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Commune of Ornex |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Gex |
| Canton | Ferney-Voltaire |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Gex |
| Mayor | Frédérique Giriat (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 438m–481 m (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 Ferney-Voltaire is an administrative division in eastern France. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. 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. m) |
| Land area¹ | 5. 64 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
2730 |
| - Density | 484. 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 0/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 01281/ 01210 |
| 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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Ornex 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 is located on the RN5 highway between the Jura mountains and the Swiss border. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Before adding any more images to this * * page please do carefully consider * * whether they would be mere decoration * * or actually improve The Jura Mountains are a small Mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation
Located nine kilometres from Geneva, many inhabitants commute across the Swiss border each morning to jobs with international organizations and multinational corporations. Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking Commuting is the process of Travelling between one's place of residence and regular place of work International Organization is a peer-reviewed Academic journal that covers the entire field of International affairs. Multinational corporation ( MNC) or transnational corporation ( TNC) is a Corporation or enterprise that manages Production or delivers The census of 1999 revealed that 62. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population 5% of working residents were employed outside of the Ain département.
A section of the 27 km tunnel excavated by CERN between 1983 and 1988 passes under the town. A tunnel is an underground passageway The definition of what constitutes a tunnel is not universally agreed upon The European Organization for Nuclear Research (Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire known as CERN Originally excavated for the LEP collider, the tunnel will house the Large Hadron Collider that is expected to start operating in 2007. A collider is a type of a Particle accelerator involving directed beams of particles. The major visible presence of the LHC tunnel in the area are some surface buildings and some large helium gas tanks further North in Cessy. Helium ( He) is a colorless odorless tasteless non-toxic Inert Monatomic Chemical Cessy is a commune in the department of Ain in eastern France. There are also a number of smaller tunnel Access Points, including one on the border of Ornex and Ferney-Voltaire. Ferney-Voltaire is a commune in the department of Ain in eastern France. Liquid helium is used to cool the LHC's superconducting magnets. Superconductivity is a phenomenon occurring in certain Materials generally at very low Temperatures characterized by exactly zero electrical resistance A magnet (from Greek grc μαγνήτης λίθος " Magnesian stone" is a material or object that produces a Magnetic field.
Ornex is relatively well served by restaurants, with approximately one restaurant for every 450 residents. A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers.
Demographics
Between 1975 and 1999, the population of Ornex increased by 1,621. The population of Ornex is extremely diverse, representing many nationalities and several languages.
External links
- Mairie d'Ornex (in French)
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