Grand Genève

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

History

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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,[3] such as:

Ain

Bellegarde-sur-Valserine Billiat Champfromier Chanay Châtillon-en-Michaille Confort Giron Injoux-Génissiat Lancrans Lhôpital Montanges Plagne Saint-Germain-de-Joux Surjoux

Cessy Challex Chevry Chézery-Forens Collonges Crozet Divonne-les-Bains Échenevex Farges Ferney-Voltaire Gex Grilly Léaz Lélex Mijoux Ornex Péron Pougny Prévessin-Moëns Saint-Genis-Pouilly Saint-Jean-de-Gonville Sauverny Ségny Sergy Thoiry Versonnex Vesancy

Haute-Savoie

Ambilly Annemasse Bonne Cranves-Sales Étrembières Gaillard Juvigny Lucinges Machilly Saint-Cergues Vétraz-Monthoux Ville-la-Grand

Arbusigny Arthaz-Pont-Notre-Dame La Muraz Monnetier-Mornex Nangy Pers-Jussy Reignier-Esery Scientrier

Anthy-sur-Léman Ballaison Bons-en-Chablais Brenthonne Chens-sur-Léman Douvaine Excenevex Fessy Loisin Lully Margencel Massongy Messery Nernier Sciez Veigy-Foncenex Yvoire

Allinges Armoy Cervens Draillant Lyaud Orcier Perrignier

Ayse Bonneville Brizon Contamine-sur-Arve Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières Marignier Vougy

Archamps Beaumont Bossey Chênex Chevrier Collonges-sous-Salève Dingy-en-Vuache Feigères Jonzier-Épagny Neydens Présilly Saint-Julien-en-Genevois Savigny Valleiry Vers Viry Vulbens

Amancy Arenthon Cornier Etaux La Chapelle-Rambaud La Roche-sur-Foron Saint-Laurent Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny Saint-Sixt

Canton of Geneva

Aire-la-Ville Anières Avully Avusy Bardonnex Bellevue Bernex Carouge Cartigny Céligny Chancy Chêne-Bougeries Chêne-Bourg Choulex Collex-Bossy Collonge-Bellerive Cologny Confignon Corsier Dardagny Genève Genthod Grand-Saconnex Gy Hermance Jussy Laconnex Lancy Meinier Meyrin Onex Perly-Certoux Plan-les-Ouates Pregny-Chambésy Presinge Puplinge Russin Satigny Soral Thônex Troinex Vandœuvres Vernier Versoix Veyrier District of Nyon

Arnex-sur-Nyon Arzier Bassins Begnins Bogis-Bossey Borex Bursinel Bursins Burtigny Chavannes-de-Bogis Chavannes-des-Bois Chéserex Coinsins Commugny Coppet Crans-près-Céligny

Crassier Duillier Dully Essertines-sur-Rolle Eysins Founex Genolier Gilly Gingins Givrins Gland Grens La Rippe Le Vaud Longirod Luins

Marchissy Mies Mont-sur-Rolle Nyon Perroy Prangins Rolle Saint-Cergue Saint-George Signy-Avenex Tannay Tartegnin Trélex Vich Vinzel

Transportation

Map of the Léman Express[4][5] train project.

References

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