Canton of Geneva

The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva, is one of the 26 cantons of the . It is composed of forty-five municipalities, and the seat of the government and parliament is in the .
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  • Type: State with 506,000 residents
  • Description: canton of Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Canton de Geneve”, “Canton de Genève”, “CH-GE”, “CH013”, “GE”, “Geneva”, “Geneve”, “Genève”, and “Republic and Canton of Geneva”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Geneva International Airport and Jet d’Eau.

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

Fountain
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The Jet d'Eau is a large fountain in , and is one of the city's most famous landmarks, being featured on the city's official tourism web site.

Public building
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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 Geneva and Annemasse.

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, 's second-most populous city and the largest French-speaking city in Switzerland, is one of the world's major centres of international diplomacy, having served as the site of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross since its foundation in 1863.

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is a city in the region of France, directly across the border from , . Many of its inhabitants work in Geneva and travel home every day.

Town
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is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, in . It is located in the western suburbs of .

Canton of Geneva

Latitude
46.2257° or 46° 13′ 32″ north
Longitude
6.1439° or 6° 8′ 38″ east
Population
506,000
Elevation
414 metres (1,358 feet)
Abbreviation
“GE”
Open location code
8FR864GV+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 760018463
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
2660645
Wiki­data ID
Q11917
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Canton of Geneva” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “GE”
  • Afrikaans: “Kanton Genève”
  • Albanian: “Kantoni Gjenevë”
  • Amharic: “ጄኔቫ”
  • Arabic: “جنيف”
  • Arabic: “كانتون جنيف”
  • Aragonese: “Cantón de Chinevra”
  • Aragonese: “GE”
  • Armenian: “Ժնև”
  • Arpitan: “Canton de Geneva”
  • Arpitan: “GE”
  • Asturian: “cantón de Xinebra”
  • Asturian: “Cantón de Xinebra”
  • Asturian: “GE”
  • Asturian: “Xinebra”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cenevrə kantonu”
  • Balinese: “Kanton Jenéwa”
  • Basque: “GE”
  • Basque: “Geneva kantonamendua”
  • Bavarian: “GE”
  • Belarusian: “Жэнева (кантон)”
  • Belarusian: “Жэнева”
  • Belarusian: “Жэнэва”
  • Bengali: “জেনেভা”
  • Bosnian: “Ženeva”
  • Breton: “GE”
  • Breton: “Geneva”
  • Breton: “Kanton Geneva”
  • Bulgarian: “Женева”
  • Catalan: “cantó de Ginebra”
  • Catalan: “Cantó de Ginebra”
  • Catalan: “GE”
  • Cebuano: “Genève (kanton)”
  • Cebuano: “Genève”
  • Chinese: “Genève Chiu”
  • Chinese: “日內瓦州”
  • Chinese: “日内瓦州”
  • Chuvash: “Женева”
  • Corsican: “Canton Ginevra”
  • Corsican: “Cantone di Ginevra”
  • Croatian: “GE”
  • Croatian: “Kanton Ženeva”
  • Czech: “GE”
  • Czech: “Ženeva”
  • Danish: “GE”
  • Danish: “Kanton Genève”
  • Dutch: “GE”
  • Dutch: “Genève”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كانتون چينيڤ”
  • Esperanto: “GE”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝenevo”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Ĝenevo”
  • Estonian: “GE”
  • Estonian: “Genfi kanton”
  • Finnish: “GE”
  • Finnish: “Geneve”
  • Finnish: “Genève”
  • Finnish: “Genf”
  • French: “canton de Genève”
  • French: “Canton de Genève”
  • French: “Etat de Genève”
  • French: “État de Genève”
  • French: “GE”
  • French: “Genève”
  • French: “République et canton de Genève”
  • French: “République et Canton de Genève”
  • Friulian: “GE”
  • Galician: “Cantón de Xenebra”
  • Galician: “GE”
  • Georgian: “ჟენევის კანტონი”
  • German: “Gämf”
  • German: “Gänf”
  • German: “GE”
  • German: “Genf”
  • German: “Kanton Genf”
  • German: “Kanton”
  • German: “Republik und Kanton Genf”
  • Greek: “καντόνι της Γενεύης”
  • Greek: “Καντόνι της Γενεύης”
  • Hausa: “Geneva”
  • Hebrew: “ג’נבה”
  • Hebrew: “ז’נבה”
  • Hebrew: “קנטון ג’נבה”
  • Hebrew: “קנטון ז’נבה”
  • Hindi: “जनीवा कैन्टन”
  • Hungarian: “GE”
  • Hungarian: “Genf kanton”
  • Hungarian: “Genf”
  • Icelandic: “GE”
