Onex

Onex
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Geneva (GE)
District :	No district division
BFS no. :	6631
Postal code :	1213
Coordinates :	496 641  /  115538 coordinates: 46 ° 11 '0 "  N , 6 ° 6' 0"  O ; CH1903:  496641  /  115538
Height :	427  m above sea level M.
Height range :	369–433 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.81  km²
Residents:	18,964 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	6749 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	36.3% (December 31, 2018)
Website:	www.onex.ch
Onex Cité
Location of the municipality

Onex is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland . The inhabitants are called Onésiens .

geography

Onex is located south of the Rhone and north of the Aire , about 5 km southwest of the center of Geneva . The neighboring municipalities are south Plan-les-Ouates , west Confignon and Bernex , north Vernier and southeast Lancy . Onex is connected to Geneva's public transport network by tram line 14 and several bus routes.

population

Population development
year	1860	1900	1950	1960	1970	2000	2010	2012	2014	2015	2016	2017
Residents	261	279	958	2128	13524	16419	17642	17851	18305	18635	18825	18869

The city has 18,964 inhabitants, 36% of whom are foreigners.

Between 1900 and 2010, the population of Onex increased by more than 60 times, i.e. from 279 (on the 40th place out of 45 Geneva municipalities) to 17,642 inhabitants (sixth largest municipality in Geneva). Around 80% of the population are French as their mother tongue, followed by 4.7% Italian as their mother tongue.

politics

Legislative - Local Council

Distribution of seats in 2020

7th

11

4th

4th

2

3

7th 11 4th 4th 2 3 

A total of 31 seats

• GPS : 7
• SP : 11
• ECHO- glp : 4
• FDP : 4
• MCG : 2
• SVP : 3

|} The legislative power is exercised by the municipal council (conseil municipal) . It has 31 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 on the right shows the distribution of seats after the last municipal elections in March 2020.

Town twinning

Onex maintains partnerships with

• Bandol in the Var department (France)
• Liestal , capital of the Swiss canton of Basel-Country
• Massagno near Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino
• Nettuno in Lazio in Italy
• Weir in Baden-Württemberg in Germany

Attractions

• Salle Communale d'Onex

See also

• Bernex-Onex-Confignon

literature

• Jacques Barrelet: Onex. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2009 .

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Onex
• Onex at 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. ↑ Élection des conseils municipaux du 15 mars 2020. Retrieved on March 15, 2020 (French). 
4. ↑ Salle Communale d'Onex on ETHorama