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Gex

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commune in Ain, France

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Gex is a small town located in the Ain department in eastern France, near the Swiss border. It serves as a local administrative and residential center for the region.

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Place details

Locality
Gex
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Population
9,177

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7.5 µg/m³
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Wikidata facts

Official name
Gex
Country
France
Population
13455
Area
32.02
Elevation
921
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Divonne-les-Bains
Official website
www.gex.fr
Image
Hôtel ville Gex Ain 1.jpg
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Commons category
Gex (Ain)
topic's main category
Category:Gex (Ain)
postal code
01170
category of associated people
Category:People from Gex, Ain
associated electoral district
canton of Gex
male population
6559
female population
6559
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+33-4-50-42-63-00
fax number
+33-4-50-41-68-77
replaced by
Mijoux
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Encyclopedic overview

Gex ( French pronunciation: [ʒɛks]; Arpitan: Gèx or Gês; Italian: Gesio) is a commune in the department of Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, eastern France and the subprefecture of the department.

It lies 5 km (3.1 mi) from the Swiss border and 16 km (9.9 mi) from Geneva. It is a subprefecture of Ain.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gex” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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