Geneva
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| Population | 191,803 (Error: Invalid time.)[1] | |||||||||
| - Densitie | 12,094 /km2 (31,322 /sq mi) | |||||||||
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| Elevation | 375 m (1,230 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 1200 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 6621 | |||||||||
| Mayor (list) | Pierre Maudet (as o 2011) FDP/PRD/PLR | |||||||||
| Demonym | Genevois | |||||||||
| Surroondit bi | Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier | |||||||||
| Wabsteid | ville-geneve.ch SFSO statistics |
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Geneva (Template:Lang-frp, Template:IPA-frp; French: Genève, Template:IPA-fr; German: Genf, Template:IPA-de; Italian: Ginevra; Template:Lang-rm) is the seicont-maist-populous ceety in Swisserland (efter Zurich) an is the maist populous ceety o Romandie (the French-speakin pairt o Swisserland). Situatit whaur the Rhône River exits Lake Geneva (in French an aa kent as Lac Léman), it is the caipital o the Republic an Canton o Geneva. While the municipality itsel (ceety center ville de Genève) haes a population o 191,415 (2010), the canton o Geneva (République et Canton de Genève, which includes the ceety) haes 457,628 residents (2009).[3]. The agglomeration haes 1,240,000[2] residents but the Greater Geneva agglomeration (Geneva-Bern aurie) haes got 2,800,000[3] residents.
Geneva is a global ceety, a financial centre, an a warldwide centre for diplomacy an the maist important internaitional co-operation centre wi New York acause o the presence o numerous internaitional organizations, includin the heidquarters o mony o the agencies o the Unitit Naitions[4] an the Red Cross.[5] It is an aa the place whaur the Geneva Conventions wur signed, which chiefly concern the treatment o wartime non-combatants an preesoners o war.
Geneva haes been described as the third European financial centre efter Lunnon an Zurich,[6] an the warld's aicht maist important financial centre bi the Global Financial Centres Index, aheid o Frankfurt an Sydney,[7] an a 2009 survey bi Mercer foond Geneva tae hae the third-heichest quality o life o ony ceety in the warld (narrowly ootranked bi Zurich).[8] The ceety haes been referred tae as the warld's maist compact metropolis an the "Peace Caipital".[9] In 2009, Geneva wis ranked as the fowert maist expensive ceety in the warld.[10]
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[edit] Etymology
The name Geneva is probably o Celtic oreegin. The ceety wis mentioned in Laitin texts wi the spellin Genava. The name takes various forms in modren leids. Thus, it is Geneva in Inglis an Template:PronEng, French: Genève Template:IPA-fr, German: Genf Template:IPA-de, Italian: Ginevra Template:IPA-it, an Template:Lang-rm. Anither theory is that Geneva is derived frae "Genévrier" which is the French wird for "juniper".
There is occasionally confusion atween this ceety an the Italian port o Genoa (in Italian Genova) as they seem tae share a Celtic root, genu / genawa, meaning "estuary."
[edit] Admeenistrative diveesions
The ceety is dividit intae aicht quartiers, or destricts, sometimes composed o several neighborhuids. On the Left Bank are (1) Jonction, (2) Centre. Plainpalais, an Acacias, (3) Eaux-Vives, an (4) Champel, while the Right Bank includes (1) Saint-Jean an Charmilles, (2) Servette an Petit-Saconnex, (3) Grottes an Saint-Gervais, an (4) Paquis an Nations.[11]
[edit] References
- ↑ Canton of Geneva Statistics, MS Excel document – Population résidante du canton de Genève, selon l'origine et le sexe, par commune, en novembre 2011 Template:Fr icon accessed 10 December 2011
- ↑ Office fédéral du développement territorial ARE, DETEC, Etude thématique A1: l'évolution des villes et des agglomérations suisses, 19 décembre 2006
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Paul Hofmann (1990-06-24). Staying on the Safe Side; Geneva. The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved on 19 Apryle 2008. .
- ↑ Finn-Olaf Jones (2007-09-16). 36 Hours in Geneva. The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved on 2 Februar 2008. .
- ↑ The Global Financial Centres 5.
- ↑ Mark Yeandle, Jeremy Horne, Nick Danev (September 2008). The Global Financial Centres Index 4 (PDF). Z/Yen Group. City of London. Retrieved on 17 Januar 2009. .
- ↑ Mercer's 2009 Quality of Living survey highlights [2]. Last updated 28 April 2009.
- ↑ MySwitzerland.com. MySwitzerland.com. Retrieved on 3 Julie 2010. .
- ↑ Cost of Living survey 2010 - City rankings. Mercer.com (2010-06-29). Retrieved on 3 Julie 2010. .
- ↑ Districts of Geneva. Official website of Geneva. Archived from the original on 13 Januar 2008. . Retrieved on 9 Februar 2008. .
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