Versoix

Versoix is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, in the northern suburbs of the city of Geneva. The origin of the name is uncertain; it is first attested between about 1026 and 1031 in the Medieval Latin form Uersoi, in the local Arpitan dialect it is Varchoè, and the commune is nicknamed the Crow's Nest. Versoix covers 10.51 square kilometres, of which about 38 percent is forest and 29 percent farmland. The population was 13,281 at the end of 2020, around 42 percent of them foreign nationals, and most residents speak French, with English the second most common language. The town has a long tradition of local clubs, such as the Versoix shooting society founded in 1881.