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 | website		= www.celigny.ch
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'''Céligny''' is a [[Municipalities of the canton of Geneva|municipality]] in the [[canton of Geneva]], [[Switzerland]]. It consists of two small [[exclaves]] of the [[Canton of Geneva]] surrounded by the [[Vaud|Canton of Vaud]], near [[Crans-près-Céligny]].

==History==
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Céligny is first mentioned in 1163 as ''Siliniacum''.<ref name=HDS/>

==Geography==
Céligny has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{convert|4.65|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}.  Of this area, {{convert|3.03|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 65.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|0.91|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 19.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, {{convert|0.75|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 16.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and {{convert|0.01|km2|acre|abbr=on}} or 0.2% is unproductive land.<ref name=BFS_land>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] 2009 data {{in lang|de}} accessed 25 March 2010</ref>

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 11.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%.  Out of the forested land, 15.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 51.8% is used for growing crops and 11.0% is pastures, while 2.4% is used for orchards or vine crops.<ref name=BFS_land/>

The municipality consists of two disconnected territories of the Canton of Geneva. The smaller one contains the settlements of La Grande Coudre and La Petite Coudre and is entirely surrounded by the [[Canton of Vaud]]; it is thus both an [[enclave and exclave|exclave and an enclave]].  The larger one consists of the village of Céligny on a hill above [[Lake Geneva]] along with the small Le Brassus valley; being adjacent to a part of Lake Geneva belonging to the Canton of Geneva but not to the municipality of Celigny,<ref>Constitution of the Republic and Canton of Geneva (art. 159); Cantonal law on water (art. 3.4 and 5.2).</ref> it is thus by itself neither an exclave nor an enclave. However, together with this adjacent part of the lake, it does constitute an exclave of the Canton (but still not an enclave).

The municipality of Céligny consists of the sub-sections or villages of Les Bondex, Murat, Céligny - lac, Céligny - village and Les Coudres.<ref>[http://www.ge.ch/statistique/domaines/00/00_01/tableaux.asp#1 Canton of Geneva Statistical Office] Liste des 475 sous-secteurs statistiques du canton de Genève. {{in lang|fr}} accessed 18 April 2011</ref>

==Notable residents==
* [[Royalism|Royallist]] journalist and thinker [[Jacques Mallet du Pan]], (1749-1800), was born in Céligny.
* Louis François Senn, (1799-1873), Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, politician. Deputy to the Grand Council (1846-1848) and (1855-1856). Head surgeon at Geneva hospital. Member of the Committee of the Geneva Conservatory of Music (1849-1860). Owner of the Belle-Ferme estate in Céligny. Buried in [[Founex]].<ref>''Instituer la musique. Les premières années du Conservatoire''. Remy Campos. 2003. page 570. Accessed online on Nov. 29th 2023.</ref><ref>''Bulletin de la société médicale de Suisse romande.'' Librairie Rouge & Dubois, 1873. pp.150-163</ref>
* The notable Italian economist [[Vilfredo Pareto]], (1848-1923), father of the [[Pareto principle|80/20 theory]] and Paretos Optimatality, lived in Céligny, earning him the epithet of "hermit of Céligny". He died on 19 August 1923 in Céligny and was buried in the small Céligny cemetery without fanfare on 23 August 1923. The engraving on his tombstone simply states ''Vil-Fredo Pareto''.
* Two notable British residents were the actor [[Richard Burton]], (1925-1984), and novelist [[Alistair MacLean]] (1922-1987) who are both buried there. [[Hjördis Genberg]], (1919-1997), a supermodel and widow of [[David Niven]], died in the town in 1997.

