Veyrier GE

GE is the abbreviation for the canton of Geneva in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Veyrier .

Veyrier
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Geneva (GE)
District :	No district division
BFS no. :	6645
Postal code :	1255
Coordinates :	503 045  /  113578 coordinates: 46 ° 10 '0 "  N , 6 ° 11' 0"  O ; CH1903:  503,045  /  113578
Height :	425  m above sea level M.
Height range :	378–434 m above sea level M.
Area :	6.50  km²
Residents:	11,612 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	1786 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	27.5% (December 31, 2018)
Website:	www.veyrier.ch
Veyrier GE
Location of the municipality

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

geography

The community lies directly at the foot of the Salève . A special feature is the French-Swiss border , which divides the original settlement in two. The place on the French side (Pas de l'Echelle) is politically part of the municipality of Étrembières . Originally characterized by agriculture, Veyrier has been almost completely urbanized in the last thirty years, with the majority of the farms being turned up as building land. The historic town center was preserved.

The valley station of the cable car to the Salève ( 1097  m above sea level ) is already in France. The Salève with the cliff jutting almost vertically out of the plain is the Geneva excursion mountain. Europe's first electric cogwheel train ( Chemin de fer du Salève ) had been running from Pas de l'Echelle in France to the Salève since 1899 and was replaced by the cable car in 1932, which was also considered a technical sensation when it opened. The former route of the old rack railway has meanwhile been destroyed by a large quarry at the foot of the Salève. Until after the Second World War there was also a tram from Geneva to Veyrier.

history

In 1125 the county of Savoy emerged from the county of Vienne and was raised to a duchy under King Sigismund in 1416, which also included the area of ​​today's municipality of Veyrier. In 1770 Pierre-Claude de la Fléchère achieved the elevation of his possessions to the County of Veyrier. He had the Chateau de Veyrier built, which is now in the French Pas de l'Echelle, and the church was renovated. Today it is in the center of the Swiss village. De la Fléchère also had the first bridge built over the Arve , the main tributary of the Rhone south of Geneva , and was one of the main sponsors of the construction of the city of Carouge . De la Fléchère died in 1790 and is buried in what is now the village church of Veyrier. The altar mosaic of St. Mauritius was added in the 19th century.

In the district of Vessy there is a technically interesting bridge by the engineer Robert Maillart over the Arve .

In 1816, at the Congress of Vienna, the city of Geneva, its subject areas as well as the former French and Savoyard territories (including the County of Veyrier and the city of Carouge) were formed into the Republic of Geneva, which in turn joined Switzerland as a new canton.

population

Population development
year	1412	1792	1834	1850	1900	1950	2000	2010	2012	2014	2017
Residents	30 fireplaces	300 approx.	500	567	780	1813	8892	10003	10215	10999	11578

politics

Legislative - Local Council

Distribution of seats in 2020

5

2

3

7th

8th

5 2 3 7th 8th 

A total of 25 seats

• SP - GPS : 5
• glp : 2
• CVP : 3
• Ensemble : 7
• FDP : 8

The legislative power is exercised by the municipal council (conseil municipal) . It has 25 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

See also : List of cultural assets in Veyrier

Personalities

• Loïc Perizzolo (* 1988), track cyclist

literature

• Isabelle Brunier: Veyrier GE. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2014 .

Web links

Commons : Veyrier  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Veyrier
• Veyrier 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).