Versoix

This article describes the municipality in the canton of Geneva, the river of the same name can be found under Versoix (river) .

Versoix
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Geneva (GE)
District :	No district division
BFS no. :	6644
Postal code :	1290
Coordinates :	501 969  /  126567 coordinates: 46 ° 17 '0 "  N , 6 ° 10' 0"  O ; CH1903:  501 969  /  126567
Height :	385  m above sea level M.
Height range :	372–472 m above sea level M.
Area :	10.50  km²
Residents:	13,432 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	1279 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	41.8% (December 31, 2018)
Website:	www.versoix.ch
Versoix city center
Location of the municipality

Versoix is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland . It is located about 10 kilometers north of Geneva (center) on Lake Geneva .

geography

The neighboring communities are the Vaudois communities Mies VD and Chavannes-des-Bois and the Geneva communities Collex-Bossy and Genthod . In between, Versoix borders on France to the northwest .

The Versoix River, which has its source on French territory, flows out at Versoix .

The main road 1 runs through the village, to the west of it the motorway 1 with junction 8 - Versoix. The community is located on the Lausanne – Geneva railway line , which has been continuously navigable since 1858.

history

Aerial photo from 100 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1925)

Versoix is ​​best known for its port, which was one of the main poles of trade on Lake Geneva in the 14th century, and its village surroundings, which have been well preserved, despite the fact that Versoix received city status during the 1990s (in Switzerland Places with more than 10,000 inhabitants are considered cities). From 1571 until it was lost to France in 1621, the rule (from 1598 the Marquisate) Versoix belonged to the Bernese patrician family von Wattenwyl .

population

Population development
year	1481	1601	1791	1800	1850	1900	1950	2000	2010	2012	2014	2017
Residents	250	100	1165	750	937	1531	2471	10309	12947	12879	13057	13384

politics

Legislative - Local Council

Distribution of seats in 2020

9

3

6th

9

9 3 6th 9 

A total of 27 seats

• GPS : 9
• SP : 3
• CVP : 6
• FDP : 9

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.

Personalities

• Albert Josef Hofmann (1933–2018), physicist born in Versoix, university professor and CERN researcher
• Delphine Klopfenstein Broggini (* 1976), Grand Councilor and National Councilor (Greens)

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Versoix

literature

• Françoise Dubosson: Versoix. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2014 .

Web links

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

• Versoix on the ETHorama platform
• Official website of the municipality of Versoix
• Versoix on 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). 

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Versoix on Lake Geneva