==Demographics==
Céligny has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-GE}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-GE|6610}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-GE}}  {{as of|2008}}, 30.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals.<ref name=HDS_superweb>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628151016/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html |date=June 28, 2010 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 19 June 2010</ref>  Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 5.3%.  It has changed at a rate of 3.4% due to migration and at a rate of 5.2% due to births and deaths.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=January 5, 2016 }} accessed 24-April-2011</ref>

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[French language|French]] (487 or 81.3%), with [[German language|German]] being second most common (38 or 6.3%) and [[English language|English]] being third (36 or 6.0%).<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2008}}, the gender distribution of the population was 48.6% male and 51.4% female.  The population was made up of 218 Swiss men (33.0% of the population) and 103 (15.6%) non-Swiss men.  There were 238 Swiss women (36.1%) and 101 (15.3%) non-Swiss women.<ref name=GE_Pop>[http://www.ge.ch/statistique/domaines/01/01_02_1/tableaux.asp#1 Canton of Geneva Statistical Office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402123530/http://www.ge.ch/statistique/domaines/01/01_02_1/tableaux.asp#1 |date=2016-04-02 }} ''Population résidante du canton de Genève, selon l'origine et le sexe, par commune, en mars 2011''{{in lang|fr}} accessed 18 April 2011</ref>  Of the population in the municipality 127 or about 21.2% were born in Céligny and lived there in 2000.  There were 113 or 18.9% who were born in the same canton, while 176 or 29.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 164 or 27.4% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>

In {{as of|2008|alt=2008}} there were 3 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 5 deaths of Swiss citizens.  Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 2 while the foreign population increased by 2.  There were 2 Swiss men and 3 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland.  At the same time, there were 9 non-Swiss men and 6 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland.  The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 4 and the non-Swiss population increased by 12 people.  This represents a [[Population growth#Population growth rate|population growth rate]] of 2.5%.<ref name=HDS_superweb/>

The age distribution of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.7%.<ref name=SFSO/>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 254 people who were single and never married in the municipality.  There were 283 married individuals, 25 widows or widowers and 37 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409212530/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date=April 9, 2014 }}  {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 234 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/>  There were 77 households that consist of only one person and 20 households with five or more people.  Out of a total of 246 households that answered this question, 31.3% were households made up of just one person and there were 1 adults who lived with their parents.  Of the rest of the households, there are 46 married couples without children, 87 married couples with children There were 20 single parents with a child or children.  There were 3 households that were made up of unrelated people and 12 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 101 single family homes (or 60.5% of the total) out of a total of 167 inhabited buildings.  There were 29 multi-family buildings (17.4%), along with 23 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (13.8%) and 14 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (8.4%).  Of the single family homes 48 were built before 1919, while 4 were built between 1990 and 2000.<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=trueSwiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121033424/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=trueSwiss |date=January 21, 2015 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 269 apartments in the municipality.  The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 59.  There were 15 single room apartments and 111 apartments with five or more rooms.  Of these apartments, a total of 223 apartments (82.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 33 apartments (12.3%) were seasonally occupied and 13 apartments (4.8%) were empty.<ref name=Housing/>  {{as of|2009}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 3 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/>  The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2010|alt=in 2010}}, was 0%.<ref name=SFSO/>

The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|2892|Céligny}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162751/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true |date=September 30, 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref>
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==Heritage sites of national significance==
The Domaine De Garengo and the Domaine de l’Élysée are listed as Swiss [[Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance|heritage site of national significance]].  The entire village of Céligny is part of the [[Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.parsys.000102.DownloadFile.tmp/ge.pdf |title=Kantonsliste A-Objekte:Geneva |year=2009 |work=KGS Inventar |publisher=Federal Office of Civil Protection |language=German |accessdate=12 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928140001/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.parsys.000102.DownloadFile.tmp/ge.pdf |archivedate=28 September 2011 }}</ref>

==Politics==
In the [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Liberal Party of Switzerland|LPS Party]] which received 25.87% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] (18.03%), the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] (17.58%) and the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (14.22%).  In the federal election, a total of 167 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 48.4%.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, ''Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514211354/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html |date=May 14, 2015 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 May 2010</ref>

