Carouge

Carouge

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Geneva Geneva (GE)
District :	No district divisionw
BFS no. :	6608i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	1227
UN / LOCODE :	CH CRG (Carouge) CH LES (Les Acacias)
Coordinates :	499 215 / 115 494 coordinates: 46 ° 11 '0 " N , 6 ° 8' 0" O ; CH1903: four hundred and ninety-nine thousand two hundred fifteen / one hundred fifteen thousand four hundred ninety-four46.183349 6.133321 386
Height :	386 m above sea level M.
Height range :	373-424 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.70 km²
Residents:	i22,458 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	8318 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	37.4% (December 31, 2018)
Website:	www.carouge.ch
Carouge with the Arve and Mont Salève
Location of the municipality
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Carouge is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland . The city is located southwest of the Arve . The Les Acacias district belongs to the city of Carouge.

Carouge is known as the “ Greenwich Village of Geneva ” due to its artist and bohemian scene . The community is one of the more affluent suburbs of Geneva.

history

The place got its name from an ancient or early medieval crossroads, cf. the oldest mention of the place name in the early Middle Ages Quadruvium ( Latin for "crossroads"), 1248 Carrogium , in the 14th century Quarrouiz or Quarroggi , 1445 Quaroggio .

The city was built from scratch by the Sardinian monarchy (House of Savoy) in the last quarter of the 18th century to compete with the neighboring city of Geneva. In 1754 there were 24 houses, 1772 767 inhabitants, and 20 years later already 4,672 inhabitants. At that time the population of Carouge was mixed. In 1786 the population consisted of 51% French , 26.3% Savoy and Piedmontese , 7.8% Germans , 6.5% Genevans and 5.5% other Swiss .

In 1792 Carouge became French. In 1816, the Treaty of Turin assigned the city of Carouge to the canton of Geneva and thus to the Swiss Confederation.

population

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1963

Population development
year	1772	1779	1786	1792	1795	1799	1822	1850	1900	1950	2000	2010	2018
Residents	567	1155	3188	4672	3594	2935	3571	4403	7437	9290	17590	20910	22458

politics

Legislative - Local Council

Distribution of seats in 2020

9

5

10

9 9 5 10

A total of 33 seats

GPS : 9
SP : 9
CVP - glp : 5
FDP : 10

The legislative power is exercised by the municipal council (conseil municipal) . It has 33 seats and is elected directly by the people every five years using proportional representation with a 7 percent hurdle. The municipal council determines the city budget and votes on submissions from the city government (Conseil administratif) . He can also launch initiatives himself. The graphic above shows the distribution of seats after the last municipal elections in March 2020.

National Council elections

In the 2019 Swiss parliamentary elections, the share of the vote in Carouge was: Greens 28.7%, FDP 14.7%, SP 14.7%, SVP 10.9%, Sol / POP 10.1%, CVP 7.8%, glp 5.2%, MCG 5.1%, EVP 0.7%.

Attractions

Eglise Sainte-Croix
Place de l'Octroi
Place du Temple
Local government
Carouge Jewish Cemetery
The Carouge Bridge to Geneva

Personalities

Ferdinand Lassalle , here at one on August 31, 1864 duel died
Anatole Mallet (1837-1919), engineer and steam locomotive designer
Gaspard Mermillod (1824-1892), cardinal
Ernest Strobino (1904-1994), cyclist
François Simon (1917–1982), actor
Georges Cottier (1922–2016), religious, theologian and cardinal
Nicolas Walder (* 1966), member of the Conseil administratif and National Council (Greens)

literature

Dominique Zumkeller: Carouge (GE). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2011 .

Web links

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

Carouge on the ETHorama platform
Official website of the city of Carouge
Carouge on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

↑ 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 .
↑ 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).
↑ Jean-François Mabut: Abécédaire de la fiscalité des communes de Genève Tribune de Genève of April 13, 2015, accessed on July 12, 2018.
↑ Élection des conseils municipaux du 15 mars 2020. Retrieved on March 15, 2020 (French).
↑ Federal elections 2019 | opendata.swiss. Retrieved December 20, 2019 .

[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] Jean-François Mabut: Abécédaire de la fiscalité des communes de Genève Tribune de Genève of April 13, 2015, accessed on July 12, 2018.

[4] Élection des conseils municipaux du 15 mars 2020. Retrieved on March 15, 2020 (French).

[5] Federal elections 2019 | opendata.swiss. Retrieved December 20, 2019 .