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	Visit-Switzerland - Canton Geneva
		The Canton of Geneva is the westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France and centered around the city of Geneva.
		From 1584 Geneva was an "everlasting ally" of the Swiss Confederation.
		As of 2005 the population of the canton is 438,483.
	www.visit-switzerland.ch /cantons/geneva.htm (496 words)

	Lausanne and Geneva
		Pius VII next (1819) united the city of Geneva and 20 parishes with the Diocese of Lausanne, while the rest of the ancient Diocese of Geneva (outside of Switzerland) was reconstituted, in 1822, as the Diocese of Annecy.
		Deruaz was born 13 May, 1826, at Choulex in the Canton of Geneva, studied theology at Fribourg and he was vicar at Grand Sacconex near Geneva, and then curé at Rolle, in the Canton of Vaud, and at Lausanne.
		The Catholics inhabit principally the Canton of Fribourg (excepting the Lake District) and the country parishes transferred to Geneva in 1515, four communes in the Canton of Neuchâtel, and ten in the Canton of Vaud.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/l/lausanne_and_geneva.html (2852 words)

	Why War? Keywords: Geneva (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is the capital of the Canton of Geneva.
		The city of Geneva is the seat of many international organizations, and was the seat of the League of Nations until its dissolution.
		Geneva's most visible landmark however is not a museum, church or tower, but a fountain: the Jet d'Eau, (water-jet), situated in Lake Geneva and visible throughout the city for its 140 metre high water column.
	www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/places/geneva (797 words)

	City of Geneva - Area, Geography
		Part of Lake Geneva is under the jurisdiction of the Geneva District and it represents 38 km2.
		Geneva is located between the Alps and the Jura mountains, at the extreme south-west of Switzerland and the Lake Geneva.
		Geneva holds a privileged geographical position and it is only one hour far from Paris or Milan by plane and less than two hours from London, Rome or Madrid.
	www.ville-ge.ch /en/decouvrir/en-bref (200 words)

	geneva - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Geneva (Switzerland) (French Genève; German Genf), city in western Switzerland, the capital of Geneva Canton.
		Geneva (New York), city, Ontario and Seneca counties, western New York, at the northern end of Seneca Lake (one of the Finger Lakes); incorporated...
		Geneva Accords, agreements reached in 1954 that were intended to provide a basis for the end of the First Indochina War (1946-1954), a conflict that...
	encarta.msn.com /geneva.html (105 words)

	AllRefer.com - Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland, Switzerland (Swiss Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		One of the smallest cantons, Geneva is in the plain between the Jura and the Alps.
		Situated on the Lake of Geneva and divided by the RhOne River, which emerges from the lake, it is a picturesque city joined by numerous bridges.
		Geneva is a cultural, financial, and administrative center.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/GenevaSwi.html (342 words)

	Geneva.com.:.Welcome
		It is the capital of the Canton of Geneva.
		Geneva is also home of one of the oldest universities of the world, the University of Geneva, and one of the most prestigious graduate schools of international relations, the Graduate Institute of International Studies.
		Geneva's most visible landmark, however, is a fountain: the Jet d'Eau (water-jet), which is situated in Lake Geneva and visible throughout the city for its 140-metre-high water column.
	www.geneva.com (347 words)

	Canton of Geneva
		The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France and centered around the city of Geneva.
		As of 2005 the population of the canton is 438,483.
		Agricultural is commonplace in the hinterlands of Geneva, particularly wheat and wine.
	www.globalguide.org /index.html?id=44100 (886 words)

	Swiss Genealogy : Canton GENEVA
		Delivered from the occupation by the French (Geneva was occupied since 1798 and was free on 31st of December 1813) it became the 22nd swiss canton.
		You are further invited to discuss your questions with other researchers interested in canton Geneva on the "Genealogieforum Geneva" (dialogue in German or French).
		When posting, please, keep in mind that only topics related to Geneva should be placed here; for topics related to other regions, please, change to the corresponding canton or to the forum for Switzerland in general (dialogue in German or French).
	www.eye.ch /swissgen/kant/geallg-e.htm (444 words)

	Destination Weddings in the canton of Geneva
		Marry in Geneva’s canton; you can find the whole of Switzerland in the canton of Geneva: spectacular snowy mountains, lovely wine-villages, city nightlife, the sound of cow-bells in rolling pastureland, castles, cathedrals and the dreamily beautiful crystal clear blue lake.
		The absolute climax of a journey around the Lake Geneva and one of the highlights of your honeymoon in Switzerland is the stunning 13th century castle `Chateau de Chillon’ located in Veytaux.
		Geneva is a lovely town-sized city and therefore offers couples all the romance they wish to make their wedding day unforgettable.
	www.swissweddings.net /destination_wedding_locations/geneva.html (377 words)

