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Bellevue, Switzerland

Bellevue
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Coat of arms of Bellevue
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Bellevue is located in Switzerland
Bellevue
Bellevue
Coordinates: 46°15′N 06°09′E / 46.250°N 6.150°E / 46.250; 6.150Coordinates: 46°15′N 06°09′E / 46.250°N 6.150°E / 46.250; 6.150
Country Switzerland
Canton Geneva
District n.a.
Government
 • Mayor Maire
Jean-Daniel Viret
Area
 • Total 4.35 km2 (1.68 sq mi)
Elevation 378 m (1,240 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
 • Total 3,260
 • Density 750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Postal code 1293
SFOS number 6606
Surrounded by Collex-Bossy, Collonge-Bellerive, Cologny, Ferney-Voltaire (FR-01), Genthod, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Versoix
Website www.mairie-bellevue.ch
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Bellevue is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

The village of Colovrex is first mentioned in 1257 as Colovray. In 1855, the municipality of Bellevue separated from the municipality of Collex-Bossy Bellevue was mostly inhabited by urban, Protestant citizens of Geneva, while the farming municipality of Collex-Bossy was mostly Catholic.

Bellevue has an area, as of 2009, of 4.35 square kilometers (1.68 sq mi). Of this area, 1.76 km2 (0.68 sq mi) or 40.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi) or 15.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.88 km2 (0.73 sq mi) or 43.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.06 km2 (15 acres) or 1.4% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 18.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 16.8%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 4.4% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 12.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 23.0% is used for growing crops and 15.4% is pastures, while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.

It is situated along the northern shores of Lake Geneva and has grown substantially within the past two decades due to the housing shortage in Geneva proper. Mainly families have moved to Bellevue. A local state school and short distances to several international schools and the airport have made it the location of choice for a high share of expatriates.

It consists of the village of Bellevue and the hamlets of Vengeron, Les Tuileries, Valavran and Colovrex.

The municipality of Bellevue consists of the sub-sections or villages of Le Gobé, Bellevue - Grands-Bois, Les Grands-Champs, Bellevue - Rives-du-Lac and L'Ermitage.

Bellevue has a population (as of December 2015) of 3,260. As of 2008, 39.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 75.9%. It has changed at a rate of 60.3% due to migration and at a rate of 16.2% due to births and deaths.


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