Where is Lancy, Geneva located?

Lancy is located in Geneva, Switzerland, at approximate coordinates 46.1843°, 6.1201°.

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Lancy

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Lancy

Elevation420 m

Land area4.77 km²

Coordinates46.18°, 6.12°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Elevation

420 m

Area

4.77 km²

head of government

Salima Moyard

Official website

www.lancy.ch

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Overview

Lancy is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

History & geography

History

Lancy is first mentioned in 1097 as Lanciaco.

Geography

Lancy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 5.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 6.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 89.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 8.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 45.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 26.4%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.7% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 6.3%. Out of the forested land, 5.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.4% is used for growing crops and 1.5% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

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