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Encyclopedia > Founex
Founex
Canton Vaud
District Nyon
Coordinates  46°19′N 06°11′E
Population 2 559   (2004)
Area 4.79 km²
Elevation 399 m
Postal code 1297
SFSO nbr 5717
Mayor M. Georges Binz
Website www.founex.ch
Localities Chataigneriaz
Surrounded by Bogis-Bossey, Céligny (GE), Coppet, Commugny, Chavannes-de-Bogis
Demonym Les Founachus


Founex is a municipality in the district of Nyon of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... Nyons flag has a fish over red and blue stripes. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... -1... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Here are postal codes of Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Zone 1 1000s are found in Lausanne, Lavaux and parts of Morges, 1100s in parts of Morges, 1200s are in Geneva and parts of La Côte, Vaud, 1300s in La Vallée, 1500s are found in Clavaleyres, the 1700s are found... The Official Munipality Key, formerly also known as the Official Municipality Characteristic Number or Municipality Code Number, is a number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities or municipality-free areas. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Bogis-Bossey is a municipality in the district of Nyon of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Céligny is a Swiss commune in the canton of Geneva. ... Coppet is a village in the Nyon district in Canton Vaud in Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva. ... Commugny is a municipality in the district of Nyon of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Chavannes-de-Bogis is a municipality in the district of Nyon of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Municipalities are the smallest government division in Switzerland. ... The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ...

Coat of arms of the Canton of Vaud Municipalities of the district of Nyon (Switzerland)
Arnex-sur-Nyon | Arzier | Bassins | Begnins | Bogis-Bossey | Borex | Chavannes-de-Bogis | Chavannes-des-Bois | Chéserex | Coinsins | Commugny | Coppet | Crans-près-Céligny | Crassier | Duillier | Eysins | Founex | Genolier | Gingins | Givrins | Gland | Grens | La Rippe | Le Vaud | Mies | Nyon | Prangins | Signy-Avenex | Saint-Cergue | Tannay | Trélex | Vich
Canton of Vaud | Municipalities of the canton of Vaud | Switzerland

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Founex at AllExperts (295 words)
Founex is a municipality in the district of Nyon of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
It was later influenced by the Barony of Coppet, the diocese of Geneva or the Bernese occupation.
Founex is the birthplace of famous french writer Hélène Grégoire (1904-1998).
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