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Also known as Cite-centre

Cité-centre is an administrative term for the city center of Geneva, Switzerland.

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Cité-centre is an administrative term for the city center of Geneva, Switzerland.

== Geography == Part of the administrative sector of Genève-Cité, the Cité-centre district is divided into four main parts: the upper town or Cité: located on the hill overlooking Geneva and dominated by the silhouette of Saint-Pierre cathedral the lower town: the district of Rues basse and Rive which regroup the main shopping streets (rue de la Confédération, rue du Marché, rue de la Croix-d'Or, rue de Rive, rue du Rhône, etc.) as well as some of the oldest squares in the city (Molard, Fusterie and Longemalle) the districts of Tranchées and Saint-Léger located at the site of the ancient eastern fortifications of Geneva Hollande's banking district and the one surrounding Parc des Bastions

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