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Geneva
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Geneva (Arpitan: Genèva, IPA: [ˈd͡zənɛva]; French: Genève, IPA: [ʒənɛv]; German: Genf, IPA: [ˈɡɛnf] ( listen); Italian: Ginevra; Romansh: Genevra) 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 cried Lac Léman an aa), it is the caipital o the Republic an Canton o Geneva.
While the municipality itsel (ceety centre 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).[5] The agglomeration haes 1,240,000[6] residents but the Greater Geneva agglomeration (Geneva-Bern aurie) haes got 2,800,000[7] residents.
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Coordinates: 46°12′N 6°09′E | |
Kintra | Swisserland |
Canton | Geneva |
Destrict | N/A |
Govrenment | |
• Executive | Conseil administratif with 5 members |
• Mayor | La Mairie (list) Sandrine Salerno SPS/PSS (as of June 2019) |
• Pairlament | Conseil municipal with 80 members |
Area | |
• Total | 15.92 km2 (6.15 sq mi) |
Elevation (Pont du Mont Blanc) | 375 m (1,230 ft) |
Highest elevation (Chemin du Pommier) | 457 m (1,499 ft) |
Lowest elevation (Le Rhône) | 370 m (1,210 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 201,741 |
• Density | 13,000/km2 (33,000/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Genevan or Genevese French: Genevois(e) |
Postal code | 1200, or 1201–09 Genève, 1213 Petit-Lancy, 1227 Les Acacias[4] |
SFOS nummer | 6621 |
Surroondit bi | Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier |
Website | ville-geneve SFSO statistics |
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 organisations, includin the heidquarters o mony o the agencies o the Unitit Naitions[8] an the Reid Cross.[9] It is forby the place whaur the Geneva Conventions wur signed, which chiefly concern the treatment o wartime non-combatants an preesoners o war.
Geneva haes been describit as the third European financial centre efter Lunnon an Zurich,[10] an the warld's aicht maist important financial centre bi the Global Financial Centres Index, aheid o Frankfurt an Sydney,[11] 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).[12] The ceety haes been referred tae as the warld's maist compact metropolis an the "Peace Caipital".[13] In 2009, Geneva wis ranked as the fowert maist expensive ceety in the warld.[14]