Ferney-Voltaire

E11855
commune of France

Ferney-Voltaire is a French commune in the Ain department near Geneva, best known as the longtime residence of the philosopher Voltaire.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ferney-Voltaire canonical 16
commune of Ferney-Voltaire 2
Ferney 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf France ⓘ
borderWith Switzerland ⓘ
country France ⓘ
demographics border-town population with many international workers ⓘ
distanceToGeneva approximately 8 km ⓘ
formerName Ferney-Voltaire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ferney
hasAirportNearby Geneva Airport ⓘ
surface form: Genève Aéroport
hasCulturalEvent events related to Voltaire and Enlightenment ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity cross-border employment ⓘ
services ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution primary schools ⓘ
secondary schools ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Château de Voltaire ⓘ
hasMarket local weekly market ⓘ
hasMuseum Voltaire-related museum at Château de Voltaire ⓘ
hasNotableBuilding Église Notre-Dame et Saint-André de Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic significant expatriate community ⓘ
hasTransport cross-border bus connections to Geneva ⓘ
hasTwinTown Almuñécar ⓘ
Băile Herculane ⓘ
Città di Castello ⓘ
Rovinj ⓘ
Weil am Rhein ⓘ
heritageDesignation Château de Voltaire classified as historic monument ⓘ
INSEECODE 01160 ⓘ
locatedIn Ain department ⓘ
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ⓘ
Pays de Gex ⓘ
eastern France ⓘ
locatedNear Geneva ⓘ
locatedOn French-Swiss border ⓘ
municipalStatus commune ⓘ
namedAfter Voltaire ⓘ
near Jura Mountains ⓘ
Lake Geneva ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf arrondissement of Gex ⓘ
canton of Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
postalCode 01210 ⓘ
regionType suburban area of Geneva agglomeration ⓘ
significantPerson Voltaire ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
VoltaireResidenceFrom 1759 ⓘ
VoltaireResidenceTo 1778 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meyrin, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland → borderedBy → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
subject surface form: Meyrin
Voltaire → residence → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ferney, Kingdom of France
Ferney-Voltaire → formerName → Ferney-Voltaire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ferney
Prévessin-Moëns → sharesBorderWith → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
Saint-Genis-Pouilly → sharesBorderWith → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: commune of Ferney-Voltaire
Geneva public transport network → hasCrossBorderServicesTo → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
Meyrin → borders → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
arrondissement of Gex → containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
Château de Voltaire → locatedIn → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
Château de Voltaire → municipality → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
Église Notre-Dame et Saint-André de Ferney-Voltaire → locatedIn → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
Église Notre-Dame et Saint-André de Ferney-Voltaire → locatedInSettlement → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
Église Notre-Dame et Saint-André de Ferney-Voltaire → hasParish → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parish of Ferney-Voltaire
canton of Ferney-Voltaire → containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
canton of Ferney-Voltaire → administrativeCenter → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
canton of Ferney-Voltaire → namedAfter → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
Canton of Saint-Genis-Pouilly → contains → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
commune of Ornex → hasBorderWith → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
subject surface form: Ornex
Ornex → hasBorderWith → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
Ornex → hasTransportConnectionTo → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
Pays de Gex → contains → Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: commune of Ferney-Voltaire