Presinge

Presinge
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Location of Presinge
Coordinates: 46°14′N 06°15′E / 46.233°N 6.250°E / 46.233; 6.250Coordinates: 46°14′N 06°15′E / 46.233°N 6.250°E / 46.233; 6.250
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Geneva
District	n.a.
Government
• Mayor	Maire Ferdinand Le Comte
Area
• Total	4.72 km2 (1.82 sq mi)
Elevation	460 m (1,510 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	692
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Postal code	1243
SFOS number	6635
Surrounded by	Choulex, Jussy, Juvigny (FR-74), Meinier, Puplinge, Ville-la-Grand (FR-74)
Website	www.presinge.ch SFSO statistics

Largest groups of foreign residents 2013

Nationality	Amount	% total (population)
France	40	6.2
Eritrea	22	3.4
Portugal	18	2.8
UK	12	1.9
Italy	8	1.2

Presinge is a municipality of the canton of Geneva in Switzerland.

Presinge is first mentioned after 1000 as in Presiago. In 1180 it was mentioned as villa que appellatur Presingium.

The village of Presinge was part of ancient Burgundy and settled in 443 by 'le peuple germanique des Burgondes'. Regarding the German-sounding names of the surrounding villages - albeit now with French spelling (adding an '-e' to the ending) - the text cites the villages of Presinge, Puplinge, Corsinge, Merlinge, etc. - 'which tended to indicate an area of Germanic preponderance'.

The branch of the noble family (Presinge/Pressinge) that gave its name to the village decreased in influence and number very gradually over the centuries.

There is a copy of an old map dated 1740 by Philippe Bauche (the original is kept in the Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire, Geneva) showing the other old spelling of "Pressinge".

Presinge has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 4.72 square kilometers (1.82 sq mi). Of this area, 3.2 km² (1.2 sq mi) or 67.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.88 km² (0.34 sq mi) or 18.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.61 km² (0.24 sq mi) or 12.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, 16.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 54.0% is used for growing crops and 6.6% is pastures, while 7.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

It consists of the village of Presinge and the hamlets of Cara and La Louvière.

The municipality of Presinge consists of the sub-sections or villages of Cara, L'Abbaye, Presinge, La Renfile and La Louvière.

Presinge has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 692. As of 2008^[update], 16.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 7.8%. It has changed at a rate of 32.1% due to migration and at a rate of -22% due to births and deaths.

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