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  • It shares a unique distinction with municipalities such as New York City (global headquarters of the UN), Basel (Bank for International Settlements), and Strasbourg (Council
    of Europe) as a city which serves as the headquarters of at least one critical international organization without being the capital of a country.

  • Growth is higher in the French part of the metropolitan area (+1.93% per year between 2009 and 2020) than in the Swiss part (+1.17% per year between 2009 and 2020), as Geneva
    attracts many French commuters due to high Swiss salaries and a favorable Franco-Swiss tax regime for French residents working in Switzerland.

  • In 2004, a public transnational body called Projet d’agglomération franco-valdo-genevois (“Franco-Vaud-Genevan urban area project”) was created to serve as the main body of
    metropolitan cooperation for the planning territory defined in 1997, with more local French councils taking part in this new public body than in the CRFG created in 1973.

  • English is also common due to a high number of Anglophone residents working in international institutions and the bank sector.

  • [9] Since 2013, the Canton of Geneva, the Nyon District (in the canton of Vaud), and the ‘Metropolitan hub of the French Genevan territory’, this last one a federation of
    eight French intercommunal councils, have formed Grand Genève (“Greater Geneva”), a Local Grouping of Transnational Cooperation (GLCT in French, a public entity under Swiss law) in charge of organizing cooperation within the cross-border metropolitan
    area of Geneva (in particular metropolitan transports).

  • As a result, three times as many Roman Catholics as Protestants lived in the city in 2000, while a large number of residents were members of neither group.

  • The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 135 and the non-Swiss population increased by 3181
    people.

  • Due to the small size of the municipality of Geneva 6 sq mi[6] and extension of the urban area over an international border, official bodies of transnational cooperation were
    developed as early as the 1970s to manage the cross-border Greater Geneva area at a metropolitan level.

  • This race takes place in Geneva’s Old Town, and has been popular across all ages.

  • Finally in 2012 the Projet d’agglomération franco-valdo-genevois was renamed Grand Genève (“Greater Geneva”), and the following year it was transformed into a Local Grouping
    of Transnational Cooperation (GLCT in French), a public entity under Swiss law, which now serves as the executive body of the Grand Genève.

  • It is made up of 80 members, with elections held every five years.

  • A variety of concord with the civil authorities came as a result of the separation of church and state, enacted with strong Catholic support in 1907.

  • By the 18th century, Geneva had come under the influence of Catholic France, which cultivated the city as its own.

  • [9] The Geneva metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing in Europe.

  • The executive committee of the World Communion of Reformed Churches voted in 2012 to move its offices to Hanover, Germany, citing the high costs of running the ecumenical
    organization in Geneva, Switzerland.

  • [12] Geneva is a global city, a financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy due to the presence of numerous international organizations, including the headquarters
    of many agencies of the United Nations[13] and the Red Cross.

  • [53] For a list of the largest groups of foreign residents see the cantonal overview.

  • Elections for the Administrative Council are held every five years.

  • Aerial view (1966) In the Middle Ages, Geneva was ruled by a count under the Holy Roman Empire until the late 14th century, when it was granted a charter giving it a high
    degree of self-governance.

  • According to Radio Télévision Suisse in 2013 hundreds of thousands of people came to Geneva to see the annual hour-long grand firework display of the Fêtes de Genève.

  • Over the past century, substantial immigration from France and other predominantly Catholic countries, as well as general secularization, has changed its religious landscape.

  • Around this time, the House of Savoy came to at least nominally dominate the city.

  • 2001 saw the creation of a Comité stratégique de développement des transports publics régionaux (“Strategic Committee for the Development of Regional Public Transports”, DTPR
    in French), a committee which adopted in 2003 a ‘Charter for Public Transports’, first step in the development of a metropolitan, cross-border commuter rail network (see Léman Express).

  • [65] As this is one of the world’s oldest records of a plant’s reaction to climatic conditions, researchers have been interested to note that the first bud has been appearing
    earlier and earlier in the year.

