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The Geneva Functional Urban Area covers a land area of 2,292 km 2 (885 sq mi) (24.2% in Switzerland, 75.8% in France) [10] and had 1,053,436 inhabitants in Jan. 2021 (Swiss estimates and French census), 57.8% of them on Swiss territory and 42.2% on French territory. [11] The Geneva metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing in Europe.
Geneva first appears in history as an Allobrogian border town, fortified against the Celtic Helvetii tribe, which the Roman Republic took in 121 BC.. In 58 BC, Caesar, Roman governor of Gaul, destroyed the Rhône bridge at Geneva and built a 19-mile earthwork from Lake Geneva to the Jura Mountains in order to block the migration of the Helvetii, who "attempted, sometimes by day, more often by ...
Geneva hosts the highest number of international organisations in the world. [1] Palais des Nations , the main building of the United Nations Office at Geneva WIPO headquarters in Geneva This is a list of international organizations , UN programs and funds and other organizations based in Geneva , Switzerland .
The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva, [4] [5] is one of the 26 cantons of the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of forty-five municipalities, and the seat of the government and parliament is in the city of Geneva. Geneva is the French-speaking westernmost canton of Switzerland.
Reformed Christianity portal; Geneva College is a private Christian college in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.Founded in 1848, in Northwood, Ohio, the college moved to its present location in 1880, where it continues to educate a student body of about 1400 traditional undergraduates in over 30 majors, as well as graduate students in a handful of master's programs.
The Geneva Group was founded in 1964 at the initiative of the United States and the United Kingdom to facilitate exchanges on United Nations budget and management issues. The Group was created around the time when membership in the United Nations was increasing quickly, from the original 76 members to 113 members in 1963.
426 – Geneva becomes capital of the Kingdom of the Burgundians. [3] 534 – Franks in power. [4] 563 – Tsunami on Lake Geneva. [5] 773 - Charlemagne (Charles the Great) holds a council of war. [6] 800 – Geneva becomes part of the Carolingian Empire (approximate date). [3] 1032 - Geneva reverts to Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor; 1321 ...
A facsimile of the signature-and-seals page of The 1864 Geneva Convention, which established humane rules of war. The original document in single pages, 1864 [1]. The Geneva Conventions are international humanitarian laws consisting of four treaties and three additional protocols that establish international legal standards for humanitarian treatment in war.