Gy GE
GE is the abbreviation for the canton of Geneva in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Gy . |
Gy | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Geneva (GE) |
District : | No district division |
BFS no. : | 6624 |
Postal code : | 1251 |
Coordinates : | 508 972 / 123038 |
Height : | 460 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 432-480 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 3.29 km² |
Residents: | 477 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 126 inhabitants per km² |
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship ) |
20.7% (December 31, 2018) |
Website: | www.mairie-gy.ch |
Location of the municipality | |
Gy is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland .
Gy is to the left of Lake Geneva and to the right of the Seymaz on the border with France ( Haute-Savoie ).
history
In 1798 Jussy , to which the hamlet Gy belonged, became a Geneva municipality. Gy became self-employed on November 9, 1850.
Gy was mentioned in 1227 as Gyez and in 1289 as Giez .
population
Population development | |||||||||||
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year | 1860 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2007 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Residents | 189 | 215 | 141 | 370 | 413 | 446 | 480 | 499 | 508 | 483 | 489 |
Attractions
literature
- Catherine Santschi: Gy. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2007 .
Web links
Commons : Gy - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website of the municipality of Gy (French)
- Gy 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).