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Onex
Canton	Geneva
District	n.a.
Coordinates	46°11′ N 06°06′ E
Population	17,447 (Dec 2005)
Area	2.84 km²
Elevation	427 m
Postal code	1213
Mayor	Béatrice Gisiger
Website	www.onex.ch

Onex is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the name of the westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France and centered around the city of Geneva. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... 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... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (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... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the name of the westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France and centered around the city of Geneva. ...

	Municipalities of the Canton of Geneva (Switzerland)
	Aire-la-Ville \| Anières \| Avully \| Avusy \| Bardonnex \| Bellevue \| Bernex \| Carouge \| Cartigny \| Céligny \| Chancy \| Chêne-Bougeries \| Chêne-Bourg \| Choulex \| Collex-Bossy \| Collonge-Bellerive \| Cologny \| Confignon \| Corsier \| Dardagny \| Genève (Geneva) \| Genthod \| Gy \| Hermance \| Jussy \| Laconnex \| Lancy \| Grand-Saconnex \| Meinier \| Meyrin \| Onex \| Perly-Certoux \| Plan-les-Ouates \| Pregny-Chambésy \| Presinge \| Puplinge \| Russin \| Satigny \| Soral \| Thônex \| Troinex \| Vandœuvres \| Vernier \| Versoix \| Veyrier Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Genf. ... AÃ¯re-la-Ville is a commune in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... AniÃ¨res is a commune in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... Avully is a village in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland. ... Avusy is a village in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland at 49° 9′ 2″ N 5° 59′ 40″ E. Categories: Municipalities of Switzerland \| Switzerland geography stubs \| Municipalities of the Canton of Geneva ... Bardonnex is a commune in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland Categories: Municipalities of Switzerland \| Municipalities of the Canton of Geneva ... Bellevue is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... Bernex is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland Categories: Municipalities of Switzerland \| Municipalities of the Canton of Geneva ... Carouge is a city in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, with a population of 18,479 (2003). ... There are a number of places with the name Cartigny: in France Cartigny, in the Somme département Cartigny-lÉpinay, in the Calvados département Cartignies, in the Nord département in Switzerland Cartigny, a commune in Geneva, Switzerland. ... CÃ©ligny is a Swiss commune in the canton of Geneva. ... Chancy is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland Categories: Municipalities of Switzerland \| Municipalities of the Canton of Geneva ... ChÃªne-Bougeries is a commune in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... ChÃªne-Bourg is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland Categories: Municipalities of Switzerland \| Municipalities of the Canton of Geneva ... Choulex is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... Collex-Bossy is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... Collonge-Bellerive is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... Cologny is a commune in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... Confignon is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... Corsier is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... Dardagny is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jet dEau in Geneva Geneva (French: GenÃ¨ve) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland, situated where Lake Geneva (known in French as Lac LÃ©man) flows into the RhÃ´ne River. ... Genthod is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... Gy is a commune in Geneva, in Switzerland. ... Hermance is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jussy is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... Jump to: navigation, search Laconnex is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... Jump to: navigation, search Lancy is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... Jump to: navigation, search Grand-Saconnex is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... Jump to: navigation, search Meinier is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... This sign at the western edge of Meyrin features the coat of arms of the community. ... Soral is a village in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. ... ThÃ´nex is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland Categories: Municipalities of Switzerland \| Municipalities of the Canton of Geneva ... This article needs translation. ... Versoix is a large village, -or a very small town in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, and which sits on Lake Geneva. ...
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Categories: Municipalities of Switzerland | Switzerland geography stubs | Municipalities of the Canton of Geneva The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the name of the westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France and centered around the city of Geneva. ... See: Municipalities of Switzerland Categories: Municipalities of the Canton of Geneva ...

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Canton of Geneva - definition of Canton of Geneva in Encyclopedia (631 words)
	The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the name of the westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France and centered around the city of Geneva.
	As a centre of Calvinist Reformation, the capital Geneva exercised significant influence on the canton, which essentially consists of Geneva and its hinterlands.
	From 1584 Geneva was an "everlasting ally" of the Swiss Confederation.

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