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December 27, 2008

Geneva Switzerland

Geneva the second-most-populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandie (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). Geneva is probably our least favorite place to visit in all of Switzerland. Situated where the Rhône River exits Lake Geneva , it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. The Geneva metropolitan area extends partly over Switzerland (517,000 inhabitants) and partly over France (293,000 inhabitants).
Geneva is a worldwide centre for
diplomacy and international cooperation, and is widely regarded as a global city, mainly because of the presence of numerous international organisations, including the headquarters of many of the agencies of the United Nations[3] and the Red Cross.[4] It is also the place where the Geneva Conventions were signed, which chiefly concern the treatment of wartime non-combatants and prisoners of war.
Geneva has been described as the world's sixth most important
financial centre by the Global Financial Centres Index, ahead of Tokyo, Chicago, Frankfurt and Sydney,[5] and a 2007 survey by Mercer Consulting found Geneva to have the second-highest quality of life in the world (narrowly outranked by Zürich). A View to Lac Limon
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Rue de Lausanne


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