Celigny

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Celigny
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Geneva (GE)
District :	No district division
BFS no. :	6610
Postal code :	1298
Coordinates :	504 655  /  133936 coordinates: 46 ° 21 '0 "  N , 6 ° 12' 0"  O ; CH1903:  504 655  /  133936
Height :	430  m above sea level M.
Height range :	372–478 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.66  km²
Residents:	799 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	171 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	29.2% (December 31, 2018)
Website:	www.celigny.ch
Celigny
Location of the municipality

Céligny is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland . Céligny forms two enclaves of the canton of Geneva on the right bank of Lake Geneva , one of which is an enclave in the canton of Vaud .

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1950	1990	2000	2010	2012	2014	2016	2017
Residents	312	390	415	633	599	657	623	683	766	787

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Céligny

Personalities

Jaques Mallet-du-Pan , who is considered a pioneer of political journalism , was born in Céligny in 1749 as the son of a clergyman. Another son of the place was the chemist Marc Delafontaine (1838-1911), one of the discoverers of the element holmium . The Italian engineer, economist and sociologist Vilfredo Pareto lived in Céligny from 1901 until his death in 1923, as did the Welsh actor Richard Burton .

graveyard

At the local cemetery, Elisabeth Taylor wanted to find her final resting place next to Richard Burton, but was not allowed to do so. Today rest there:

• Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923), Italian engineer, economist and sociologist
• Richard Burton (1925-1984), actor
• Alistair MacLean (1922-1987), writer
• Alfred Werner (1914–2005), pastor, writer and musicologist
• Ernst Schmidheiny (1902–1985), Swiss industrialist and founder of the Ernst Schmidheiny Foundation

literature

• Catherine Santschi: Céligny. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2005 .

Web links

Commons : Céligny  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Céligny on the ETHorama platform
• Official website of the municipality of Céligny
• Céligny 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). 
3. ↑ View: Grave: Liz Taylor's last wish is not fulfilled . ( blick.ch [accessed on October 14, 2018]).