The following are the 45 municipalities of the canton of Geneva, as of 2017. [1]
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Geneva is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous of the French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, and a centre for international diplomacy. Geneva hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world.
The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva, is one of the 26 cantons of the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of forty-five municipalities, and the seat of the government and parliament is in the City of Geneva.
Léman was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire. Its name came from the French name of Lake Geneva, Lac Léman. It was formed in 1798, when the Republic of Geneva was annexed by the French Republic. Léman also included districts that were previously part of the departments of Mont-Blanc and Ain. Its territory corresponded with the present Swiss canton of Geneva and parts of the present French departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie.
Chêne-Bougeries is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
Chêne-Bourg is a municipality in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
Louis Jurine was a Swiss physician, surgeon and naturalist mainly interested in entomology. He lived in Geneva.
Montévrain is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Prévessin-Moëns is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France, in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Pervenchères is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
The Léman Express is a commuter rail network for the transborder agglomeration of Grand Genève in west Switzerland and the French Alps. Six lines serve Swiss and French towns along 230 km of railway.
Younan Properties, Inc. is a commercial real estate investment company, headquartered in Los Angeles, California and founded in 2002 by Zaya S. Younan. The company also has regional offices in Dallas, Houston, Colorado, Chicago and Phoenix.
Marie Blanche Selva was a French pianist, music educator, writer and composer of Spanish origin.
The Geneva University Hospitals is one of the five university hospitals of Switzerland and the largest one in the country. It is one of the largest hospitals in Europe.
The Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the city of Geneva is a museum and an institution of the City of Geneva.
The Musée d'ethnographie de Genève is one of the most important ethnographic museums in Switzerland.
Lionel Richard is a French poet, historian and a former professor for Cultural studies.
Barbara Borsinger (1892–1973) was a nurse from Baden, Switzerland (Aargau), who was active during World War I and World War II in welcoming children, refugees, injured civilians and victims of the World Wars to Switzerland. She founded the Nursery of the Friends of Children's Charity, which was later known as the Clinique des Grangettes, now a private hospital.
Anne Torcapel was a Swiss architect. She undertook many projects in and around her native city of Geneva, including villas, apartment buildings, other structures and enlargements and conversions.
Chêne-Bourg railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Chêne-Bourg, in the Swiss canton of Geneva. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge CEVA orbital railway line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Servette FC Chênois Féminin is a women's football club from Geneva, Switzerland. Its first team plays in the top tier in Switzerland and often in UEFA Champions League.