  • In the first half of the 16th century, the Protestant Reformation reached the city, causing religious strife, during which Savoy rule was thrown off and Geneva allied itself
    with the Swiss Confederacy.

  • It constituted the epicentre of the newly developing Protestant thought that would later become known as the Reformed tradition.

  • [24] Country: Switzerland; Canton: Geneva; Government: Executive: Conseil administratif, with 5 members; Mayor: La Mairie (list) Marie Barbey-Chappuis The Centre, (as of June
    2022); Parliament: Conseil municipal, with 80 members; Area: Total: 6.15 sq mi; Elevation, (Pont du Mont Blanc): 375 m (1,230 ft); Highest elevation, (Chemin du Pommier): 457 m (1,499 ft); Lowest elevation, (Le Rhône): 370 m (1,210 ft); Population,
    (2018-12-31)[2]: Total: 201,818; Density: 33,000/sq mi; Demonym(s): Genevan or Genevese, French: Genevois(e); Time zone: UTC+01:00 (Central European Time); Summer (DST): UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time); Postal code(s): 1200, or 1201–09
    Genève, 1213 Petit-Lancy, 1227 Les Acacias[3];; SFOS number: 6621; Surrounded by: Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier Name The city was mentioned in Latin texts, by Caesar, with the spelling
    Genava,[25] probably from the Celtic *genawa- from the stem *genu- (“mouth”), in the sense of an estuary, an etymology shared with the Italian port city of Genoa (in Italian Genova).

  • Geneva flourished in the 19th and 20th centuries, becoming the seat of many international organizations.

  • Geneva is the main media center for French-speaking Switzerland.

  • As a result, the urban area and the metropolitan area largely extend across the border on French territory.

  • In 1802, during its annexation to France under Napoleon I, the Diocese of Geneva was united with the Diocese of Chambéry, but the 1814 Congress of Vienna and the 1816 Treaty
    of Turin stipulated that in the territories transferred to a now considerably extended Geneva, the Catholic religion was to be protected and that no changes were to be made in existing conditions without an agreement with the Holy See.

  • This gives the left-wing parties four out of the five seats and, for the first time in history, a female majority.

  • In 2000 there were 128,622 residents, or 72.3% of the population, who spoke French as a first language.

  • [7] The Geneva Functional Urban Area covers a land area of 885 sq mi (24.2% in Switzerland, 75.8% in France)[8] and had 1,044,766 inhabitants in Jan. 2020 (Swiss estimates
    and French census), 58.0% of them on Swiss territory and 42.0% on French territory.

  • Due to the proximity to France, many French television channels are also available.

  • [52] Apartment buildings in the Quartier des Grottes Geneva, with Lake Geneva in the background In 2000, there were 743 single family homes (or 10.6% of the total) out of
    a total of 6,990 inhabited buildings.

  • [29] Crime[edit] See also: Crime in Switzerland In 2014 the incidence of crimes listed in the Swiss Criminal Code in Geneva was 143.9 per thousand residents.

  • Its population rose from 888,651 in Jan. 2009[51] to 1,044,766 in Jan. 2020, which means the metropolitan area registered a population growth rate of +1.48% per year during
    those 11 years.

  • In 1997 an ‘Urban planning charter’ of the CRFG defined for the first time a planning territory called agglomération franco-valdo-genevoise (“Franco-Vaud-Genevan urban area”).

  • In recent years, they have usually been in late February (sometimes earlier).

  • At the same time, there were 2933 non-Swiss men and 2662 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland.

  • France tended to be at odds with the ordinary townsfolk, which inspired the failed Geneva Revolution of 1782, an attempt to win representation in the government for men of
    modest means.

  • Since 1818, a particular chestnut tree has been used as the official “herald of the spring” in Geneva.

  • Politics Coat of arms[edit] Coat of arms of Geneva as part of the pavement in front of the Reformation Wall, 2013 Administrative divisions[edit] The city is divided into eight
    quartiers, or districts, sometimes composed of several neighbourhoods.

  • Geneva hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world.

  • [29] Napoleon’s common policy granted civil rights to Catholics in Protestant-majority areas, as well as the reverse, and also emancipated Jews.

