Le Grand-Saconnex

Le Grand-Saconnex is a municipality of the , Switzerland. Several international organizations and permanent missions to the United Nations are located in Grand Saconnex.
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  • Type: Town with 11,900 residents
  • Description: municipality in Switzerland
  • Also known as: Grand-Saconnex”, “Grand-Saconnex GE”, and “Saconnex
  • Postal code: 1218
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fontaine lavoir du Grand-Saconnex and Geneva International Airport.

Fountain
is a fountain.

Aerodrome
Geneva Airport – formerly and still unofficially known as Cointrin Airport – is an of , the second most populous city in .

Public building
The is the home of the United Nations Office at Geneva, located in , Switzerland. It was built between 1929 and 1938 to serve as the headquarters of the League of Nations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sécheron and Ferney-Voltaire.

Neighborhood
Photo: Shev123, CC0.
is a neighborhood.

Town
is a commune in the department in the region of eastern France. It lies between the Jura Mountains and the Swiss border; it forms part of the metropolitan area of . is situated 2½ km northwest of Le Grand-Saconnex.

Suburb
Photo: Noebu, CC BY 2.5.
is a suburb, which is situated 3 km southeast of Le Grand-Saconnex.

Le Grand-Saconnex

Latitude
46.23633° or 46° 14′ 11″ north
Longitude
6.12653° or 6° 7′ 36″ east
Population
11,900
Elevation
450 metres (1,476 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH LGS
Open location code
8FR864PG+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 36650978
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2660532
Wiki­data ID
Q69714
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Le Grand-Saconnex” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Grand-Saconnex
  • Aragonese: Grand-Saconnex
  • Arpitan: Grand-Saconnex
  • Arpitan: Lo Grant-Saquenèx
  • Asturian: Grand-Saconnex
  • Basque: Grand-Saconnex
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  • Bavarian: Grand-Saconnex
  • Belarusian: Ле Гран-Саканэ
  • Breton: Le Grand-Saconnex
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  • Cebuano: Le Grand-Saconnex (munisipyo)
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  • Chinese: Le Grand-Saconnex
  • Chinese: 勒格朗萨孔内
  • Chinese: 大萨孔内
  • Chinese: 大萨科内
  • Corsican: Grand-Saconnex
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  • Czech: Le Grand-Saconnex
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  • Hebrew: לה גראן סקונקס
  • Hungarian: Le Grand-Saconnex
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  • Ido: Grand-Saconnex
  • Indonesian: Grand-Saconnex
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  • Irish: Grand-Saconnex
  • Irish: Le Grand-Saconnex
  • Italian: Grand-Saconnex
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  • Japanese: グラン=サコネ
  • Japanese: ル・グラン=サコネ
  • Kongo: Grand-Saconnex
  • Latin: Le Grand-Saconnex
  • Ligurian: Grand-Saconnex
  • Limburgan: Grand-Saconnex
  • Lithuanian: Le Gran Sakoneksas
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  • Narom: Grand-Saconnex
  • Neapolitan: Grand-Saconnex
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Grand-Saconnex
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Grand-Saconnex
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  • Occitan (post 1500): Grand-Saconnex
  • Picard: Grand-Saconnex
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  • Romanian: Grand-Saconnex
  • Romansh: Le Grand Saconnex
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  • Russian: Ле Гран-Саконне
  • Sardinian: Grand-Saconnex
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  • Swedish: Grand-Saconnex
  • Swedish: Le Grand-Saconnex
  • Swiss German: Le Grand-Saconnex
  • Tosk Albanian: Le Grand-Saconnex
  • Turkish: Le Grand-Saconnex
  • Ukrainian: Ле-Гран-Саконе
  • Upper Sorbian: Le Grand-Saconnex
  • Venetian: Grand-Saconnex
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  • Waray (Philippines): Grand-Saconnex
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