Ferney-Voltaire
Sign in to saveFerney-Voltaire () is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It lies between the Jura Mountains and the Swiss border; it forms part of the metropolitan area of Geneva. It is named for Voltaire, who lived there from 1758.
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Ferney-Voltaire is a town in eastern France, located in the Ain department between the Jura Mountains and Switzerland, and part of the Geneva metropolitan area. The town is named after the famous philosopher Voltaire, who made it his home starting in 1758.
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- Locality
- Ferney-Voltaire
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 7,742
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Ferney-Voltaire () is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It lies between the Jura Mountains and the Swiss border; it forms part of the metropolitan area of Geneva. It is named for Voltaire, who lived there from 1758.
==History== Ferney was first noted in 14th-century Burgundian registers as "Fernex" and changed several times until the 19th century to Fernay, Fernaj, Fernai or Fernex before adopting its current name as 'Ferney-Voltaire' in 1791, after the French Revolution which saw a number of city names unchristened and then given more republican names.