Vernier

Vernier

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Geneva Geneva (GE)
District :	No district divisionw
BFS no. :	6643i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	1214
UN / LOCODE :	CH VNR
Coordinates :	496 673 / 117 390 coordinates: 46 ° 12 '0 " N , 6 ° 6' 0" O ; CH1903: four hundred and ninety-six thousand six hundred and seventy-three / 117 39046.200017 6.099985 440
Height :	440 m above sea level M.
Height range :	369–450 m above sea level M.
Area :	7.69 km²
Residents:	i34,791 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	4524 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	44.3% (December 31, 2018)
Website:	www.vernier.ch
Lignon
Location of the municipality
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Givaudan , chemical factory (around 1930)

Vernier is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland .

geography

Vernier is located north of the Rhone . The neighboring communities are Satigny , Meyrin , Le Grand-Saconnex and Geneva .

The two tallest buildings in the canton and the longest residential building in Europe, which is 1060 meters long, are located in the Le Lignon district . Originally created in the 1960s for 10,000 people, around 5,500 people still live there today. A second residential complex, which today has 5700 inhabitants, is hardly smaller, is Les Avanchets .

In Châtelaine, some United Nations organizations are housed in the Maison Internationale de l'Environnement (MIE; French for International Environment House ), such as the headquarters of the United Nations Institute of Education and Research (UNITAR) , the department of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Europe Department of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and other organizations primarily concerned with environmental protection.

Vernier is connected to the Geneva public transport network by the Geneva trolleybus and the Geneva tram . The Balexert shopping center is of great importance .

Le Lignon

history

Vernier belonged to France until 1815 .

population

Population development
year	1816	1850	1900	1950	1960	1970	2000	2010	2012	2014	2015	2017
Residents	566	767	1280	3906	8045	22230	29559	32844	33744	34477	34655	35408

Vernier is the second largest city in the canton of Geneva. 45% of all residents are foreign nationals. 61% of all residents have a foreign passport (47% foreigners plus 14% dual citizens). 13% of the Swiss are naturalized. Of the foreigners, 12% are of Portuguese and 12% of Italian origin. 38% of the residents there are Swiss citizens by birth.

politics

Legislative - Local Council

Distribution of seats in 2020

7th

11

3

4th

6th

3

7th 11 3 3 4th 6th 3

A total of 37 seats

GPS : 7
SP : 11
Alternative: 3
CVP - glp : 3
FDP : 4
MCG : 6
SVP : 3

The legislative power is exercised by the municipal council (conseil municipal) . It has 37 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 left 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 Vernier was: Greens 21.3%, SP 21.1%, SVP 15.7%, MCG 11.3%, FDP 9.6%, Sol / POP 7.3%, CVP 5.9%, glp 3.7%, EVP 1.1%.