Collonge-Bellerive

Collonge-Bellerive
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Collonge-Bellerive
Location of Collonge-Bellerive
Coordinates: 46°15′N 06°12′E / 46.250°N 6.200°E / 46.250; 6.200Coordinates: 46°15′N 06°12′E / 46.250°N 6.200°E / 46.250; 6.200
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Geneva
District	n.a.
Government
• Mayor	Maire Francine de Planta
Area
• Total	6.12 km2 (2.36 sq mi)
Elevation	426 m (1,398 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	7,998
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Postal code	1245
SFOS number	6616
Surrounded by	Bellevue, Choulex, Cologny, Corsier, Meinier, Vandœuvres, Versoix
Website	www.collonge-bellerive.ch SFSO statistics

Collonge-Bellerive is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

Collonge-Bellerive is first mentioned in 1153 as Collonges. In 1275 it was mentioned as Sancto Mauricio. Until 1799 it was known as Collonge sur Bellerive. It became part of the Canton of Geneva in 1816.

Collonge-Bellerive has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 6.12 square kilometers (2.36 sq mi). Of this area, 2.27 km² (0.88 sq mi) or 37.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.25 km² (0.097 sq mi) or 4.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.58 km² (1.38 sq mi) or 58.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 45.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, 2.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 21.4% is used for growing crops and 2.0% is pastures, while 13.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.

It is situated on the left bank of Lake Geneva. Surrounded by the municipalities of Cologny, Vandœuvres, Choulex, Meinier, and Corsier, Collonge-Bellerive consists primarily of the villages of Collonge, Vésenaz and Saint-Maurice together with the hamlets of Cherre, Bellerive, La Repentance and La Capite.

The municipality of Collonge-Bellerive consists of the sub-sections or villages of Bellerive, Collonge, La Gabiule, Saint-Maurice, La Pallanterie, La Californie, Vésenaz – lac, Vésenaz – village and La Combe.

Collonge-Bellerive has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 7,998. As of 2008^[update], 28.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 23.9%. It has changed at a rate of 19% due to migration and at a rate of 4.4% due to births and deaths.