Commune of Annemasse Arve River near Annemasse
Location
Coordinates	11' 45" N_N_06° 14' 11" E_E_ Expression error: Unrecognised word "expression"°Expression error: Unrecognised word "expression"′Expression error: Unrecognised word "expression"″Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "�" Expression error: Unrecognised word "expression"°Expression error: Unrecognised word "expression"′Expression error: Unrecognised word "expression"″Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "�" / 46° 11' 45" N, 06° 14' 11" ECoordinates: 11' 45" N_N_06° 14' 11" E_E_ Expression error: Unrecognised word "expression"°Expression error: Unrecognised word "expression"′Expression error: Unrecognised word "expression"″Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "�" Expression error: Unrecognised word "expression"°Expression error: Unrecognised word "expression"′Expression error: Unrecognised word "expression"″Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "�" / 46° 11' 45" N, 06° 14' 11" E
Administration
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement	Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
Canton	Annemasse-Sud (partial) Annemasse-Nord (partial)
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de l'agglomération Annemassienne
Mayor	Robert Borel (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	399 m–504 m (avg. 433 m)
Land area¹	4.98 km²
Population² (1999)	27,253
- Density (1999)	5,473/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	74012/ 74100
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Annemasse is a municipality in France. It lies on the Swiss border, in the Rhône-Alpes région. It is part of the Haute-Savoie département. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 547 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) the Arve in Annemasse, Haute-Savoie, France, summer 2004 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects... Arve near Annemasse, Haute Savoy The Arve River flows for approximately 100km (62 miles) through France and Switzerland. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... (Région flag) (Region logo) Location Administration Capital Lyon Regional President Jean-Jack Queyranne (PS) (since 2004) Departments Ain Ardèche Drôme Isère Loire Rhône Savoie Haute-Savoie Arrondissements 25 Cantons 335 Communes 2,879 Statistics Land area1 43,698 km² Population (Ranked 2nd)  - January 1, 2006... Departments (French: départements) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... Haute-Savoie is a French département, named after the Alps mountain range. ... The 100 French départements are divided into 342 arrondissements. ... The arrondissement of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois is an arrondissement of France, located in the Haute-Savoie département, in the Rhône-Alpes région. ... The cantons of France are administrative divisions subdividing arrondissements and départements. ... The commune is an administrative division of France. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... INSEE is the French abbreviation for the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques). ... Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Rio de la Plata estuary Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Estuaries An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea[1]. Estuaries are often associated with high rates of... This page lists English translations of several Latin phrases and abbreviations, such as and . ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... Border stone at Passo San Giacomo between Val Formazza in Italy and Val Bedretto in Switzerland Borders define geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, states or subnational administrative divisions. ... (Région flag) (Region logo) Location Administration Capital Lyon Regional President Jean-Jack Queyranne (PS) (since 2004) Departments Ain Ardèche Drôme Isère Loire Rhône Savoie Haute-Savoie Arrondissements 25 Cantons 335 Communes 2,879 Statistics Land area1 43,698 km² Population (Ranked 2nd)  - January 1, 2006... France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common... Haute-Savoie is a French département, named after the Alps mountain range. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ...

Geography

Annemasse is so close to the Swiss city of Geneva that it could be called a suburb. Annemasse is the last exit of the French motorway A40 before the border. It is thus well connected with the other cities of the region. Hunters a cool hobo For other uses, see Geneva (disambiguation). ... Motorway symbol in UK, France and Ireland. ...

The city is surrounded by the Mont Salève (alt. 1300m) and the Arve River on the West, the Voirons (alt. 1450m) on the East and the Swiss border on the North. Arve near Annemasse, Haute Savoy The Arve River flows for approximately 100km (62 miles) through France and Switzerland. ...

Economy

The main activity is commerce: due to the foreign exchange situation, a lot of Swiss people come to Annemasse to purchase food and other commodities. A large proportion of the population work in Geneva, Switzerland, where the salaries are higher than in France. Hunters a cool hobo For other uses, see Geneva (disambiguation). ...

Administration

The city mayor since 1977 is Robert Borrel from the Socialist Party, but the Conservative Party gets usually the majority in other elections. The emblem of the French Socialist Party The Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste or PS), founded in 1969, is the main opposition party in France. ...

External links

• Annemasse Flag
• Annemasse Official Web site
• Annemasse in pictures