  • Ido: “GE”
  • Iloko: “Hinebra”
  • Iloko: “Kanton ti Hinebra”
  • Indonesian: “GE”
  • Indonesian: “Kanton Jenewa”
  • Interlingua: “GE”
  • Interlingue: “Canton de Genève”
  • Interlingue: “GE”
  • Irish: “an Ghinéiv”
  • Irish: “cantún na Ginéive”
  • Irish: “GE”
  • Italian: “Canton Ginevra”
  • Italian: “GE”
  • Italian: “Ginevra”
  • Italian: “Repubblica e Canton Ginevra”
  • Italian: “Repubblica e Cantone di Ginevra”
  • Japanese: “ジュネーヴ州”
  • Javanese: “Kanton Jenéwa”
  • Kazakh: “Женева”
  • Kirghiz: “Женева”
  • Kongo: “GE”
  • Korean: “제네바 주”
  • Korean: “제네바”
  • Korean: “제네바주”
  • Kurdish: “Cenevre (kanton)”
  • Kurdish: “Cenevre”
  • Kurdish: “Jenev (kanton)”
  • Kurdish: “Jenev”
  • Ladin: “Cianton de Genevra”
  • Latin: “Genava”
  • Latvian: “Ženēvas kantons”
  • Ligurian: “GE”
  • Limburgan: “GE”
  • Limburgan: “Genève”
  • Lingala: “Kanton ya Shnɛ́f”
  • Lithuanian: “Ženeva”
  • Lithuanian: “Ženevos kantonas”
  • Lombard: “Canton Ginevra”
  • Low German: “GE”
  • Luxembourgish: “GE”
  • Luxembourgish: “Genf”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kanton Genève”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kanton Genf”
  • Macedonian: “Женева”
  • Malagasy: “GE”
  • Malay: “GE”
  • Malay: “Kanton Geneva”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Geneva”
  • Marathi: “जिनिव्हा”
  • Mazanderani: “ژنو کانتون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Genève Chiu”
  • Minangkabau: “GE”
  • Narom: “GE”
  • Neapolitan: “GE”
  • Northern Frisian: “Genf”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kantoon Genf”
  • Northern Sami: “Geneve”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “GE”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Genève”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “GE”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kantonen Genève”
  • Norwegian: “Genève”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Canton de Genèva”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “GE”
  • Oromo: “Geneva”
  • Ossetian: “Женевæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਜਨੇਵਾ”
  • Persian: “ایالت ژنو”
  • Persian: “کانتون ژنو”
  • Picard: “GE”
  • Piemontese: “GE”
  • Polish: “GE”
  • Polish: “Genewa”
  • Portuguese: “GE”
  • Portuguese: “Genebra”
  • Pushto: “جنیوا”
  • Romanian: “Cantonul Geneva”
  • Romanian: “GE”
  • Romanian: “Geneva”
  • Romansh: “Chantun Genevra”
  • Romansh: “GE”
  • Romansh: “Genevra”
  • Romansh: “Republica ed Chantun Genevra”
  • Russian: “Женева”
  • Sardinian: “GE”
  • Scots: “Canton o Geneva”
  • Scots: “GE”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “GE”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Genève”
  • Serbian: “GE”
  • Serbian: “Кантон Женева”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Geneva”
  • Sicilian: “GE”
  • Sicilian: “Ginevra”
  • Slovak: “GE”
  • Slovak: “Ženeva”
  • Slovenian: “GE”
  • Slovenian: “Kanton Ženeva”
  • Somali: “Geneva”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ژنو”
  • Spanish: “Canton de Ginebra”
  • Spanish: “Cantón de Ginebra”
  • Spanish: “GE”
  • Spanish: “Ginebra”
  • Swahili: “GE”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Geneva”
  • Swedish: “GE”
  • Swedish: “Geneve”
  • Swedish: “Genève”
  • Swedish: “Genf”
  • Swiss German: “GE”
  • Swiss German: “Kanton Gänf”
  • Tajik: “Женева”
  • Tatar: “Женева”
  • Thai: “รัฐเจนีวา”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kanton Genf”
  • Turkish: “canton de Genève”
  • Turkish: “Cenevre (kanton)”
  • Turkish: “Cenevre kantonu”
  • Turkish: “Cenevre Kantonu”
  • Turkish: “Cenevre”
  • Turkish: “GE”
  • Turkish: “Genava”
  • Turkish: “Geneva”
  • Turkish: “Genève”
  • Turkish: “Genevra”
  • Turkish: “Ginevra”
  • Ukrainian: “Женева”
  • Ukrainian: “кантон Женева”
  • Urdu: “کینٹن جنیوا”
  • Uzbek: “Jeneva”
  • Venetian: “Canton Xenevra”
  • Venetian: “GE”
  • Vietnamese: “GE”
  • Vietnamese: “Genève”
  • Vietnamese: “Giơ-ne-vơ”
  • Vlaams: “GE”
  • Volapük: “GE”
  • Walloon: “GE”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Geneva”
  • Welsh: “GE”
  • Welsh: “Genefa”
  • Western Panjabi: “جینوا کینٹن”
  • Western Panjabi: “جینوا”
  • Wolof: “GE”
  • Wu Chinese: “日内瓦州”
  • Yue Chinese: “日內瓦州”
  • Zulu: “GE”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Geneva Botanic Garden and Sécheron.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jardin dungle and Tuff Wall.

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