Thônex

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Thônex
Coat of arms of Thônex
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of GenevaCanton of Geneva Geneva (GE)
District : No district division
BFS no. : 6640i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 1226
Coordinates : 505 677  /  117243 coordinates: 46 ° 12 '0 "  N , 6 ° 13' 0"  O ; CH1903:  505677  /  117243
Height : 405  m above sea level M.
Height range : 389-433 m above sea level M.
Area : 3.82  km²
Residents: i14,122 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 3697 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship )
34.7% (December 31, 2018)
Website: www.thonex.ch
Customs of Thônex

Customs of Thônex

Location of the municipality
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Thônex is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland .

geography

It is located southeast of Geneva on the French border, which is formed here by the Foron River. The A411, a branch of the French A40 motorway from Aix-les-Bains (A41), among others, ends in Thônex.

The neighboring communities are Puplinge , Choulex , Vandœuvres , Chêne-Bourg , Chêne-Bougeries , Veyrier and Ambilly and Gaillard in France.

history

The first written mention of Thônex dates from 1225 al Tonnay . In 1816, Thônex came to Geneva from the Kingdom of Sardinia through the Treaty of Turin .

population

Population development
year 1443 1550 1698 1768 1801 1870 1900 1950 2000 2010 2012 2014 2017
Residents 180 80 110 230 700 532 1051 1953 12141 13564 13587 13971 14064

economy

Thônex is the headquarters of the watch factory Rolex and the colored pencil factory Caran d'Ache , both world-famous Swiss brands.

politics

Legislative - Local Council

Distribution of seats in 2020
8th
7th
9
3
8th 7th 
A total of 27 seats

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 on the right shows the distribution of seats after the last municipal elections in March 2020.

Attractions

Town twinning

Thônex has been twinning with the French city of Graveson ( Bouches-du-Rhône ) since 1972 . Since 1973 there have been regular exchanges of various kinds between the two communities.

Personalities

literature

Web links

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

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. The town twinning on the Thônex website ( Memento des original from May 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thonex.ch