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Laconnex
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Laconnex
Total population
611
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Laconnex is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
History
Laconnex is first mentioned in 1225 as Laconay. In 1231 it was mentioned as Lacunay.
Geography
Laconnex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 79.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 8.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.8% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 6.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 67.1% is used for growing crops and 5.2% is pastures, while 7.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Geneva
- Sézenove1.2 mi away
- La Plaine2.3 mi away
- Vessy6 mi away
- Pregny7.4 mi away
- Bellevue8.9 mi away
- Vésenaz9.7 mi away
- Choulex10.1 mi away · pop. 1,054
- Céligny15.5 mi away · pop. 667
- Hoenzadriel388.1 mi away · pop. 415
- De Horst388.2 mi away · pop. 1,225
- Nederasselt388.4 mi away · pop. 785
- Malden388.7 mi away · pop. 11,625
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 6627
- Population (Wikidata)
- 682
- Wikidata
- Q69848
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771