Jussy (Genève)

Geschichte

Jussy is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. The historical Chateau Du Crest is located here.HistoryJussy is first mentioned in 1180 as Jussiacum Episcopi.GeographyJussy has an area, of 11.35km2. Of this area, 6.24km2 or 55.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.17km2 or 36.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.92km2 or 8.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 45.8% is used for growing crops and 3.6% is pastures, while 5.6% 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 and on the Swiss-French border. It is one of the largest municipalities in the entire canton. The highest point of the canton of Geneva Les Arales (516m) is located at the far east side of the municipality, near Monniaz. It consists of the village of Jussy and the hamlets of Sionnet and Monniaz. The municipality of Jussy consists of the sub-sections or villages of Sionnet, Château-du-Crest, Jussy - village, Lullier, Jussy - Les Meurets, Jussy - Grands-Bois and Monniaz.DemographicsJussy has a population of., 20.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 16.7%. It has changed at a rate of 10.2% due to migration and at a rate of 5.6% due to births and deaths.