Anières

Geschichte

Anières is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland.The inhabitants are known as the "Aniérois". It is known for having some of the most expensive housing in the Geneva area.HistoryAnières is first mentioned in 1179 as dasneres. It became an independent municipality in 1858 when it separated from Corsier.GeographyAnières has an area, of 3.86km2. Of this area, 2.44km2 or 63.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.18km2 or 4.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2km2 or 31.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 22.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 52.1% is used for growing crops and 2.1% is pastures, while 9.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located on the left bank of Lake Geneva. Two rivers border the commune: the Hermance and the Nant-d'Aisy. It consists of the village of Anières and the hamlets of Bassy and Chevrens.The municipality of Anières consists of the sub-sections of Anières - lac, Anières - Hutins, Chevrens, Anières - douane and Anières - village.DemographicsAnières has a population of., 25.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 15.5%. It has changed at a rate of 14.6% due to migration and at a rate of 1.7% due to births and deaths.