Vandoeuvres

Vandœuvres
Coat of arms
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Location of Vandœuvres
Coordinates: 46°13′N 06°12′E / 46.217°N 6.200°E / 46.217; 6.200Coordinates: 46°13′N 06°12′E / 46.217°N 6.200°E / 46.217; 6.200
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Geneva
District	n.a.
Government
• Mayor	Maire Catherine Kuffler
Area
• Total	4.41 km2 (1.70 sq mi)
Elevation	490 m (1,610 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	2,513
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Postal code	1253
SFOS number	6642
Surrounded by	Chêne-Bougeries, Chêne-Bourg, Choulex, Collonge-Bellerive, Cologny, Thônex
Website	www.vandoeuvres.ch SFSO statistics

Largest groups of foreign residents 2013

Nationality	Amount	% total (population)
France	192	7.5
UK	76	2.9
Portugal	68	2.6
Italy	54	2.1
Belgium	41	1.6
Netherlands	38	1.5
USA	38	1.5
Germany	35	1.4
Spain	26	1.0
Russia	25	1.0

Vandœuvres is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

Vandoeuvres has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 4.41 square kilometers (1.70 sq mi). Of this area, 1.72 km² (0.66 sq mi) or 39.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.26 km² (0.10 sq mi) or 5.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.43 km² (0.94 sq mi) or 55.1% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 37.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 11.8%. Out of the forested land, 2.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 28.6% is used for growing crops and 7.9% is pastures, while 2.5% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality of Vandoeuvres consists of the sub-sections or villages of Bessinge - La Rippaz, Vandoeuvres - village, Crête, Seymaz and Chougny.

Vandoeuvres has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 2,513. As of 2008^[update], 26.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 18%. It has changed at a rate of 15% due to migration and at a rate of 2% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (1,876 or 80.4%), with English being second most common (134 or 5.7%) and German being third (131 or 5.6%). There are 42 people who speak Italian and 1 person who speaks Romansh.