Misplaced Pages

Échenevex

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Echenevex)

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (December 2008) Click for important translation instructions.
  • View a machine-translated version of the French article.
  • Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Misplaced Pages.
  • Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
  • You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Misplaced Pages article at ]; see its history for attribution.
  • You may also add the template {{Translated|fr|Échenevex}} to the talk page.
  • For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation.
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Échenevex
Commune
Town hallTown hall
Coat of arms of ÉchenevexCoat of arms
Location of Échenevex
Échenevex is located in FranceÉchenevexÉchenevexShow map of FranceÉchenevex is located in Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesÉchenevexÉchenevexShow map of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 46°18′34″N 6°02′12″E / 46.3094°N 6.0367°E / 46.3094; 6.0367
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAin
ArrondissementGex
CantonThoiry
IntercommunalityCA Pays de Gex
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Isabelle Passuello
Area16.44 km (6.35 sq mi)
Population2,127
 • Density130/km (340/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code01153 /01170
Elevation490–1,682 m (1,608–5,518 ft)
(avg. 635 m or 2,083 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Échenevex ([eʃnəvɛ]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. As of 2020, it is the commune with the fifth highest median per capita income (€51,020 per year) in France.

Geography

Échenevex is located between the Jura mountains and the Lake Geneva region. It is situated on the slopes of the Jura mountains, just 3 km south of Gex. The Large Hadron Collider passes under Échenevex, about 100 m below the surface. Echenevex consists partly of the Jura mountains natural park area and is approximately 8 minutes from the Crozet Telecabine ski station, and 15 minutes from Geneva International Airport.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 282—    
1975 371+4.00%
1982 643+8.17%
1990 997+5.64%
1999 1,197+2.05%
2007 1,500+2.86%
2012 1,813+3.86%
2017 2,132+3.29%
Source: INSEE

Gallery

Panoramic view of Echenevex

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Structure et distribution des revenus, inégalité des niveaux de vie en 2020 Archived 28 January 2024 at the Wayback Machine, Base niveau communes en 2020, INSEE.
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 2 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE
Ain Communes of the Ain department


Stub icon

This Ain geographical article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: