Versoix

Also known as Versoix GE, Versoix-la-Raison

Versoix (; local Arpitan dialect: Varchoè) is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, in Switzerland. It is located in the northern suburbs of Geneva.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Versoix
Swiss town.municipality_type: town
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Versoix Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Versoix COA.svg
Swiss town.canton: Geneva
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-GE
Swiss town.district: n.a.
Swiss town.postal_code: 1290
Swiss town.municipality_code: 6644
Swiss town.area: 10.51
Swiss town.elevation: 385
Swiss town.website: www.versoix.ch
Swiss town.mayor

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Versoix (; local Arpitan dialect: Varchoè) is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, in Switzerland. It is located in the northern suburbs of Geneva.

==Toponymy== The name of the commune is of uncertain origin. It could be composed of the Proto-Indo-European base *uer- ("water, river"), the infix -s-, and suffix -ogia. It is first attested from 1026 to 1031, in the Medieval Latin form Uersoi. Its name in Genevan patois is Varchoè. The commune is nicknamed "the Crow's Nest".