Veyrier


Veyrier is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, on the French border.
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Geography

Veyrier has an area,, of. Of this area, or 33.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 50.6% is settled, or 2.6% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 34.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 6.3%. Out of the forested land, 12.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.9% is used for growing crops and 3.4% is pastures, while 3.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality includes the localities of Pinchat, Vessy and Sierne. It is bordered by Chêne-Bougeries, Thônex, Troinex, Plan-les-Ouates, Carouge, Geneva, and the French municipalities of Collonges-sous-Salève, Bossey and Étrembières in Haute-Savoie.
The municipality of Veyrier consists of the sub-sections or villages of Pinchat - Sur-Rang, Pinchat - La Tour, Vessy - Grande-Fin, Sierne - Petit-Veyrier, Veyrier - village, Tournettes, Rasses, Veyrier - Marais, Grand-Donzel, Bois-de-Veyrier.

Demographics

NationalityAmount% total
France

Heritage sites of national significance

The Pont Sur L’Arve is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire village of Veyrier and the hamlet of Sierne are part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the LPS Party which received 22.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP, the SP and the Green Party. In the federal election, a total of 2,976 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 53.2%.
In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 5,665 registered voters of which 2,680 voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the Libéral with 24.7% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the highest proportion of votes. The second most popular party was the PDC, they were fifth 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 5,683 registered voters of which 3,109 voted.
In the 2011 municipal elections, there were 25 spots open on the municipal council of Veyrier. There were a total of 6,837 registered voters of which 3,205 voted. Of those, there were 8 blank votes, 19 null or unreadable votes and 267 votes with a name that was not on the list.

Economy

, Veyrier had an unemployment rate of 4.1%., there were 38 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 189 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 30 businesses in this sector. 1,300 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 188 businesses in this sector. There were 4,141 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.3% of the workforce.
the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 1,271. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 33, of which 32 were in agriculture and 1 was in fishing or fisheries. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 178 of which 46 or were in manufacturing and 132 were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 1,060. In the tertiary sector; 103 or 9.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 16 or 1.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 77 or 7.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 20 or 1.9% were in the information industry, 17 or 1.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 69 or 6.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 135 or 12.7% were in education and 520 or 49.1% were in health care.
, there were 1,215 workers who commuted into the municipality and 3,534 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.9 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 19.1% of the workforce coming into Veyrier are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.1% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 17.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 63.3% used a private car.

Religion

From the, 3,770 or 42.4% were Roman Catholic, while 1,984 or 22.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 78 members of an Orthodox church, there were 9 individuals who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 149 individuals who belonged to another Christian church. There were 118 individuals who were Jewish, and 112 who were Muslim. There were 20 individuals who were Buddhist, 5 individuals who were Hindu and 9 individuals who belonged to another church. 1,999 belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 639 individuals did not answer the question.

Education

In Veyrier about 2,597 or of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 2,325 or have completed additional higher education. Of the 2,325 who completed tertiary schooling, 41.4% were Swiss men, 33.2% were Swiss women, 14.8% were non-Swiss men and 10.6% were non-Swiss women.
During the 2009-2010 school year there were a total of 2,341 students in the Veyrier 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 172 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 Veyrier there were 351 students in kindergarten or primary school and 14 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 351 lower secondary students who attended school in Veyrier. There were 554 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 68 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 439 students attended a private school.
, there were 198 students in Veyrier who came from another municipality, while 1,011 residents attended schools outside the municipality.

Notable people