Le Grand-Saconnex
Le Grand-Saconnex | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Geneva (GE) |
District : | No district division |
BFS no. : | 6623 |
Postal code : | 1218 |
UN / LOCODE : | CH LGS |
Coordinates : | 499 307 / 121052 |
Height : | 445 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 406–469 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 4.38 km² |
Residents: | 12,167 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 2778 inhabitants per km² |
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship ) |
41.7% (December 31, 2018) |
Website: | www.grand-saconnex.ch |
Geneva airport |
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Location of the municipality | |
Le Grand-Saconnex is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland .
history
Le Grand-Saconnex came under the rule of Bern in 1536 . From 1601 it belonged to France . In 1815 the community went to Switzerland to the canton of Geneva.
In the 1960s, the community experienced great growth, a suburban center emerged between the city and Geneva Airport ( French Aéroport International de Genève ) in the Cointrin district . Le Grand-Saconnex shares the latter with the municipality of Meyrin . Many organizations and the Palexpo exhibition complex have their headquarters in Le Grand-Saconnex .
Saconnex was mentioned in 1128 as Sacunay and in 1215 as Saconai .
population
Population development | ||||||||||||
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year | 1834 | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 2000 | 2007 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2017 |
Residents | 508 | 538 | 708 | 1492 | 3662 | 6720 | 8114 | 10607 | 11435 | 11847 | 12033 | 12130 |
politics
Legislative - Local Council
The legislative power is exercised by the municipal council (conseil municipal) . It has 27 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.
Attractions
traffic
The Geneva trolleybus operated by the transport company Transports publics genevois (TPG) runs in Le Grand-Saconnex .
literature
- Jean-Marc Membrez: Grand-Saconnex, Le. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2006 .
Web links
- Le Grand-Saconnex on the ETHorama platform
- Official website of the municipality of Le Grand-Saconnex (French)
- Le Grand-Saconnex 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).
- ↑ The spelling is done in French with a specific article (le Grand Saconnex (nom.), Du Grand Saconnex (gen.), Au Grand Saconnex (date / loc.) Etc.); in German, the French article should be dragged along ( in “Le Grand Saconnex” ) or Germanized ( “in Grand Sconnex” ); However, it is possible to omit the article.
- ↑ Élection des conseils municipaux du 15 mars 2020. Retrieved on March 15, 2020 (French).