[3] Bellevue has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.35 square kilometers (1.68 sq mi).

It consists of the village of Bellevue and the hamlets of Vengeron, Les Tuileries, Valavran and Colovrex.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,210 or 67.2%), with English being second most common (263 or 14.6%) and German being third (93 or 5.2%).

The greatest number of single family homes (141) were built between 1981 and 1990.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 23.08% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 595 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.6%.

[14] In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 1,388 registered voters of which 542 (39.0%) voted.

The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the Libéral with 24.7% of the ballots.

In the canton-wide election they received the highest proportion of votes.

The second most popular party was the Les Verts (with 13.7%), they were also second in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the Les Socialistes (with 11.9%), they were fourth in the canton-wide election.

[15] For the 2009 Conseil d'État election, there were a total of 1,387 registered voters of which 636 (45.9%) voted.

[15] Bellevue is home to the recently (2006) opened headquarters of luxury brand conglomerate Richemont and Webster University Geneva (since 1983).

[9] There were 908 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.2% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 1,063.

In the tertiary sector; 92 or 9.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 12 or 1.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 304 or 32.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 7 or 0.8% were in the information industry, 7 or 0.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 357 or 38.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 65 or 7.0% were in education and 19 or 2.0% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 552 or 30.6% were Roman Catholic, while 348 or 19.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The education system in the Canton of Geneva allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten.

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.