Thônex

Thônex
Coat of arms
Thônex
Location of Thônex
Coordinates: 46°11′N 06°11′E / 46.183°N 6.183°E / 46.183; 6.183Coordinates: 46°11′N 06°11′E / 46.183°N 6.183°E / 46.183; 6.183
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Geneva
District	n.a.
Government
• Mayor	Maire Isabel Rochat
Area
• Total	3.84 km2 (1.48 sq mi)
Elevation	431 m (1,414 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	13,955
• Density	3,600/km2 (9,400/sq mi)
Postal code	1226
SFOS number	6640
Surrounded by	Ambilly (FR-74), Chêne-Bougeries, Chêne-Bourg, Choulex, Gaillard (FR-74), Puplinge, Vandœuvres, Veyrier
Twin towns	Graveson (France)
Website	www.thonex.ch SFSO statistics

Largest groups of foreign residents 2013

Nationality	Amount	% total (population)
Portugal	1,305	9.5
France	665	4.8
Italy	498	3.6
Spain	348	2.5
UK	118	0.9
Kosovo	104	0.8
Brazil	101	0.7
Russia	80	0.6
Serbia	68	0.5
Germany	61	0.4
USA	61	0.4
Morocco	55	0.4
Congo-Kinshasa	54	0.4
Turkey	48	0.3
Belgium	46	0.3
Netherlands	44	0.3
Tunisia	36	0.3
Poland	35	0.2
Cameroon	34	0.2
Colombia	34	0.2

Thônex (French pronunciation: ​[tone]) is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It is situated in the east of the canton and shares a border with the French town of Ambilly.

In 1869 the municipality was created when Chêne-Thônex split into two independent municipalities Chêne-Bourg and Thônex.

Thônex has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 3.84 square kilometers (1.48 sq mi). Of this area, 0.87 km² (0.34 sq mi) or 22.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.17 km² (0.066 sq mi) or 4.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.74 km² (1.06 sq mi) or 71.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km² (12 acres) or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 53.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 11.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, 2.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 18.2% is used for growing crops and 3.1% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality of Thônex consists of the sub-sections or villages of Belle-Idée, Les Sillons, Communaux d'Ambilly, Le Foron, Pierre-à-Bochet, Moillesulaz, Deux-Communes, Adrien-JEANDIN, Sous-Moulin - Les Verchères, Thônex - église, Villette.

Thônex has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 13,955. As of 2008^[update], 32.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 14.6%. It has changed at a rate of 10.8% due to migration and at a rate of 3.9% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (9,626 or 79.3%), with German being second most common (483 or 4.0%) and Portuguese being third (474 or 3.9%). There are 405 people who speak Italian and 7 people who speak Romansh.

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