between the Jura mountains and the Swiss border. Located nine kilometres from Geneva, many inhabitants commute across the Sw ...

to the south, and

Échenevex Échenevex () is a Communes of France, commune in the Ain Departments of France, department in eastern France. , it is the commune with the fifth highest median per capita income (€51,020 per year) in France.Chevry to the west.

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