Prévessin-Moëns

Ferney -Moens is a commune in the French department of Ain, in the Rhône -Alpes.

Geography

Ferney -Moens is located at 470 meters above sea level. M., about nine miles northwest of the City of Geneva (air line). The double municipality consisting of two former farming villages extends in the Pays de Gex, on a wide, modeled by glacial Rhone glacier ridge in the Geneva basin, near the foot of Jura, near the border with Switzerland.

The area of ​​12.07 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the Pays de Gex. The central part of the only weakly in relief area is occupied by a broad ridge, which passes to the north in the level at Jurafuß. To the south of the municipality ban extends to the edge of the plain of Ferney- Voltaire. Through a side stream of the Gobe this southern portion is drained to the nearby Lake Geneva. To the north, the municipality's area extends into the plane on Jurafuß that is drained by the Lion to Allondon. With 483 m above sea level. M. is achieved at the height at the highest point of Moens Ferney -Moens. In a narrow strip of the area extends to the southwest in the extensive Grove des Bois Tollot.

The double municipality consists of the villages of Ferney and Moens ( 461 m asl. ), Both located on the ridge, and several hamlets and new housing developments, including (472 m asl. )

• Magny (435 m above sea level. M. ) on the edge of the plain of Ferney -Voltaire
• Les Moland (440 m above sea level. M. ) below Moens
• Les Pugin ( 445 m above sea level. M. ) south of Ferney
• Vesegnin ( 465 m above sea level. M. ) in the valley of the Lion
• Brétigny ( 466 m above sea level. M. ) in the plane on Jurafuß

Neighboring communities of Ferney -Moens are Saint- Genis -Pouilly in the west, and Chevry Segny in the north, Ornex in the east, in the southeast of Ferney- Voltaire and the Swiss Meyrin and Satigny communities in the south.

History

Is first mentioned Ferney in 1257 under the name Privissins. Over time, the spelling on Privissin ( 1307 ), Previssins ( 1332 ), Privisins ( 1369 ), Privissinus ( 1389 ) and Prevessin ( 1526) transformed to the present name Ferney, which is documented in writing since 1734. Moens already appears in 1211 as Moyns in the documents. Then, the expressions Moynx ( 1236 ), Mouins ( 1267 ), Moynum ( 1436 ), Moyn ( 1526) and Moingz ( 1573) survived. The name goes back to the Burgundian personal names Modo and means with the suffix -ene as much as in the people of the Modo '.

In Ferney a priory was founded in the 12th century by the monastery Payerne. The Prior had at the same time exercising dominion over the village. In the 14th century, the area fell into dependence by the Lords of Gex. Along with this rule came Ferney and Moens in the 14th century under the suzerainty of the Counts of Savoy. Then both villages shared the checkered history of the Pays de Gex, with whom she finally came in 1601 after the Treaty of Lyon in France. On 1 January 1975 merged Ferney and Moens to today's double municipality.

Attractions

The village church de l' Assomption in Ferney was rebuilt in the 17th century with the inclusion of parts of the previous building and remodeled in the 18th century. From the former priory are a few remnants, including a tower from the 14th century is obtained. In Moens and Vesegnin are former places of residence.

Population

With 6806 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Ferney -Moens is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the department of Ain. Since the mid- 1960s, a striking population growth was recorded. Particularly strong growth was registered during the 1970s and 1980s. During this time, the population has increased nearly fivefold. Outside the old town center, numerous new single-family homes were built. Today, the settlement area is almost completely conjoined with that of Ornex and Ferney- Voltaire.

Economy and infrastructure

Ferney -Moens was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by farming village. Today there are various companies of small and medium enterprises. The municipal area is a part of the research and laboratory building of CERN. Meanwhile, the village has been transformed into a residential community with several residential areas. Many working population commuters who work in the larger towns of the Pays de Gex or as a frontier in the agglomeration of Geneva.

The place is a good infrastructure. It is located near the department D35 road that leads from Ferney- Voltaire to Saint -Genis -Pouilly. Further road links exist with Ornex, Chevry and Meyrin. The nearest links to the Swiss highway A1 is located at a distance of about five kilometers. The nearby airport Genève -Cointrin is easily accessible.

Ferney is served by a bus line of the SNCF, Versoix connects with the station Bellegarde- sur -Valserine, where connection is made to the TGV to Paris. In addition, since February 2011 reversed the Transports Publics Genevois O bus, which Meyrin Gravière, where connection is made to the Geneva tram that connects to the Lycée International de Ferney- Voltaire.