Veyrier is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, on the French border. It includes the localities of Pinchat, Vessy and Sierne. It is bordered by Chêne-Bougeries, Thônex, Troinex, Plan-les-Ouates, Carouge and Geneva, and by the French municipalities of Collonges-sous-Salève, Bossey and Étrembières in Haute-Savoie. The municipality covers about 6.5 square kilometres as of 2009, with 33.4 percent used for farming and 50.6 percent settled land. At the end of 2020 it had a population of 11,861, and in the 2000 data 81.8 percent of residents gave French as their first language, with German and English the next most common.
Facts
Area (sq km) Elevation (m) Elevation Band Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Switzerland: Cantons and Cities
citypopulation.deCities table, population estimate of 2020-12-31
Veyrier GE 5,942 7,039 8,892 10,003 11,861 12,220
On Continent: Europe, Page header, Europe, Switzerland
Europe → Switzerland
View the Source 2. Veyrier (Wikipedia)
Geography
Veyrier has an area, as of 2009, of 6.5 square kilometers
Part Of: Switzerland, Lead
of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
View the Source3. Opentopodata (SRTM): SRTM 90 m elevation at 46.1667,6.1833
Opentopodata (SRTM)Elevation of the place coordinates 46.1667,6.1833, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, under 500 m lowland, under 1500 m highland, otherwise mountain)Quote, Elevation of the place coordinates 46.1667,6.1833, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, under 500 m lowland, under 1500 m highland, otherwise mountain)
"elevation": 425.0
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