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    Versoix (French pronunciation: [vɛʁ.swa]) is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, in Switzerland. It is located in the northern suburbs of Geneva....
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    Versoix railway station (French: Gare de Versoix) is a railway station in the municipality of Versoix, in the Swiss canton of Geneva. It is an intermediate...
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    The Versoix (French pronunciation: [vɛʁswa]) is a river in France and in Switzerland. It is a 21.8 kilometres (13.5 mi) tributary of Lake Geneva (French:...
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  • The Geneva–Versoix Railway (French: Chemin de Fer Genève-Versoix, GM) is a former Swiss railway company that existed officially for only six days in 1858...
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    health deteriorated rapidly after 1943. He died on 2 October 1946, in Versoix, near Geneva, and was buried at the cemetery of the town. His daughter...
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  • Collège du Léman (category Versoix)
    school, for boys and girls from 2 to 18 years old, currently based in Versoix, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It has approximately 1900 students representing...
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    tried his hand at many trades, including trading with liquors and wines in Versoix near Geneva. For some time Patek attended painting courses given by the...
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    Marc Birkigt (8 March 1878, Geneva – 15 March 1953, Versoix) was a Swiss engineer, automotive and aviation pioneer, and co-founder of Hispano-Suiza in...
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    Clofullia, as she was often billed, was born Josephine Boisdechêne in Versoix, Switzerland to Brigadier Joseph Boisdechêne and Françoise Masset. She...
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  • Verisure, formerly known as Securitas Direct is a security company based in Versoix, close to Geneva in Switzerland and active in 17 countries in Europe and...
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    with his sister and parents at the Romanian royal family's residence in Versoix, Switzerland. The family moved to England in 1989 where they took up residence...
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    The federal shooting range of Versoix, Switzerland; people come to such ranges to complete mandatory training (Obligatorischeschiessen) with service arms...
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    The highest point of Mies is 455m above sea level. To the southwest lies Versoix, in the Canton of Geneva and to the northwest Chavannes-de-Bogis, which...
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    (French: Gare de Pont-Céard) is a railway station in the municipality of Versoix, in the Swiss canton of Geneva. It is an intermediate stop on the standard...
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  • Léon Gaud (September 23, 1844, in Versoix – November 18, 1908, in Eaux-Vives, now Geneva), was a Swiss painter from Chêne-Bourg, in the canton of Geneva...
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  • Favarger (category Versoix)
    founded by Jacques Foulquier in 1826 in Geneva. It is currently located in Versoix, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. In 1826, Jacques Foulquier, a confectioner...
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    Lake Geneva) Aubonne (right, Lake Geneva) Hermance (left, Lake Geneva) Versoix (right, Lake Geneva) Arve (left) Allondon (right) Valserine (right) Fier...
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    Presinge Puplinge Russin Satigny Soral Thônex Troinex Vandoeuvres Vernier Versoix Veyrier "Liste officielle des communes de la Suisse - 23.03.2017". Office...
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    1924 Aga Khan III November 2, 1877 Karachi, British India July 11, 1957 Versoix, Switzerland 1924, 1925 Paul Fauchille February 11, 1858 Loos, France February...
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    1,976 km2 (763 sq mi) (in Geneva) Versoix - 21.8 km (13.5 mi) - 90.7 km2 (35.0 sq mi) (into Lake Geneva in Versoix) Hermance - 14 km (8.7 mi) - 42.5 km2...
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    respectively. 1819 – Cailler in Vevey (today Nestlé) 1826 – Favarger in Versoix, Canton of Geneva 1826 – Suchard in Serrières (today Kraft Foods) 1830...
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    borders of Geneva (excluding the cantonal exclave Céligny), so about from Versoix–Hermance to the Rhône outflow in Geneva. The Chablais Alps border is its...
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    scholar and jeweller from Switzerland. Tatiana Fabergé was born in 1930 in Versoix, Geneva, Switzerland. Her parents were Fedor Fabergé (a son of Agathon...
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    to Nyon Coppet L1 L2 L3 L4 Tannay Mies Pont-Céard Versoix Versoix Creux-de-Genthod Genthod-Bellevue Les Tuileries Chambésy Genève-Sécheron Genève-Cornavin...
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  • Malima, Ethiopia Collège du Léman, a private, international school in Versoix, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland Léman International School - Chengdu, China...
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  • created the firm Czapek & Moreau with local Swiss watchmaker Moreau, from Versoix. On 22 October 1836, François Czapek married Marie, the daughter of clock...
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    Hertfordshire, England, until 1956. After that, the couple settled near Versoix, Switzerland, where they would live for the next 45 years. The Communist...
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    The federal shooting range of Versoix, Switzerland; people come to such ranges to complete mandatory training (Obligatorischeschiessen) with service arms...
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  • church in Geneva, Switzerland. The church has 6 congregations in Onex, Versoix, Buix, Rive Droite, Carouge, l'Oratoire with a combined membership of 1...
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    century under Louis XV, France intended to build a large port city in Versoix to deviate the traffic en route to Lake Geneva and from there to the Swiss...
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