  • [40] Government[edit] See also: List of mayors of Geneva The Administrative Council (Conseil administratif) constitutes the executive government of the city of Geneva and
    operates as a collegiate authority.

  • [6] The city of Geneva is at the centre of the Geneva metropolitan area, a Functional Urban Area (as per Eurostat methodology) which extends over Swiss territory (entire Canton
    of Geneva and part of the canton of Vaud) and French territory (parts of the departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie).

  • The population was made up of 46,284 Swiss men (24.2% of the population) and 45,127 (23.6%) non-Swiss men.

  • Reaction to the new movement varied across Switzerland.

  • Traditions and customs[edit] Geneva observes Jeûne genevois on the first Thursday following the first Sunday in September.

  • [20] The city has been referred to as the world’s most compact metropolis[21] and the “Peace Capital”.

  • [44] The last election of the Municipal Council was held on 15 March 2020 for the (législature) of 2020–2025.

  • [19] In 2019, Geneva was ranked among the ten most liveable cities in the world by Mercer together with Zürich and Basel.

  • [63] Heritage sites of national significance There are 82 buildings or sites in Geneva that are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance, and the entire old
    city of Geneva is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

  • The official language of Geneva (both the city and the canton) is French.

  • There were 1,852 households that were made up of unrelated people and 3,038 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.

  • [56] As of 2000, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) made up 18.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) made up 65.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make
    up 16%.

  • [16][17][18] In 2021, Geneva was ranked as the world’s ninth most important financial centre for competitiveness by the Global Financial Centres Index, fifth in Europe behind
    London, Zürich, Frankfurt and Luxembourg.

  • The city of Geneva (ville de Genève) had a population of 203,951 in 2020 (Jan. estimate)[5] within its small municipal territory of 6 sq mi,[6] but the Canton of Geneva (the
    city and its closest Swiss suburbs and exurbs) had a population of 504,128 (Jan. 2020 estimate)[5] over 95 sq mi,[6] and together with the suburbs and exurbs located in the canton of Vaud and in the French departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie
    the cross-border Geneva metropolitan area as officially defined by Eurostat,[7] which extends over 885 sq mi,[8] had a population of 1,044,766 in Jan. 2020 (Swiss estimates and French census).

  • The following year, one of the hottest years recorded in Europe, was a year with no bud.

  • In the 15th century, an oligarchic republican government emerged with the creation of the Grand Council.

  • The Council holds its meetings in the Town Hall (Hôtel de Ville), in the old city.

  • While this event has no practical effect, the sautier issues a formal press release and the local newspaper will usually mention the news.

  • [26][27] The medieval county of Geneva in Middle Latin was known as pagus major Genevensis or Comitatus Genevensis (also Gebennensis).

  • After 1400 it became the Genevois province of Savoy (albeit not extending to the city proper, until the reformation of the seat of the Bishop of Geneva).

  • There were 2,758 multi-family buildings (39.5%), along with 2,886 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (41.3%) and 603 other use buildings (commercial
    or industrial) that also had some housing (8.6%).

  • [54] As of 2000, there were 78,666 people who were single and never married in the municipality.

  • [10] The Grand Genève GLCT extends over 771 sq mi[11] and had a population of 1,037,407 in Jan. 2020 (Swiss estimates and French census), 58.4% of them living on Swiss territory,
    and 41.6% on French territory.

  • The Grand Genève GLCT extends over 771 sq mi[11] and had a population of 1,025,316 in Jan. 2019 (Swiss estimates and French census), 58.5% of them living on Swiss territory,
    and 41.5% on French territory.

  • The greatest number of single family homes (277) were built between 1919 and 1945.

  • [49][50] Demographics Population[edit] The Flowered Clock at the Quai du Général-Guisan (English Garden), during the 2012 Geneva Festival Rue Pierre-Fatio in Geneva The city
    of Geneva (ville de Genève) had a population 203,951 in 2020 (Jan. estimate)[5] within its small municipal territory of 6 sq mi.

 

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