Cologny

Cologny is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

History

Cologny is first mentioned in 1208 as Colognier.

Geography

Cologny has an area, as of 2009, of 3.67 square kilometers (1.42 sq mi). Of this area, 0.65 km² (0.25 sq mi) or 17.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.15 km² (0.058 sq mi) or 4.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.88 km² (1.11 sq mi) or 78.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 60.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.3%. 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 4.4%. Out of the forested land, 2.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.7% is used for growing crops and 5.4% is pastures, while 3.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.