Ornex

Coat of arms

Ornex

Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

Ornex

Coordinates: 46°15′36″N 6°05′53″E / 46.26°N 6.098°ECoordinates: 46°15′36″N 6°05′53″E / 46.26°N 6.098°E

Country

Pays de Gex

Government

• Mayor (2008–2014)

Jacques Mercier

Area¹

5.64 km² (2.18 sq mi)

Population (2008)²

3,163

• Density

560/km² (1,500/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

01281 / 01210

Elevation

438–481 m (1,437–1,578 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ornex is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

It is located on the RN5 highway between the Jura mountains and the Swiss border.

Located nine kilometres from Geneva, many inhabitants commute across the Swiss border each morning to jobs with international organizations and multinational corporations. It is bordered in the south by Ferney-Voltaire, in the west by Prévessin-Moëns and Segny, in the north by Versonnex and in the east by the Swiss commune of Collex-Bossy.

A section of the 27 km (17 mi) tunnel excavated by CERN between 1983 and 1988 passes under the town. Originally excavated for the LEP collider, the tunnel now houses the Large Hadron Collider that started operating in 2008. The major visible presence of the LHC tunnel in the area are some surface buildings and some large helium gas tanks further North in Cessy. There are also a number of smaller tunnel Access Points, including one on the border of Ornex and Ferney-Voltaire. Liquid helium is used to cool the LHC's superconducting magnets.

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