	ICRC: New members of the Committee
		, of Dardagny in the canton of Geneva, was born in 1948.
		She is also a member of the Board and Secretary of the Council of the Physicians' Association of the Canton of Geneva.
		, of Treytorrens in the canton of Vaud, was born in 1938.
	www.icrc.org /Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/57JPSG?OpenDocument&View=defaultBody&style=custo_print (244 words)

	Geneva Report on Mind Control (1999)
		At a conference held on November 25, 1999 the Canton of Geneva unveiled a "Report on Mind Control of the Criminal Law Commission on Cultic Abuses" (Rapport de la Commission pénale sur les dérives sectaires sur la question de la manipulation mentale).
		The Criminal Law Commission on Cultic Abuses follows the Canton of Geneva 1997 report on cults and is the brainchild of a local politician, Mr.
		The Canton of Geneva is obviously influenced by nearby France, and by the fact that a number of its citizens died in the tragedy of the Solar Temple.
	www.heart7.net /cantonofgeneva.htm (836 words)

	Lake Geneva travel guide - Wikitravel
		Aside from the city and canton of Geneva most destinations in the Lake Geneva region are in either the Swiss canton of Vaud or the French department of Haut Savoie.
		For its part Vaud is the largest canton in the French speaking part of Switzerland, and the third largest in the country as a whole.
		The geography is varied, with the Jura mountains in the north, a hilly plain in the center and in the southwest the Alps.
	wikitravel.org /en/Lake_Geneva (449 words)

	The Bilateral Agreement on the F
		Geneva is considered an “active employment area.”[51] The 1995-2003 average level of unemployment level for Geneva was 5.82%, compared to 3.38% for all of Switzerland.
		Geneva’s population was 434,473 in 2003, compared to 382,543 in 1990.
		However, the rigidity of cantonal regulations is lessening (as a direct result of the BAs) and employees are not necessarily obligated to report their changes in professions, etc. to the cantonal authorities.
	www.sit-edu-geneva.ch /bilateral_agreement.htm (8571 words)

	Geneva Call - Engaging Non State Actors
		Geneva Call is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to engaging armed non-state actors (NSAs) to respect and to adhere to humanitarian norms, starting with the ban on anti-personnel (AP) mines.
		Geneva Call is committed to the universal application of the principles of international humanitarian law and conducts its activities based on the principles of neutrality, impartiality and independence.
		Geneva Call is pledged to promote the implementation of humanitarian mine action programmes in mine-affected areas under NSA control, to assist signatory groups fulfil their obligations under the Deed of Commitment and to monitor compliance.
	www.genevacall.org /home.htm (375 words)

	Bradmans EUROPE
		Geneva soon grew into an important trading town at the heart of Europe, but its strategic location meant the city was conquered and reconquered before finally managing to establish itself as an independent republic in 1535.
		Geneva was the most heavily populated of the Swiss towns until 1870, when it was overtaken by Zürich.
		Geneva is renowned for being an international city with a multicultural population and the statistics certainly bear that out—45% of the population is not from Geneva itself, with 180 different nationalities represented in this mix.
	www.bradmans.com /europe/geneva/background (546 words)

	EJP \| News \| Western Europe \| A first step for private cemeteries in Geneva
		Its text proposes to allow the installation of private religious cemeteries in the canton "in order to respect the requirements which are part of the federal Constitution in regard to religious freedom" while maintaining these new places of burial under the monitoring of the authorities.
		Geneva is the only Swiss canton which still prohibits the Jewish and Moslem communities to bury their deaths according to their rites.
		Laurent Moutinot, chief of the Geneva department of the institutions, which deals with the bureaucracy between the different commissions and the Parliament, greeted "the intelligent solution found by the commission" and found himself persuaded that "the Parliament will be able to find solutions without giving place to a painful debate".
	www.ejpress.org /article/6979 (722 words)

	Geneva Photo - Switzerland travel
		Geneva is a home of more then one hundred private art galleries, twenty-five theatres, thirty-two museums, several concert halls and around thirty cinemas.
		Geneva city is situated between the Swiss Alps and Jura Mountains and has area of 15.86 km², while the area of the Canton of Geneva is 282 km², including two small enclaves of Céligny in Vaud.
		The Canton has only 4.5 km border with the rest of Switzerland; out of a total of 107.5 km of borders, remaining 103 km are shared with France, with the Départment de l'Ain to the North and the Département de la Haute-Savoie to the South.
	www.travel.tatariunas.com /c_geneva_switzerland.html (257 words)

