Satigny

Also known as Satigny GE

Satigny () is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It is the largest municipality of the canton by land area and the largest wine-producing municipality of the country. Its territory contains the majority of the Mandement area, a designated heritage site of national importance shared with the neighbouring municipalities of Russin and Dardagny.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Satigny
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Satigny_and_hamlets.png
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Satigny COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Satigny Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Geneva
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-GE
Swiss town.district: n.a.
Swiss town.postal_code: 1242
Swiss town.municipality_code: 6638
Swiss town.area: 18.92
Swiss town.elevation: 505
Swiss town.website: www.satigny.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Anne Revaclier
Swiss town.mayor_title: Maire
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Aire-la-Ville, Bernex, Dardagny, Meyrin, Prévessin-Moëns (FR-01), Russin, Saint-Genis-Pouilly (FR-01), Thoiry (FR-01), Vernier

via Wikipedia infobox

~22 min read

Encyclopedic overview

12 sections

Contents

Etymology
Coat of arms and flag
History
Geography
Demographics
Economy
Transportation
Politics
Education
Heritage sites of national significance
References
External links

==Etymology== Satigny is first mentioned in 91 as villam Satiniatis, though this comes from a 12th Century copy of the earlier document. In around 1128 it was mentioned as de Satiniaco and in 1280 as Satignie. The name very likely origins in Gallo-Roman in reference of local Roman owners.

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