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Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, and a centre for international diplomacy. Geneva hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world.
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It is composed of forty-five municipalities, and the seat of...
- History of Geneva
The history of Geneva dates from before the Roman occupation...
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Położona jest w południowo-zachodniej części kraju, nad Jeziorem Genewskim i rzeką Rodan. Miasto jest stolicą francuskojęzycznego kantonu Genewa. Aglomeracja genewska obejmuje również część Francji i liczy około 1 000 000 mieszkańców [4] [5].
Genf (schweizerdeutsch Gämf, Gänf, französisch Genève [ʒ (ə)nɛv], frankoprovenzalisch Geneva [ðəˈnɛva, ˈzɛnəva], italienisch Ginevra, rätoromanisch Genevra ⓘ /?) ist eine Stadt und politische Gemeinde sowie der Hauptort des Kantons Genf in der Schweiz.
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. It lies at the western end of Lake Geneva and on both sides of the Rhone, its main river.
The history of Geneva dates from before the Roman occupation in the second century BC. Now the principal French-speaking city of Switzerland, Geneva was an independent city state from the Middle Ages until the end of the 18th century. John Calvin was the Protestant leader of the city in the 16th century.
4 sie 2003 · Geneva (French: Genève, German: Genf), Switzerland's second-most populous city and the largest French-speaking city in Switzerland, is one of the world's major centres of international diplomacy, having served as the site of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross since its foundation in 1863. Although the United ...
23 paź 2024 · Geneva, city, capital of Genève canton, in the far southwestern corner of Switzerland that juts into France. One of Europe’s most cosmopolitan cities, Geneva has served as a model for republican government and owes its preeminence to the triumph of human, rather than geographic, factors.
