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Categories: cantonal capital of Switzerland, college town, city of Switzerland, big city, municipality of Switzerland and locality. Location: Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude. 46.2018° or 46° 12' 6" north.
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42°52′43″N 76°57′38″W / 42.87861°N 76.96056°W Border City...
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Map of Geneva, 1:50,000. Geneva is located at 46°12' North, 6°09' East, at the south-western end of Lake Geneva, where the Rhône flows out. It is surrounded by three mountain chains, each belonging to the Jura: the Jura main range lies north-westward, the Vuache southward, and the Salève south-eastward.
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Geneva, city, capital of Genève canton, in the far southwestern corner of Switzerland that juts into France. One of Europe’s most cosmopolitan cities, Geneva has served as a model for republican government and owes its preeminence to the triumph of human, rather than geographic, factors. It developed its unique character from the 16th century, when, as the centre of the Calvinist Reformation, it became the “Protestant Rome.”
The canton of Genève has a total area of 109 square miles (282 square kilometres), of which seven square miles constitute the city proper. Territorial isolation has been a basic feature of this region, which did not establish its definitive frontiers until 1815. Cut off politically and culturally after the Reformation from its natural geographic surroundings in Roman Catholic France and Savoy, Geneva was forced to establish an attenuated but powerful network of intellectual and economic relationships with the rest of Europe and with nations overseas.
It was not until after 1945 that the city’s population began to register rapid growth, with the influx of other Swiss citizens and foreigners attracted by Geneva’s international institutions and financial, chemical, and construction industries. By the late 1980s the population was approximately one-third foreign, one-third Swiss from other cantons, and only one-third native Genevese. Immigration to Geneva has consisted not only of the traditional contingents from Italy, France, and the Iberian Peninsula but also of a rising number from the Americas, Asia, and Africa. Although the large foreign presence is one of the constants of the city’s demography, French remains the first language of Geneva.
Among the native population and in the professional classes, Protestants are in the majority, but within the population as a whole, Geneva is no longer the “Protestant Rome.” Roman Catholics, in fact, make up half the population.
Map of Geneva. Geneva is located on the banks of Lake Geneva at the mouth of the Rhone River, in the very south-west peak of Switzerland. The south bank, known to locals as Rive Gauche or the Left Bank, is the oldest part of the city (south from the lake) and was once surrounded by protective walls. Although the walls are no more, the Old Town ...
The Map shows a city map of Geneva with expressways, main roads and streets, Aéroport international de Genève (IATA code: GVA) is located 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest of the city center with direct connections to railways (SBB-CFF-FFS), bus lines and expressways. To find a location use the form below.
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Nov 13, 2023 · Large detailed map of Geneva. Click to see large. Description: This map shows streets, rivers, lake, buildings, parking lots, railways, railway stations, parks, points of interest and sightseeings in Geneva. You may download, print or use the above map for educational, personal and non-commercial purposes. Attribution is required.
