Troinex

Troinex
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Location of 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^[update], 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^[update]) of 2,336. As of 2008^[update], 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^[update]) 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^[update], 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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