Perly-Certoux

Perly-Certoux
Aerial view of Perly-Certoux in 2016
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Location of Perly-Certoux
Coordinates: 46°09′N 06°05′E / 46.150°N 6.083°E / 46.150; 6.083Coordinates: 46°09′N 06°05′E / 46.150°N 6.083°E / 46.150; 6.083
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Geneva
District	n.a.
Government
• Mayor	Maire Fernand Savigny
Area
• Total	2.53 km2 (0.98 sq mi)
Elevation	439 m (1,440 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	3,039
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Postal code	1258
SFOS number	6632
Surrounded by	Bardonnex, Bernex, Confignon, Plan-les-Ouates, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois (FR-74), Soral
Website	www.perly-certoux.ch SFSO statistics

Largest groups of foreign residents 2013

Nationality	Amount	% total (population)
Portugal	219	7.1
France	174	5.7
Italy	109	3.6
Spain	46	1.5
UK	25	0.8
Brazil	23	0.8
Belgium	15	0.5
Germany	14	0.5
Kosovo	12	0.4
Algeria	12	0.4

Perly-Certoux is a municipality of the canton of Geneva in Switzerland.

Perly is first mentioned in 1124 as de Perliaco. Certoux was mentioned in 1537 as Sartoux.

Perly-Certoux has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 2.53 square kilometers (0.98 sq mi). Of this area, 1.78 km² (0.69 sq mi) or 70.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.08 km² (0.031 sq mi) or 3.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.68 km² (0.26 sq mi) or 26.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 10.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, 2.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 51.4% is used for growing crops and 4.7% is pastures, while 14.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located on the left bank of the Rhone river. It consists of the villages of Perly and Certoux.

Perly-Certoux has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 3,039. As of 2008^[update], 23.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 4.7%. It has changed at a rate of -4.9% due to migration and at a rate of 9.8% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (2,403 or 86.4%), with Italian being second most common (89 or 3.2%) and German being third (84 or 3.0%). There is 1 person who speaks Romansh.