Veigy-Foncenex

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Veigy-Foncenex

Total population

4,005

Elevation394 m

Land area12.99 km²

Coordinates46.27°, 6.26°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Veigy-Foncenex is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

A

André Roch

Swiss mountain climber (1906-2002)

M

Marie Pillet

French actress (1941-2009)

Henri Dufaux

French-Swiss artist and aviation pioneer (1879-1980)

Nicolas Schnyder

Swiss bicycle racer

D

Daniel Paunier

Swiss historian

J

Jean Gaberel

Swiss historian (1810-1889)

J

Joseph Philippe

French politician (1907-1966)

L

Louis Pierre Aimé Chastel

French officer

Marc-Joseph Saugey

Swiss architect (1908-1971)

Marie-Thérèse Hermann

French historian (1925-2015)

Michel Portmann

Swiss athletics competitor

P

Pierre-Alain Bertola

Swiss comics artist (1956-2012)

J

Jacques Denys Choisy

Swiss botanist (1799-1859)

Francis Fortescue Urquhart

English historian

Jeanne de Jussie

Genevan abbess

J

John Bernhard

Swiss photographer (born 1957)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

• Saint-Cergues
  3.9 mi away · pop. 3,714
• Gaillard
  6.3 mi away · pop. 10,175
• Vétraz-Monthoux
  6.6 mi away · pop. 9,874
• Divonne-les-Bains
  8.1 mi away · pop. 10,137
• Fillinges
  8.7 mi away · pop. 3,537
• Allinges
  11 mi away · pop. 4,853
• Viry
  14.9 mi away · pop. 5,635
• Publier
  15.9 mi away · pop. 7,646
• Évian-les-Bains
  18.3 mi away · pop. 9,214
• Jonzier
  18.8 mi away · pop. 835
• Thorens-Glières
  18.9 mi away · pop. 9,547
• Epagny
  19 mi away

Browse all places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

European Stag Beetle

Lucanus cervus

Seen 2026-06-08

Aesculapian Snake

Zamenis longissimus

Seen 2026-06-08

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-06-07

European Nursery Web spider

Pisaura mirabilis

Seen 2026-06-07

Variable Cockroach

Planuncus tingitanus

Seen 2026-06-07

pyramidal orchid

Anacamptis pyramidalis

Seen 2026-06-07

Southern Heath Fritillary

Melitaea celadussa

Seen 2026-06-07

Lesser Stag Beetle

Dorcus parallelipipedus

Seen 2026-06-07

Mediterranean Spotted Chafer

Oxythyrea funesta

Seen 2026-06-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers