Lancy
Lancy is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
History
Lancy is first mentioned in 1097 as Lanciaco.Geography
Lancy has an area,, of. Of this area, or 5.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 6.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 89.3% is settled, or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 8.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 45.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 26.4%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.7% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 6.3%. Out of the forested land, 5.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.4% is used for growing crops and 1.5% is pastures. 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 Grand-Lancy and Petit-Lancy as well as the hamlets of Pesay, Saint-Georges, La Tour, La Vendée, Le Pont Rouge.
The municipality of Lancy consists of the sub-sections or villages of Les Grandes-Communes, Lancy - Saint-Georges, Petit-Lancy - Tivoli, Surville, La Praille - Pont-Rouge, La Praille - Marchandises, La Praille - Rte des Jeunes, La Praille - stade, Lancy - La Chapelle, Le Bachet, Les Palettes.
Demographics
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 PortugalPoliticsIn the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 23.87% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP, the Green Party and the CVP. In the federal election, a total of 6,431 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.7%.In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 14,212 registered voters of which 5,390 voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the MCG with 20.7% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the third highest proportion of votes. The second most popular party was the Les Socialistes, they were fourth in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the Les Verts, they were second in the canton-wide election. For the 2009 Conseil d'Etat election, there were a total of 14,236 registered voters of which 6,558 voted. In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Lancy there were 35 spots open on the municipal council. There were a total of 19,698 registered voters of which 7,004 voted. Out of the 7,004 votes, there were 29 blank votes, 39 null or unreadable votes and 306 votes with a name that was not on the list. TransportThe commune has the head office of Geneva Public Transport. There are two railway stations, and. Both are located on the CEVA orbital railway with frequent service by trains of the Léman Express.Economy, Lancy had an unemployment rate of 6.9%. , there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 1,785 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 227 businesses in this sector. 15,091 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 887 businesses in this sector. There were 12,713 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.6% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 14,725. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 9, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,717 of which 526 or were in manufacturing and 1,127 were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 12,999. In the tertiary sector; 4,014 or 30.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2,451 or 18.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 417 or 3.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 329 or 2.5% were in the information industry, 1,292 or 9.9% were the insurance or financial industry, 1,031 or 7.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 1,012 or 7.8% were in education and 767 or 5.9% were in health care. , there were 10,930 workers who commuted into the municipality and 10,351 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.1 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 15.1% of the workforce coming into Lancy are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.1% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 32.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 48.3% used a private car. ReligionFrom the, 11,624 or 45.3% were Roman Catholic, while 4,046 or 15.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 333 members of an Orthodox church, there were 53 individuals who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 509 individuals who belonged to another Christian church. There were 94 individuals who were Jewish, and 1,004 who were Islamic. There were 68 individuals who were Buddhist, 42 individuals who were Hindu and 46 individuals who belonged to another church. 5,455 belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 2,414 individuals did not answer the question.EducationIn Lancy about 8,219 or of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 3,799 or have completed additional higher education. Of the 3,799 who completed tertiary schooling, 40.4% were Swiss men, 32.1% were Swiss women, 16.5% were non-Swiss men and 11.0% were non-Swiss women.During the 2009–2010 school year there were a total of 5,817 students in the Lancy school system. The education system in the Canton of Geneva allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten. During that school year, there were 494 children who were in a pre-kindergarten class. The canton's school system provides two years of non-mandatory kindergarten and requires students to attend six years of primary school, with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes. In Lancy there were 889 students in kindergarten or primary school and 150 students were in the special, smaller classes. The secondary school program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling, followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. There were 889 lower secondary students who attended school in Lancy. There were 1,356 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 232 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 305 students attended a private school. , there were 2,671 students in Lancy who came from another municipality, while 1,297 residents attended schools outside the municipality. Collège de Saussure is located in Lancy. Notable people
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