Le Grand-Saconnex

Le Grand-Saconnex is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva in Switzerland, lying just west of the city of Geneva on the right bank of Lake Geneva and forming part of the greater Geneva area. It covers 4.38 square kilometres, of which about 84 percent is settled land, and had 12,378 residents in December 2020. Several international organizations and permanent missions to the United Nations are located here, so the population is one of the most diverse in Switzerland, with nearly 40 percent born outside the country. Geneva Airport lies partly within the municipality, as does the Palexpo exhibition area, and the settlement is first mentioned in 1128 under the name Saconai. French is the most widely spoken language, followed by English and German.