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Bossey
Sign in to saveBossey (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. It is located on the Swiss border. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 941.
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Bossey is a commune in France, situated within the Haute-Savoie department and the arrondissement of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois. It is part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and shares borders with Collonges-sous-Salève, Étrembières, and Monnetier-Mornex. The area covers 3.88 square kilometers and has an elevation of 1251 meters above sea level.
The population of Bossey is recorded as 1042, comprising 479 males and 539 females. Another source lists the population as 606. The postal code for the commune is 74160, and it is associated with the canton of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois.
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- Locality
- Bossey
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 606
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Bossey
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Église de Bossey 05.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The church in Bossey
- French commune.arrondissement
- Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
- French commune.canton
- Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
- French commune.INSEE
- 74044
- French commune.postal code
- 74160
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Luc Pecorini
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CC du Genevois
- French commune.elevation min m
- 430
- French commune.elevation max m
- 1251
- French commune.area km2
- 3.88
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Bossey
- Country
- France
- Population
- 941
- Area
- 3.88
- Elevation
- 630
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Monnetier-Mornex
- Official website
- www.bossey74.fr
- Image
- Bossey 02.JPG
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- Commons category
- Bossey
- postal code
- 74160
- associated electoral district
- canton of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
- male population
- 479
- female population
- 539
- P8168
- Axel Schreiber
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-50-43-64-77
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Personalities
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- References
Bossey (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. It is located on the Swiss border. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 941.
==Personalities== Bossey is the birthplace of poet Jean-Vincent Verdonnet (1923–2013). Philosopher and political theorist Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) lived in the village between 1722 and 1724.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bossey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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