Onex, Switzerland

Onex
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Location of Onex
Coordinates: 46°11′N 06°06′E / 46.183°N 6.100°E / 46.183; 6.100Coordinates: 46°11′N 06°06′E / 46.183°N 6.100°E / 46.183; 6.100
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Geneva
District	n.a.
Government
• Mayor	Maire Carole-Anne Kast
Area
• Total	2.82 km2 (1.09 sq mi)
Elevation	427 m (1,401 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	18,635
• Density	6,600/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
Postal code	1213
SFOS number	6631
Surrounded by	Bernex, Confignon, Lancy, Plan-les-Ouates, Vernier
Twin towns	Liestal (Switzerland), Massagno (Switzerland), Bandol (France)
Website	www.onex.ch SFSO statistics

Largest groups of foreign residents 2013

Nationality	Amount	% total (population)
Portugal	1,974	11.0
Italy	943	5.2
Spain	664	3.7
France	562	3.1
Kosovo	363	2.0
Germany	123	0.7
Brazil	122	0.7
UK	115	0.6
Turkey	106	0.6
Serbia	89	0.5
Morocco	61	0.3
Tunisia	60	0.3
Eritrea	52	0.3
Belgium	48	0.3
Poland	48	0.3
Colombia	43	0.2
Bolivia	42	0.2
China	42	0.2
Russia	41	0.2
Peru	40	0.2

Onex (French pronunciation: ​[ɔne]) is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland.

Onex is first mentioned in 1292 as Onay. It became an independent municipality in 1851 when the municipality of Onex-Confignon split into the two municipalities of Onex and Confignon.

Onex has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 2.82 square kilometers (1.09 sq mi). Of this area, 0.17 km² (0.066 sq mi) or 6.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.37 km² (0.14 sq mi) or 13.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.19 km² (0.85 sq mi) or 77.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.1 km² (25 acres) or 3.5% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 51.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 13.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 12.8%. Out of the forested land, 12.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 1.1% is used for growing crops and 3.9% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located on the left bank of the Rhone river.

The municipality of Onex consists of the sub-sections or villages of Cressy - Marais, Evaux, Cité-Nouvelle, Gros-Chêne, Pré-Longet, Belle-Cour and Onex - village.

Onex has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 18,635. As of 2008^[update], 33.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 6.2%. It has changed at a rate of 1.8% due to migration and at a rate of 3.9% due to births and deaths.

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