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Vernier

Vernier is a municipality in the , in . It is located in the western suburbs of .
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  • Type: Town with 34,500 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH6643”, “Vernier GE”, and “Vernier, Switzerland”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Geneva International Airport and Geneva Airport railway station.

Aerodrome
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Geneva Airport – formerly and still unofficially known as Cointrin Airport – is an of , the second most populous city in . is situated 3½ km northeast of Vernier.

Railway station
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is a train station located underground next to the terminal building of Geneva International Airport, in Grand-Saconnex, , .

Railway station
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, formerly known as Cointrin, is a railway station in the municipality of Vernier, in the canton of . It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lyon–Geneva line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Geneva and Meyrin.

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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.

Town
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Geneva, '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.

Town
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is a municipality of the , . is situated 4½ km southeast of Vernier.

Vernier

Latitude
46.2132° or 46° 12′ 48″ north
Longitude
6.0816° or 6° 4′ 54″ east
Population
34,500
Elevation
390 metres (1,280 feet)
Open location code
8FR8637J+7J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 36650976
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7287438
Wiki­data ID
Q63922
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Vernier” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فيرناير”
  • Arpitan: “Vèrneyér”
  • Arpitan: “Vèrniér”
  • Basque: “Vernier”
  • Belarusian: “Верн’е”
  • Belarusian: “Вэрнье”
  • Breton: “Vernier”
  • Bulgarian: “Верние”
  • Catalan: “Vernier”
  • Cebuano: “Vernier (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Vernier”
  • Chinese: “Vernier”
  • Chinese: “韦尔涅”
  • Czech: “Vernier”
  • Danish: “Vernier”
  • Dutch: “Vernier”
  • Esperanto: “Vernier GE”
  • Esperanto: “Vernier”
  • Finnish: “Vernier”
  • French: “Vernier”
  • Galician: “Vernier”
  • German: “Aïre GE”
  • German: “Châtelaine”
  • German: “Le Bouchet GE”
  • German: “Vernier GE”
  • German: “Vernier”
  • Hebrew: “ורנייה”
  • Hungarian: “Vernier”
  • Indonesian: “Vernier GE”
  • Indonesian: “Vernier, Swiss”
  • Indonesian: “Vernier”
  • Irish: “Vernier”
  • Italian: “Vernier”
  • Japanese: “ヴェルニエ”
  • Korean: “베르니에”
  • Kurdish: “Vernier”
  • Lithuanian: “Vernjė”
  • Lombard: “Vernier”
  • Malay: “Vernier, Switzerland”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vernier”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vernier”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vernier i Sveits”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vernier”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Vernier”
  • Persian: “ورنیه، سوئیس”
  • Polish: “Vernier”
  • Portuguese: “Vernier”
  • Romansh: “Vernier”
  • Russian: “Вернье”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Vernier”
  • Serbian: “Vernier”
  • Serbian: “Верније”
  • Slovak: “Vernier”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ورنیه، سوئیس”
  • Spanish: “Vernier”
  • Swedish: “Vernier GE”
  • Swedish: “Vernier”
  • Swiss German: “Vernier”
  • Tatar: “Вернье”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Vernier”
  • Turkish: “Vernier, İsviçre”
  • Turkish: “Vernier”
  • Ukrainian: “Верньє”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Vernier”
  • Venetian: “Vernier”
  • Vietnamese: “Vernier”
  • Volapük: “Vernier”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vernier, Swiza”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vernier”
  • “Vernier”

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