Bernex (Genève)

Geschichte

Bernex is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.HistoryBernex is first mentioned in 1256 as Brenay. In 1793 the municipality of Bernex-Onex-Confignon was created. In 1850, Bernex separated from the other two, to form the municipalities of Bernex and Onex-Confignon.GeographyBernex has an area, of 12.95km2. Of this area, 7.64km2 or 59.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.14km2 or 16.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.76km2 or 21.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.41km2 or 3.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02km2 or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 10.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 14.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 40.6% is used for growing crops and 5.5% is pastures, while 12.9% 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 the Rhone river. It consists of the village of Bernex and the hamlets of Chèvres, Loëx, Lully, Sézenove and the abandoned village of Vuillonnex. The municipality of Bernex consists of the sub-sections or villages of Les Teppes, Châtillon, Chèvres, Loëx, Cressy - Molliers, Saint-Mathieu - Combes, Saint-Mathieu - stand, Luchepelet, Vailly, Le Gamay, La Naz - Guillon.DemographicsBernex has a population of., 19.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 11.2%. It has changed at a rate of 7.3% due to migration and at a rate of 1.5% due to births and deaths.