Bogis-Bossey

History

Bogis-Bossey is first mentioned in 1135 as Bittgeium ad pontetulum.

Geography

Bogis-Bossey has an area, , of . Of this area, or 58.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 28.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.4% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 26.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 52.7% is used for growing crops and 4.5% is pastures. The municipality is located on the left bank of the Versoix river. It consists of the village of Bogis, on the border with the French commune of Divonne-les-Bains (Pays de Gex), and the hamlets of Bossey (with Bossey Castle), l'Hostellerie, Petit-Bossey and Belle-Ferme.

Most-observed species

• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  6,133
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,056
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,975
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,429
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,099
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,737
• Eurasian Coot

  Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,732
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,639

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2026-01-12
  4 km SSW of Les Houches, France
• M 3.3 — 2022-09-25
  7 km ESE of Ar?ches-la-Frasse, France
• M 4.5 — 2022-03-12
  3 km S of Faverges, France
• M 3.4 — 2020-06-23
  11 km ESE of Samoëns, France
• M 3.2 — 2017-11-17
  10 km NNE of Saint-Rémy-de-Maurienne, France
• M 4.1 — 2017-07-01
  7 km E of Châtel-Saint-Denis, Switzerland