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Genolier
Summary
Genolier is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Genolier is first mentioned in 1110 as Genolliacum.
Genolier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 44.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 35.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 18.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 1.2% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 12.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, 32.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 29.4% is used for growing crops and 10.1% is pastures, while 5.3% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Genolier became part of the new district of Nyon.
The municipality is located along the Nyon-Arzier road. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Genolier.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, from a Base Vert growing three Trees of the same.
Genolier has a population () of . , 26.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 20.8%. It has changed at a rate of 14.1% due to migration and at a rate of 6.4% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (1,076 or 72.0%), with German being second most common (188 or 12.6%) and English being third (145 or 9.7%). There are 16 people who speak Italian.
The age distribution, , in Genolier is; 211 children or 11.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 259 teenagers or 14.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 163 people or 9.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 223 people or 12.5% are between 30 and 39, 311 people or 17.5% are between 40 and 49, and 242 people or 13.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 223 people or 12.
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