Chêne-Bourg

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Chêne-Bourg

Location of Chêne-Bourg

Coordinates: 46°12′N 06°12′E / 46.200°N 6.200°ECoordinates: 46°12′N 06°12′E / 46.200°N 6.200°E

Country

n.a.

Government

• Mayor

Maire
Beatriz de Candolle

Area

• Total

1.28 km² (0.49 sq mi)

Elevation

426 m (1,398 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

8,472

• Density

6,600/km² (17,000/sq mi)

Postal code

1225

SFOS number

6613

Surrounded by

Chêne-Bougeries, Thônex, Vandœuvres

Website

www.chene-bourg.ch
SFSO statistics

**Largest groups of foreign residents 2013**
Nationality	Amount	% total (population)
Portugal	822	10.1
France	416	5.1
Italy	396	4.9
Spain	193	2.4
Kosovo	90	1.1
Germany	74	0.9
Brazil	74	0.9
UK	70	0.9
Turkey	48	0.6
Tunisia	41	0.5
Congo-Kinshasa	38	0.5
Serbia	35	0.4
Russia	33	0.4
Colombia	29	0.3
Netherlands	25	0.3

Chêne-Bourg is a municipality in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

Chêne-Bourg is first mentioned in 1270 as Quercus. In 1869 it became an independent municipality when Chêne-Thônex divided into the municipalities of Chêne-Bourg and Thônex.

Chêne-Bourg has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 1.28 square kilometers (0.49 sq mi). Of this area, 0.11 km² (0.042 sq mi) or 8.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.04 km² (0.015 sq mi) or 3.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.12 km² (0.43 sq mi) or 87.5% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 59.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 15.6%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 8.6%. Out of the forested land, 1.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 7.0% is used for growing crops.

The municipality is located on the left bank of Lake Geneva and the Seymaz river. It is partly surrounded by the municipality of Thônex. Outside of the historic core, the municipality is densely populated, with a number of villas and small multi-family buildings.

The municipality of Chêne-Bourg consists of the sub-sections or villages of Vieux-Bourg, Petit-Senn - Floraire, Chêne-Bourg - centre, Plateau de Bel-Air and Petit-Bel-Air.

Chêne-Bourg has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 8,472. As of 2008^[update], 34.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 15.4%. It has changed at a rate of 9.6% due to migration and at a rate of 5.9% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (5,781 or 80.1%), with Portuguese being second most common (348 or 4.8%) and Italian being third (262 or 3.6%). There are 6 people who speak Romansh.

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