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Commune of Gex |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Gex |
| Canton | Gex |
| Mayor | Gérard Paoli |
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| Elevation | 617 (avg. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Rhône-Alpes ( Franco-Provençal: Rôno-Arpes; Occitan: Ròse Aups) is one of the 26 regions of France, located on the In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Ain (ɛ̃ Arpitan: En) is a department named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Gex is an arrondissement of France located in the Ain department, in the Rhône-Alpes region. The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The canton of Gex is an administrative division in eastern France. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. ) |
| Land area¹ | 32. 02 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
7,844 |
| - Density | 244. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 9/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 01173/ 01170 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E | |
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Gex is a commune in the department of Ain in eastern France. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Ain (ɛ̃ Arpitan: En) is a department named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. It lies 5 km from the Swiss border and 16 km from Geneva. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking It is a capital of Ain. Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department.
History
The town gave its name to the Pays de Gex, at various times under the jurisdiction of France, Switzerland and the Duchy of Savoy. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation For the early history of Savoy, before it was raised to a duchy see County of Savoy and March of Turin. Exports significantly to Geneva.
With the 1815 Treaty of Vienna Gex was placed in the Customs region of Switzerland and neutralised. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The resolutions regarding the Pays de Gex were annulled by Art 435 of the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. In November 1923 France moved its customs office to Gex, and the matter was brought before the Permanent Court of International Justice (predecessor of the International Court of Justice), which decided in favour of Switzerland. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Permanent Court of International Justice, sometimes called the World Court, was the international court of the League of Nations, established in 1922 See also International Commission of Jurists The International Court of Justice (known colloquially as the World Court or ICJ; Cour A compromise was reached in 1932. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
Historically, citizens spoke a dialect of the Franco-Provençal language. Franco-Provençal ( Francoprovençal) or Arpitan ( Vernacular: frp francoprovençâl arpitan patouès; francoprovenzale arpitano dialetto
External links
- Official town website (in French)
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