Genève

Also known as Geneva GE, Geneve, Genf

hoofdstad van het Zwitserse kanton Genève

AI overview

Geneva is Switzerland's second-largest city, located in the French-speaking southwest where the Rhône River flows out of Lake Geneva, and serves as the capital of the Geneva canton and republic. It is a major global hub for international finance and diplomacy, earning it the nickname "Peace Capital" because of its role in worldwide peacekeeping and diplomatic efforts.

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Vinony's link graph records 14,312 inbound references to Genève, and connects out to Protestantism, Reformed Christianity and Palace of Nations.

The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including Cantonal capitals of Switzerland, Cities in Switzerland and Geneva.

Vinony links it to 167 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Switzerland municipality.subject_name: Geneva
Switzerland municipality.municipality_type: municipality and city
Switzerland municipality.canton: Geneva
Switzerland municipality.iso code region: CH-GE
Switzerland municipality.district: None
Switzerland municipality.municipality_code: 6621
Switzerland municipality.area: 15.86
Switzerland municipality.elevation: 375
Switzerland municipality.elevation_description: Pont du Mont Blanc
Switzerland municipality.highest: Chemin du Pommier
Switzerland municipality.highest_m: 457
Switzerland municipality.lowest: Le Rhône
Switzerland municipality.lowest_m: 370
Switzerland municipality.executive_name: Conseil administratif
Switzerland municipality.executive_number_of_members: 5
Switzerland municipality.mayor: Alfonso Gomez
Switzerland municipality.mayor_asof: June 2023
Switzerland municipality.mayor_party: Green Party of Switzerland

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: Municipality of Switzerland
Official name: Genève
Demonym: Genferin
Country: Republic of Geneva
Located in: Canton of Geneva
Continent: Europe
Official language: French
Population: 203840
Area: 15.92
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Body of water: Lake Geneva
Capital of: Republic of Geneva
Shares border with: Veyrier
Official website: www.geneve.ch
Image: Geneva from Mount Salève.jpg
Dialing code: 22
Licence plate code: GE
Coat of arms: Flag and coat of arms of Geneva and Canton of Geneva

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Commons category: Geneva
postal code: 1215
topic's main category: Category:Geneva
category for people born here: Category:Births in Geneva
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Geneva
category of associated people: Category:People from Geneva
Commons gallery: Genève
described by source: Pauly–Wissowa
native label: Genève
P7771: Canada
name: Genevra
different from: Geneva
described at URL: www.deutsche-militaerstandorte-nach1945.de/view_stadt.cfm?stadt_id=437
P8168: Ireland
social media followers: 9239
present in work: Civilization V
P12749: William Mueller
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6621

Sources (15)

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Article · Nederlands

Genève (Frans: Genève; Arpitaans: Geneva; Duits: Genf; Italiaans: Ginevra; Reto-Romaans: Genevra) is een stad in Zwitserland. Het is na Zürich de grootste stad van het land. Per 31 december 2017 telde de stad 200.548 inwoners. Genève is ook de naam van het omliggende, westelijkste kanton van het land.

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