File:MairiedEchenevex(01).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Échenevex
Sign in to saveÉchenevex (; Arpitan: Èchenevê ) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. , it is the commune with the fifth highest median per capita income (€51,020 per year) in France.
OverviewAI-generated
Échenevex is a commune in France, situated within the Ain department and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has at various times been part of the arrondissement of Gex and the arrondissement of Nantua, and is currently associated with the canton of Thoiry. The municipality was established on 1 October 1833. Its borders are shared with Cessy, Chevry, Crozet, and Gex.
The commune covers an area of 16.44 square kilometers and has a population of 2,328, comprising 1,062 males and 1,070 females. It is located within the Haut-Jura Regional Natural Park. The postal code for Échenevex is 01170.
Synthesized by Vinony from 49 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Weather now
cached 11h ago7-day forecast
via Open-Meteo
Place details
- Locality
- Échenevex
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,321
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Échenevex
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- MairiedEchenevex(01).jpg
- French commune.caption
- Town hall
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Echenevex (Ain).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Gex
- French commune.canton
- Thoiry
- French commune.INSEE
- 01153
- French commune.postal code
- 01170
- French commune.mayor
- Isabelle Passuello
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Pays de Gex
- French commune.elevation m
- 635
- French commune.elevation min m
- 490
- French commune.elevation max m
- 1682
- French commune.area km2
- 16.44
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Échenevex
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Gex
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 2328
- Area
- 16.44
- Elevation
- 970
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Ségny
- Official website
- www.echenevex.fr
- Image
- Mairie Échenevex 6.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- Commons category
- Échenevex
- postal code
- 01170
- inception
- 1833-10-01
- associated electoral district
- canton of Thoiry
- male population
- 1062
- female population
- 1070
- P8168
- Solomon Birnbaum
- located in protected area
- Haut-Jura Regional Natural Park
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-50-41-56-56
- fax number
- +33-4-50-41-74-19
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Population
- Gallery
- See also
- References
Échenevex (; Arpitan: Èchenevê ) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. , it is the commune with the fifth highest median per capita income (€51,020 per year) in France.
==Geography== Échenevex is located between the Jura mountains and the Lake Geneva region. It is situated on the slopes of the Jura mountains, just 3 km south of Gex. The Large Hadron Collider passes under Échenevex, about 100 m below the surface. Echenevex consists partly of the Jura mountains natural park area and is approximately 8 minutes from the Crozet Telecabine ski station, and 15 minutes from Geneva International Airport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Échenevex” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (6)
On the map
2 mapped locations