Grand Genève

The Grand Genève (Greater Geneva in English) is an agglomeration of 209 communes stretching part of Switzerland (canton of Geneva, le district of Nyon) and France (parts of Haute-Savoie and Ain) around the city of Geneva.[1] It has 946,000 inhabitants (2015).[2][3]

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Communes included in the agglomeration

The transborder agglomeration originally comprised 212 French communes and Swiss municipalities. The communes located in France have formed their own intercommunal structures,[4] such as:

Ain

  • Communauté de communes du Pays Bellegardien
  • Communauté de communes du Pays de Gex

Haute-Savoie

  • Communauté d'agglomération Annemasse Agglo
  • Communauté de communes Arve et Salève
  • Communauté de communes du Bas Chablais
  • Communauté de communes des Collines du Léman
  • Communauté de communes Faucigny-Glières
  • Communauté de communes du Genevois savoyard
  • Communauté de communes du Pays Rochois
  • Ville de Thonon-les-Bains

Canton of Geneva

District of Nyon

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References
  1. "Carte des 209 Communes | Grand Genève". www.grand-geneve.org (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  2. "Chiffres Clés Infographie | Grand Genève". www.grand-geneve.org (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  3. "Enquête sur le Grand Genève: les Français plus enthousiastes que les Suisses". France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  4. http://www.grand-geneve.org/grand-geneve/le-territoire/les-212-communes
  5. on sbb.ch
  6. Journal de Bâle et Genève, 19.06.15
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