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Troinex

Troinex
Armenian Church Troinex1.jpg
Coat of arms of Troinex
Coat of arms
Troinex is located in Switzerland
Troinex
Troinex
Troinex is located in Canton of Geneva
Troinex
Troinex
Coordinates: 46°09′N 06°09′E / 46.150°N 6.150°E / 46.150; 6.150Coordinates: 46°09′N 06°09′E / 46.150°N 6.150°E / 46.150; 6.150
Country Switzerland
Canton Geneva
District n.a.
Government
 • Mayor Maire
Jacques Magnenat
Area
 • Total 3.42 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Elevation 425 m (1,394 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
 • Total 2,336
 • Density 680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Postal code 1256
SFOS number 6641
Surrounded by Bardonnex, Bossey (FR-74), Carouge, Collonges-sous-Salève (FR-74), Étrembières (FR-74), Plan-les-Ouates, Veyrier
Website www.troinex.ch
SFSO statistics
Largest groups of foreign residents 2013
Nationality Amount  % total
(population)
 France 109 4.7
 Italy 67 3.0
 Portugal 48 2.1
 UK 35 1.5
 Netherlands 24 1.0
 USA 21 0.9
 Spain 20 0.9
 India 15 0.6
 Greece 10 0.4
 Germany 9 0.4

Troinex is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

Troinex has an area, as of 2009, of 3.42 square kilometers (1.32 sq mi). Of this area, 2.29 km2 (0.88 sq mi) or 67.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.25 km2 (0.097 sq mi) or 7.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.9 km2 (0.35 sq mi) or 26.3% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 19.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.8%. Out of the forested land, 1.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 48.8% is used for growing crops and 2.0% is pastures, while 16.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality of Troinex consists of the sub-sections or villages of Troinex - village, Troinex - Dessous, Troinex - Dessus, Troinex - Marais and Les Dolens.

Troinex has a population (as of December 2015) of 2,336. As of 2008, 20.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 13.8%. It has changed at a rate of 8% due to migration and at a rate of 7.7% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (1,747 or 86.1%), with German being second most common (80 or 3.9%) and English being third (75 or 3.7%). There are 24 people who speak Italian and 2 people who speak Romansh.

As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 49.2% male and 50.8% female. The population was made up of 858 Swiss men (39.4% of the population) and 213 (9.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 918 Swiss women (42.2%) and 188 (8.6%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 309 or about 15.2% were born in Troinex and lived there in 2000. There were 829 or 40.8% who were born in the same canton, while 319 or 15.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 491 or 24.2% were born outside of Switzerland.


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