Corsier GE

History

Corsier is first mentioned in 1297 as Corsiacum. Between 1816 and 1858 Corsier and Anières formed a single municipality.

Geography

Corsier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 57.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 2.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 40.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.4% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 27.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.0%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 2.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 0.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 39.4% is used for growing crops and 9.1% is pastures, while 9.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located on the left bank of Lake Geneva.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Coot

  Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  7,056
• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  6,863
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,190
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  6,169
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  6,058
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,915
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,472
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,239

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 3.2 — 2024-05-09
  9 km SW of Evolène, Switzerland
• 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 4.1 — 2021-10-05
  10 km SSW of Evolène, Switzerland