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.

Aliases (4)

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 →
hasAirportNearby	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 (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
arrondissement of Gex → canton of Ferney-Voltaire →	containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Ornex → Ornex →	hasBorderWith
Château de Voltaire → Église Notre-Dame et Saint-André de Ferney-Voltaire →	locatedIn
Prévessin-Moëns → Saint-Genis-Pouilly ("commune of Ferney-Voltaire") →	sharesBorderWith
canton of Ferney-Voltaire →	administrativeCenter
Meyrin →	borderedBy
Meyrin →	borders
Canton of Saint-Genis-Pouilly →	contains
Ferney-Voltaire ("Ferney") →	formerName
Geneva public transport network →	hasCrossBorderServicesTo
Église Notre-Dame et Saint-André de Ferney-Voltaire ("Parish of Ferney-Voltaire") →	hasParish
Ornex →	hasTransportConnectionTo
Église Notre-Dame et Saint-André de Ferney-Voltaire →	locatedInSettlement
Château de Voltaire →	municipality
canton of Ferney-Voltaire →	namedAfter
Voltaire ("Ferney, Kingdom of France") →	residence