Thônex

Sister cities

• Graveson

History

In 1869 the municipality was created when Chêne-Thônex split into two independent municipalities Chêne-Bourg and Thônex.

Geography

Thônex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 22.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 4.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 71.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 53.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 11.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, 2.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 18.2% is used for growing crops and 3.1% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.