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Meinier
Genevavillage
Total population
2,059
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Meinier is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
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History
Meinier is first mentioned in 1153 as de maniaco. Around 1344 it was mentioned as Meignier.
Geography
Meinier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 80.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 3.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.3%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 1.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 57.8% is used for growing crops and 5.7% is pastures, while 17.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
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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
- Corsier GE1.2 mi away · pop. 2,282
- Choulex1.7 mi away · pop. 1,054
- Vésenaz1.7 mi away
- Presinge2.2 mi away · pop. 708
- Bellevue3.8 mi away
- Collex5.5 mi away
- Carouge6.2 mi away · pop. 20,910
- Vessy6.3 mi away
- Céligny7.4 mi away · pop. 667
- Bernex9.2 mi away · pop. 9,866
- Aire-la-Ville9.9 mi away · pop. 1,115
- Soral11.5 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
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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
- 6629
- Population (Wikidata)
- 2,069
- Wikidata
- Q69845
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771