Collex-Bossy
Encyclopedia
Collex-Bossy is a municipality
of the Canton of Geneva
, Switzerland
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Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.3%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.3% is used for growing crops and 10.7% is pastures, while 9.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located on the right bank of the Versoix river and along the French
border. It consists of the villages of Collex and Bossy.
The municipality of Collex-Bossy consists of the sub-sections or villages of Bossy, La Rosière, La Bâtie, La Foretaille and Collex.
Most of the population speaks French
(1,023 or 80.0%), with English
being second most common (121 or 9.5%) and German
being third (42 or 3.3%). There are 3 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.4% male and 50.6% female. The population was made up of 575 Swiss men (34.2% of the population) and 256 (15.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 599 Swiss women (35.6%) and 251 (14.9%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 213 or about 16.7% were born in Collex-Bossy and lived there in 2000. There were 427 or 33.4% who were born in the same canton, while 200 or 15.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 347 or 27.1% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 16 live births to Swiss citizens and 5 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 3 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 13 while the foreign population increased by 4. There were 5 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 8 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 11 and the non-Swiss population increased by 20 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.0%.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 30% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8.5%.
, there were 551 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 619 married individuals, 40 widows or widowers and 69 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.56 which is less people per room than the cantonal average of 0.64 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 60.2% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 456 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 113 households that consist of only one person and 43 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 474 households that answered this question, 23.8% were households made up of just one person and there was 1 adult who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 116 married couples without children, 193 married couples with children There were 27 single parents with a child or children. There were 6 households that were made up of unrelated people and 18 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 213 single family homes (or 66.4% of the total) out of a total of 321 inhabited buildings. There were 56 multi-family buildings (17.4%), along with 38 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (11.8%) and 14 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.4%). Of the single family homes 51 were built before 1919, while 26 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (71) were built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 538 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 149. There were 12 single room apartments and 231 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 430 apartments (79.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 95 apartments (17.7%) were seasonally occupied and 13 apartments (2.4%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 21.51% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the LPS Party
(17.71%), the Green Party
(16.56%) and the CVP
(13.93%). In the federal election, a total of 463 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 55.1%.
In the 2009 Grand Conseil
election, there were a total of 862 registered voters of which 382 (44.3%) voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the Libéral
with 20.3% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the highest proportion of votes. The second most popular party was the MCG (with 17.9%), they were third in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the PDC
(with 16.0%), they were fifth in the canton-wide election.
For the 2009 Conseil d'Etat election, there were a total of 853 registered voters of which 465 (54.5%) voted.
In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Collex-Bossy there were 15 spots open on the municipal council. There were a total of 1,001 registered voters of which 491 (49.1%) voted. Out of the 491 votes, there were 5 blank votes, 4 null or unreadable votes and 66 votes with a name that was not on the list.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 138. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 34, of which 32 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 15 of which 3 or (20.0%) were in manufacturing and 10 (66.7%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 89. In the tertiary sector; 34 or 38.2% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 4.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 14 or 15.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 2.2% were in the information industry, 6 or 6.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 18 or 20.2% were in education and 1 was in health care.
, there were 73 workers who commuted into the municipality and 547 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 7.5 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 12.3% of the workforce coming into Collex-Bossy are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.2% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 11.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 71.8% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 8 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.63% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 18 individuals (or about 1.41% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish
, and 10 (or about 0.78% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist
and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 302 (or about 23.61% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 146 individuals (or about 11.42% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 311 who completed tertiary schooling, 38.9% were Swiss men, 30.9% were Swiss women, 16.1% were non-Swiss men and 14.1% were non-Swiss women.
During the 2009-2010 school year there were a total of 374 students in the Collex-Bossy school system. The education system
in the Canton of Geneva allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten
. During that school year, there were 38 children who were in a pre-kindergarten class. The canton's school system provides two years of non-mandatory kindergarten and requires students to attend six years of primary school, with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes. In Collex-Bossy there were 46 students in kindergarten or primary school and 6 students were in the special, smaller classes. The secondary school
program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling, followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. There were 46 lower secondary students who attended school in Collex-Bossy. There were 73 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 15 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 61 students attended a private school.
, there were 14 students in Collex-Bossy who came from another municipality, while 163 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
of the Canton of Geneva
Canton of Geneva
The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the French speaking westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France. As is the case in several other Swiss cantons The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the French speaking westernmost canton or state of Switzerland,...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
History
Both Collex and Bossy were first mentioned in 1258. Collex was called Coliacum while Bossy was Bocium. Between 1790-1855 the municipality also included the village of BellevueBellevue, Switzerland
Bellevue is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.-History:The village of Colovrex is first mentioned in 1257 as Colovray...
.
Geography
Collex-Bossy has an area, , of 6.89 square kilometres (2.7 sq mi). Of this area, 4.42 km² (1.7 sq mi) or 64.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.71 km² (0.660234691193235 sq mi) or 24.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7 km² (0.270271511014775 sq mi) or 10.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acre) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.3%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.3% is used for growing crops and 10.7% is pastures, while 9.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located on the right bank of the Versoix river and along the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
border. It consists of the villages of Collex and Bossy.
