Presinge

Geschichte

Presinge is a municipality of the canton of Geneva in Switzerland.HistoryPresinge is first mentioned after 1000 as in Presiago. In 1180 it was mentioned as villa que appellatur Presingium.The village of Presinge was part of ancient Burgundy and settled in 443 by 'le peuple germanique des Burgondes'. Regarding the German-sounding names of the surrounding villages - albeit now with French spelling (adding an '-e' to the ending) - the text cites the villages of Presinge, Puplinge, Corsinge, Merlinge, etc. - 'which tended to indicate an area of Germanic preponderance'.The branch of the noble family (Presinge/Pressinge) that gave its name to the village decreased in influence and number very gradually over the centuries.There is a copy of an old map dated 1740 by Philippe Bauche (the original is kept in the Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire, Geneva) showing the other old spelling of "Pressinge".GeographyPresinge has an area, of 4.72km2. Of this area, 3.2km2 or 67.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.88km2 or 18.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.61km2 or 12.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, 16.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 54.0% is used for growing crops and 6.6% is pastures, while 7.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.