Chêne-Bougeries

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Chêne-Bougeries

Location of Chêne-Bougeries

Coordinates: 46°11′N 6°11′E / 46.183°N 6.183°ECoordinates: 46°11′N 6°11′E / 46.183°N 6.183°E

Country

n.a.

Government

• Mayor

Maire
Emile Biedermann

Area

• Total

4.13 km² (1.59 sq mi)

Elevation

420 m (1,380 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

11,222

• Density

2,700/km² (7,000/sq mi)

Postal code

1224

SFOS number

6612

Surrounded by

Cologny, Chêne-Bourg, Geneva, Thônex, Vandoeuvres, Veyrier

Website

www.chene-bougeries.ch
SFSO statistics

**Largest groups of foreign residents 2013**
Nationality	Amount	% total (population)
France	817	7.7
Portugal	455	4.3
Italy	387	3.7
UK	239	2.3
Spain	186	1.8
USA	143	1.3
Germany	119	1.1
Russia	111	1.0
Belgium	88	0.8
Netherlands	78	0.7
Brazil	47	0.4
Kosovo	45	0.4
Poland	44	0.4
Canada	44	0.4
Turkey	36	0.3
Greece	33	0.3
Serbia	33	0.3
Iran	33	0.3
Japan	31	0.3
Austria	29	0.3

Chêne-Bougeries is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It recently crossed the symbolic barrier of 10,000 inhabitants and thus became officially a city.

Chêne-Bougeries is first mentioned in 1270 as Quercus. In 1801 it was mentioned as Chêne-les-Bougeries.

Chêne-Bougeries was inhabited for most of its history, and neither the Romans nor the Genevans settled there. An important concern for the Genevans was the leprosy hospital that occupied part of the commune; it is only when this illness was defeated around the 16th century that Chêne-Bougeries really started to develop.

During the French Revolution, the territory was occupied by the French. In 1798 the commune was forced to merge with the neighbouring communes of Chêne-Thônex and Chêne-Bourg to create a new entity, the Trois-Chêne. In 1801, however, it was able to regain the autonomous commune status, while Chêne-Thônex and Chêne-Bourg remained unified. In 1816, Chêne-Bougeries, as many of other neighboring communes, became part of a newly Swiss Geneva. Incidentally, Chêne-Thônex was subsequently called Thônex when dissensions led to a new separation with Chêne-Bourg in 1869.

The three communes are still referred today as Trois-Chêne and close ties are still in place. Work on social security, medical assistance, cultural offerings and sport infrastructure, to name a few, are operated in close cooperation between the three.

While it used to be an agricultural commune for most of its history, Chêne-Bougeries, due to its close position to the city of Geneva, became essentially residential, attracting middle to very high revenue families.

Chêne-Bougeries has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 4.13 square kilometers (1.59 sq mi). Of this area, 0.42 km² (0.16 sq mi) or 10.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.24 km² (0.093 sq mi) or 5.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.44 km² (1.33 sq mi) or 83.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes.

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