Chêne-Bourg

Chêne-Bourg
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Geneva (GE)
District :	No district division
BFS no. :	6613
Postal code :	1225
Coordinates :	501 818  /  117304 coordinates: 46 ° 12 '0 "  N , 6 ° 10' 0"  O ; CH1903:  501 818  /  117304
Height :	420  m above sea level M.
Height range :	402-430 m above sea level M.
Area :	1.28  km²
Residents:	8708 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	6803 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	36.9% (December 31, 2018)
Website:	www.chene-bourg.ch
Sunrise over Chêne-Bourg
Location of the municipality

Chêne-Bourg is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland .

geography

The municipality is located south of Lake Geneva and on the left bank of the Seymaz . The municipality is enclosed to the east by Thônex , to the west, on the other bank of the Seymaz, is Chêne-Bougeries .

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1968

history

The hamlet of Chêne is mentioned as Quercus in 1270 . Until the Treaty of Turin in 1754, Chêne-Bourg was part of Chêne (today: Chêne-Bougeries ). Then the left bank went to Savoy , while the right bank remained with the canton of Geneva and the place was thus divided into two. The municipality came together with Thônex, of which it had become part, to France in 1792 and finally to the Canton of Geneva again in 1816. In 1869 Chêne-Bourg became an independent municipality after separating from Thônex.

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1950	1980	2000	2010	2012	2014	2017
Residents	1375 (as part of Thônex )	1179	2477	5305	7221	8052	8072	8149	8617

Personalities

Louis Favre (1826–1879, born in Chêne-Bourg), Swiss engineer, responsible for the construction of the Gotthard tunnel

literature

• Christiane Genequand: Chêne-Bourg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2005 .

Web links

Commons : Chêne-Bourg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Chêne-Bourg
• Chêne-Bourg on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Population résidante selon l'origine et le sexe, par commune, depuis 2013 . (XLS, 147 kB) In: ge.ch. Statistical Office of the Canton of Geneva ( Office cantonal de la statistique  - OCSTAT), March 7, 2019, accessed on May 2, 2019 (French).