Chancy

Geschichte

Chancy is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. The westernmost point of the country is located there.HistoryChancy is first mentioned in 1240 as Chancie.GeographyChancy has an area, of 5.36km2. Of this area, 2.8km2 or 52.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.75km2 or 32.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.59km2 or 11.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.21km2 or 3.9% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02km2 or 0.4% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.7% of the area Out of the forested land, 30.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 41.8% is used for growing crops and 8.4% is pastures, while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Swiss Champagne valley and contains the westernmost point in Switzerland. It consists of the villages of Chancy and Passeiry as well as the hamlet of Le Cannelet. The municipality of Chancy consists of the sub-sections or villages of Chancy - Les Bois, Chancy - village, Chancy - plateau, Passeiry and Cannelet.DemographicsChancy has a population of., 20.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 27.4%. It has changed at a rate of 13.8% due to migration and at a rate of 12.9% due to births and deaths.