Chambésy

History

Pregny is first mentioned in 1113 as Priniacum, and Chambésy in 1277 as Sambesie. The region of Pregny and Chambésy stayed under the County of Savoy and then Duchy of Savoy rule from 1353 until 1536, when it was conquered by Bern. It went back to Savoy in 1567, was conquered by the Republic of Geneva in 1590, and then by France in 1601. It finally joined the canton of Geneva in 1815 and thus the Swiss Confederacy.

Geography

Pregny-Chambésy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 15.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 70.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 53.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.6%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 6.8%. Out of the forested land, 8.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 6.2% is used for growing crops and 5.9% is pastures, while 3.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes. The municipality is located from Geneva on the right shore of Lake Geneva. It originally consisted of the village of Pregny and the hamlets of Chambésy-Dessus and Chembésy-Dessous as well as the settlement of Roilbot. Until 1960 it was known as Pregny.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Coot

  Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  7,012
• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  6,699
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  6,230
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,149
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  6,131
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,891
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,541
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,313

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2026-01-12
  4 km SSW of Les Houches, France
• M 3.3 — 2025-05-06
  8 km W of Chapareillan, 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