In the 2009 [[Grand Council of Geneva|Grand Conseil]] election, there were a total of 335 registered voters of which 138 (41.2%) voted.  The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the [[FDP.The Liberals|Libéral]] with 29.6% of the ballots.  In the canton-wide election they received the highest proportion of votes.  The second most popular party was the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Les Verts]] (with 18.5%), they were also second in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Les Socialistes]] (with 8.9%), they were fourth in the canton-wide election.<ref name=GE_Politics>[http://www.ge.ch/statistique/domaines/17/17_02/apercu.asp Canton of Geneva Statistical Office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401072623/http://www.ge.ch/statistique/domaines/17/17_02/apercu.asp |date=2016-04-01 }} Election Results from multiple spreadsheets {{in lang|fr}} accessed 18 April 2011</ref>

For the 2009 Conseil d'État election, there were a total of 341 registered voters of which 156 (45.7%) voted.<ref name=GE_Politics/>

In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Céligny there were 11 spots open on the municipal council.  There were a total of 406 registered voters of which 211 (52.0%) voted.  Out of the 211 votes, there were 1 blank votes, 1 null or unreadable votes and 8 votes with a name that was not on the list.<ref name=GE_Politics/>

==Economy==
{{as of|2010|In 2010}}, Céligny had an unemployment rate of 3%.  {{as of|2008}}, there were 17 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 6 businesses involved in this sector.  3 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 3 businesses in this sector.  39 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 14 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>  There were 274 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.1% of the workforce.

{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} the total number of [[full-time equivalent]] jobs was 51.  The number of jobs in the primary sector was 16, of which 14 were in agriculture and 1 was in fishing or fisheries.  The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 3 of which 2 or (66.7%) were in manufacturing and 1 was in construction.  The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 32.  In the tertiary sector; 5 or 15.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 17 or 53.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 12.5% were in education and 1 was in health care.<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225013454/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=December 25, 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 74 workers who commuted into the municipality and 206 workers who commuted away.  The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.8 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.  About 21.6% of the workforce coming into Céligny are coming from outside Switzerland.<ref name=commuter>[https://archive.today/20120804043150/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref>  Of the working population, 12.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 64.6% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>

==Religion==
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 177 or 29.5% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 213 or 35.6% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]].  Of the rest of the population, and there were 14 individuals (or about 2.34% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church.  There were 9 (or about 1.50% of the population) who were [[Islam]]ic.  There was 1 person who was [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] and 1 individual who belonged to another church.  141 (or about 23.54% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 43 individuals (or about 7.18% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>

==Education==
In Céligny about 171 or (28.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 147 or (24.5%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').  Of the 147 who completed tertiary schooling, 44.2% were Swiss men, 33.3% were Swiss women, 11.6% were non-Swiss men and 10.9% were non-Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>

During the 2009–2010 school year there were a total of 113 students in the Céligny school system.  The [[Education in Switzerland|education system]] in the Canton of Geneva allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory [[kindergarten]].<ref>{{Cite report |title=Kantonale Schulstrukturen in der Schweiz und im Fürstentum Liechtenstein / Structures Scolaires Cantonales en Suisse et Dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein |url= http://edudoc.ch/record/35128/files/Schulsystem_alle.pdf |author= EDK/CDIP/IDES |year= 2010 |accessdate= 24 June 2010 }}</ref>  During that school year, there was 1 child who was in a pre-kindergarten class.  The canton's school system provides two years of non-mandatory kindergarten and requires students to attend six years of [[primary school]], with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes.  In Céligny there were 18 students in kindergarten or primary school and - students were in the special, smaller classes.  The [[secondary school]] program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling, followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools.  There were 18 lower secondary students who attended school in Céligny.  There were 19 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 6 students who were in a professional, non-university track program.  An additional 15 students attended a private school.<ref>[http://www.ge.ch/statistique/domaines/15/15_02/tableaux.asp#1 Canton of Geneva Statistical Office] Elèves résidant dans le canton de Genève, selon le niveau d'enseignement, par commune de domicile {{in lang|fr}} accessed 18 April 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 6 students in Céligny who came from another municipality, while 71 residents attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.celigny.ch/ Official Website] {{in lang|fr}}

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