Collonge-Bellerive

Geschichte

Collonge-Bellerive is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.HistoryCollonge-Bellerive is first mentioned in 1153 as Collonges. In 1275 it was mentioned as Sancto Mauricio. Until 1799 it was known as Collonge sur Bellerive. It became part of the Canton of Geneva in 1816.GeographyCollonge-Bellerive has an area, of 6.12km2. Of this area, 2.27km2 or 37.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.25km2 or 4.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.58km2 or 58.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02km2 or 0.3% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 45.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, 2.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 21.4% is used for growing crops and 2.0% is pastures, while 13.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.It is situated on the left bank of Lake Geneva. Surrounded by the municipalities of Cologny, Vandœuvres, Choulex, Meinier, and Corsier, Collonge-Bellerive consists primarily of the villages of Collonge, Vésenaz and Saint-Maurice together with the hamlets of Cherre, Bellerive, La Repentance and La Capite.