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Meyrin (French pronunciation:) is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. The main site of CERN , the European particle physics research organisation, is in Meyrin. [ 3 ] Meyrin was originally a small agricultural village until the 1950s, when construction of CERN began just to the north.
Municipalities in the canton of Geneva. ... Switzerland portal. Other countries; List. Coat Name Population (31 December 2020) [1] Area in km 2 [2] Aire-la-Ville ...
Romandy (French: Romandie or Suisse romande; Arpitan: Romandia) [note 1] is the French-speaking historical and cultural region of Switzerland.In 2020, about 2 million people, or 22.8% of the Swiss population, lived in Romandy. [1]
The Hôtel de Ville 1914 map, French edition. Le vieil Annecy ("Old Annecy"; not to be confused with Annecy-le-Vieux, formerly a neighboring town but now merged into Annecy), was a settlement from the time of the Romans. [6] Annecy was the court of the counts of Geneva [6] or Genevois from the 10th century. [7] It passed to the counts of Savoy ...
The border now encircles the City of Geneva. West of the city, it follows the Rhône for some 6 km (3.7 mi), until the westernmost point of Switzerland, at . The border passes between Geneva and Annemasse, heading east towards Saint-Cergues; it finally finds Lake Geneva from the south, at Hermance.
City Canton Local language Population Names in other languages Aarau: AG: de [1]: 16,500: L'Abbaye: VD: fr: Aigle: VD: fr: Alpnach: OW: de: 5,100: Appenzell: AI: de ...
Savoy (/ s ə ˈ v ɔɪ /; [2] French: Savoie ⓘ) [n 1] is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps.Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south and west and to the Aosta Valley in the east.
The Grand Genève GLCT comprises 8 members and 2 associate members. [3] [6]8 members: Canton of Geneva; City of Geneva; Canton of Vaud; Region of Nyon (a federation of all the communes in the Nyon District to coordinate regional planning; note: the Nyon District is only a deconcentrated subdivision of the Canton of Vaud, and as such is not a legal person and is not member of Grand Genève ...