Ferney-Voltaire

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

All labels observed (5)

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

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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

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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
Meyrin borders Ferney-Voltaire
Château de Voltaire locatedIn Ferney-Voltaire
Château de Voltaire municipality 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 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