Chêne-Bougeries
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| Canton | Geneva |
| District | n.a. |
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| Population | 10091 (2004) |
| Area | 4.17 km² |
| Elevation | 420 m |
| Postal code | 1224 |
| SFOS number | 6612 |
| Mayor | Emile Biedermann |
| Website | www.chene-bougeries.ch |
| Surrounded by | Cologny, Chêne-Bourg, Geneva, Thônex, Vandoeuvres, Veyrier |
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Chêne-Bougeries is a commune in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It spreads over 4.17 km² of land and its highest point is at 420 meters high. It recently crossed the symbolic barrier of 10000 inhabitants and thus became officially a city.
The name of Chêne-Bougeries derives from a massive oak that used to limit the build land with the foresty camps, called the Bougeries.
Chêne-Bougeries was inhabited for most of its history, and neither the Romans nor the Genevans settled there. An important concern for the Genevans was the leprosy hospital that occupied part of the commune; it is only when this illness was defeated around the 16th century that Chêne-Bougeries really started to develop.
During the French Revolution, the territory was occupied by the French. In 1798 the commune was forced to merge with the neighbouring communes of Chêne-Thônex and Chêne-Bourg to create a new entity, the Trois-Chêne. In 1801, however, it was able to regain the autonomous commune status, while Chêne-Thônex and Chêne-Bourg remained unified. In 1816, Chêne-Bougeries, as many of other neighboring communes, became part of a newly Swiss Geneva. Incidentally, Chêne-Thônex was subsequently called Thônex when dissensions led to a new separation with Chêne-Bourg in 1869. The three communes are still referred today as Trois-Chêne and close ties are still in place. Work on social security, medical assistance, cultural offerings and sport infrastructure, to name a few, are operated in close cooperation between the three.
While it used to be an agricultural commune for most of its history, Chêne-Bougeries, due to its close position to the city of Geneva, became essentially residential, attracting middle to very high revenue families.
Chêne-Bougeries hosts an annex (Annexe de Conches) of the Musée d’ethnographie de Genève, Geneva's ethnographic museum.
The parliament, composed by 23 people, is dominated by the Parti Libéral Genevois, the main right-wing political party of the Canton. The mayor's office, called the Conseil Administratif, is composed by 3 people: the rotating president becomes the mayor. Currently, it is Mr Emile Biedermann.
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| Aire-la-Ville | Anières | Avully | Avusy | Bardonnex | Bellevue | Bernex | Carouge | Cartigny | Céligny | Chancy | Chêne-Bougeries | Chêne-Bourg | Choulex | Collex-Bossy | Collonge-Bellerive | Cologny | Confignon | Corsier | Dardagny | Genève (Geneva) | Genthod | Gy | Hermance | Jussy | Laconnex | Lancy | Grand-Saconnex | Meinier | Meyrin | Onex | Perly-Certoux | Plan-les-Ouates | Pregny-Chambésy | Presinge | Puplinge | Russin | Satigny | Soral | Thônex | Troinex | Vandœuvres | Vernier | Versoix | Veyrier | |
| Canton of Geneva | Municipalities of the Canton of Geneva | Switzerland |