	City and Canton of Geneva - Information for Prospective Students
		Geneva is located on the right bank of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) and is encircled by France.
		Geneva is also known as the city of peace and lies on the cross-roads of Western Europe.
		Geneva is also the city with the highest number of foreigners in Switzerland, with up to 40% of its inhabitants non-Swiss and coming from more than 180 nationalities.
	www.genevadiplomacy.com /?menu_id=4&page_id=11 (201 words)

	Human Rights Protection for Irre
		The Swiss canton of Geneva will be examined as a model for this type of approach, and the relative success and failure of that specific approach will provide insight in how best to develop a human rights approach to the protection and management of irregular migrants.
		And finally, Geneva is a center for international organizations dealing with both human rights and immigrations issues, and it presents itself as a unique case because all the levels involved in irregular migration, and its management, are represented and operate within close proximity of one another.
		Today the population of the canton of Geneva is 40% documented immigrants, and the labor force is 51% migrant workers with legal permits.
	www.sit-edu-geneva.ch /JHISP.htm (10482 words)

	Mossflora Geneva
		Two prominent Geneva based bryologists, Auguste Guinet and Henri Bernet, made significant contributions to the understanding of the bryophytes of the canton during this period through their publications and herbarium collections (deposited in G).
		The canton of Geneva has undergone enormous change over the past 100 years as the city of Geneva and its surrounding villages were developed, and as agricultural practices were modified.
		In 2004 a new bryology project, Inventory of the hepatics and mosses of Geneva, was launched at the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève (CJBG) in collaboration with Le Domaine nature et paysage (DNP), Geneva.
	www.bryolich.ch /bryologie/moose_genf.html (421 words)

	Geneva (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Geneva is a small, compact city at the very end of lake Geneva, known in French as the "Lac Leman".
		Geneva is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, which is one of the 25 states (cantons) of the Swiss Confederation.
		The classic Geneva landmark is the single-jet fountain in the harbour, which reaches up to 150 meters.
	www94.web.cern.ch /www94/Geneva.html (252 words)

	Geneva : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		But in some respects Geneva is international, belonging to the world with its 250 international organizations based here, the most important being as the European headquarters for the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and the International Red Cross.
		Geneva is located in the Rhône Valley at the southwestern corner of Lake Geneva (or Lac Léman, in French), between the Jura Mountains and the Alps.
		It's the capital of the canton of Geneva, the second-smallest canton in the Swiss Confederation.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/geneva/0052010001.html (473 words)

	Geneva Photographs (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Geneva is located on the south western tip of lake Geneva (Lake Leman in French).
		Geneva is one of the oldest cities in the Swiss Confederation.
		As for the greater Canton of Geneva the CERN nuclear laboratories are located with in this canton.
	home.comcast.net /~jpolos/photos/swiss/geneva/index.html (757 words)

	CESNUR - Geneva Report on Mind Control (1999)
		The Criminal Law Commission on Cultic Abuses follows the Canton of Geneva 1997 report on cults and is the brainchild of a local politician, Mr.
		The Canton of Geneva is obviously influenced by nearby France, and by the fact that a number of its citizens died in the tragedy of the Solar Temple.
		Sophie Borguignon, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Geneva and a member of the Commission, is praised for her "serious homework" in this field, the results are not particularly impressive.
	www.cesnur.org /testi/cantonofgeneva.htm (897 words)

	Geneva Switzerland,Geneva Tours,Tours to Geneva Switzerland,Geneva Switzerland Tours,Switzerland Tours,Tour to Geneva ...
		Geneva is an anomaly, proving the idiom 'small is beautiful'.
		Located on a picturesque location, it is centred around the point where the River Rhône flows out of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman in French, Genfersee in German) flanked on one side by the Jura ridges and on the other by the first peaks of the Savoy Alps.
		A short way south of the centre is Carouge, an attractive 18th century suburb built in Sardinian style to be a place of decadence and freedom beyond Geneva's control; its reputation lives on in its high population of artists and designers.
	www.switzerlandtours.net /geneva.html (431 words)

	ILO Enterprise Forum 96: Mr. J.P. Maîtr - Conseiller d'Etat, Chef du Département de l'économie publique, on ...
		And since, in Geneva, there are marked economic specificities in the banking, insurance, management of securities sectors, one could imagine that the economy of this international city is mainly oriented towards the banking sector.
		I would like to tell you that if we are obviously very proud that the main actors of the Geneva economy are banks, financial institutions, and first-class international trade institutions which play a pilot role at the world level; the economy of this canton, of this republic, is quite diversified.
		One of the characteristics of Geneva, which is also its wealth, is the high proportion of foreigners: 38 per cent of the population is of foreign origin.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/employment/ent/entforum/forum96/gva.htm (1529 words)

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