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Meyrin

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Also known as Meyrin GE, Meyrin-Unie

Meyrin () is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Meyrin
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.image_photo
Eglise Saint-Julien (Meyrin) 01.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption
Meyrin village church and square
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Meyrin Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Meyrin COA.svg
Swiss town.canton
Geneva
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-GE
Swiss town.district
n.a.
Swiss town.postal_code
1217
Swiss town.municipality_code
6630
Swiss town.area
9.94
Swiss town.elevation
446
Swiss town.website
www.meyrin.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Eric Cornuz
Swiss town.mayor_asof
2024
Swiss town.mayor_party
Green
Swiss town.mayor_title
Maire

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Meyrin-Unie
Country
France
Located in
Ain
Official language
French
Population
27059
Area
9.94
Elevation
443
Shares border with
villarodin Bourget
Official website
www.meyrin.ch
Image
Eglise Saint-Julien (Meyrin) 01.jpg
Dialing code
022
Licence plate code
GE
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Commons category
Meyrin
topic's main category
Category:Meyrin
postal code
1217
contains
CERN
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6630
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Schools
  • Public libraries
  • Transportation
  • Sport
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Meyrin () is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

The main site of CERN, the European particle physics research organisation, is in Meyrin. Meyrin was originally a small agricultural village until the 1950s, when construction of CERN began just to the north. It is now a commuter town dominated with apartment high-rises, and many of its residents work at CERN or in central Geneva. Geneva International Airport is partially located within Meyrin.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Meyrin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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