The municipality of Collex-Bossy consists of the sub-sections or villages of Bossy, La Rosière, La Bâtie, La Foretaille and Collex.
Demographics
Collex-Bossy has a population of . , 28.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 28.4%. It has changed at a rate of 20.5% due to migration and at a rate of 8.2% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
(1,023 or 80.0%), with English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
being second most common (121 or 9.5%) and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
being third (42 or 3.3%). There are 3 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.4% male and 50.6% female. The population was made up of 575 Swiss men (34.2% of the population) and 256 (15.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 599 Swiss women (35.6%) and 251 (14.9%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 213 or about 16.7% were born in Collex-Bossy and lived there in 2000. There were 427 or 33.4% who were born in the same canton, while 200 or 15.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 347 or 27.1% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 16 live births to Swiss citizens and 5 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 3 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 13 while the foreign population increased by 4. There were 5 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 8 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 11 and the non-Swiss population increased by 20 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.0%.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 30% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8.5%.
, there were 551 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 619 married individuals, 40 widows or widowers and 69 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.56 which is less people per room than the cantonal average of 0.64 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 60.2% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 456 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 113 households that consist of only one person and 43 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 474 households that answered this question, 23.8% were households made up of just one person and there was 1 adult who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 116 married couples without children, 193 married couples with children There were 27 single parents with a child or children. There were 6 households that were made up of unrelated people and 18 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 213 single family homes (or 66.4% of the total) out of a total of 321 inhabited buildings. There were 56 multi-family buildings (17.4%), along with 38 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (11.8%) and 14 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.4%). Of the single family homes 51 were built before 1919, while 26 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (71) were built between 1981 and 1990.
there were 538 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 149. There were 12 single room apartments and 231 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 430 apartments (79.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 95 apartments (17.7%) were seasonally occupied and 13 apartments (2.4%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Politics
In the 2007 federal electionSwiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
which received 21.51% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the LPS Party
Liberal Party of Switzerland
The Liberal Party of Switzerland was a party with economically liberal policies. It was known as a party of the upper class. On 1 January 2009 it merged with the larger Free Democratic Party to establish FDP.The Liberals....
(17.71%), the Green Party
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...
(16.56%) and the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
(13.93%). In the federal election, a total of 463 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 55.1%.
In the 2009 Grand Conseil
Grand Council of Geneva
The Grand Council of Geneva is the legislature of the canton of Geneva, in Switzerland. Geneva, styled as a 'Republic and Canton', has a unicameral legislature. The Grand Council has 100 seats, with members elected every four years...
election, there were a total of 862 registered voters of which 382 (44.3%) voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the Libéral
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
with 20.3% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the highest proportion of votes. The second most popular party was the MCG (with 17.9%), they were third in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the PDC
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
(with 16.0%), they were fifth in the canton-wide election.
For the 2009 Conseil d'Etat election, there were a total of 853 registered voters of which 465 (54.5%) voted.
In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Collex-Bossy there were 15 spots open on the municipal council. There were a total of 1,001 registered voters of which 491 (49.1%) voted. Out of the 491 votes, there were 5 blank votes, 4 null or unreadable votes and 66 votes with a name that was not on the list.
Economy
, Collex-Bossy had an unemployment rate of 2.2%. , there were 43 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 16 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 8 businesses in this sector. 107 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 27 businesses in this sector. There were 650 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.5% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
jobs was 138. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 34, of which 32 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 15 of which 3 or (20.0%) were in manufacturing and 10 (66.7%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 89. In the tertiary sector; 34 or 38.2% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 4.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 14 or 15.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 2.2% were in the information industry, 6 or 6.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 18 or 20.2% were in education and 1 was in health care.
, there were 73 workers who commuted into the municipality and 547 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 7.5 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 12.3% of the workforce coming into Collex-Bossy are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.2% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 11.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 71.8% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 465 or 36.4% were Roman Catholic, while 326 or 25.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 8 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
(or about 0.63% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...
, and there were 18 individuals (or about 1.41% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 10 (or about 0.78% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 302 (or about 23.61% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 146 individuals (or about 11.42% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Collex-Bossy about 386 or (30.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 311 or (24.3%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
). Of the 311 who completed tertiary schooling, 38.9% were Swiss men, 30.9% were Swiss women, 16.1% were non-Swiss men and 14.1% were non-Swiss women.
During the 2009-2010 school year there were a total of 374 students in the Collex-Bossy school system. The education system
Education in Switzerland
The education system in Switzerland is very diverse, because the constitution of Switzerland delegates the authority for the school system mainly to the cantons...
in the Canton of Geneva allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
. During that school year, there were 38 children who were in a pre-kindergarten class. The canton's school system provides two years of non-mandatory kindergarten and requires students to attend six years of primary school, with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes. In Collex-Bossy there were 46 students in kindergarten or primary school and 6 students were in the special, smaller classes. The secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling, followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. There were 46 lower secondary students who attended school in Collex-Bossy. There were 73 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 15 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 61 students attended a private school.
, there were 14 students in Collex-Bossy who came from another municipality, while 163 residents attended schools outside the municipality.