Collonge-Bellerive (French pronunciation: [kɔlɔ̃ʒ bɛlʁiv]) is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

In 1275 Saint-Maurice is first mentioned as Sancto Mauricio and Vésenaz first in 1314 as Vysinaz.

[3] Collonge-Bellerive has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.12 square kilometers (2.36 sq mi).

while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.8%.

Surrounded by the municipalities of Cologny, Vandœuvres, Choulex, Meinier, and Corsier, Collonge-Bellerive consists primarily of the villages of Collonge, Vésenaz and Saint-Maurice together with the hamlets of Cherre, Bellerive, La Repentance and La Capite.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (5,010 or 79.0%), with English being second most common (431 or 6.8%) and German being third (296 or 4.7%).

The greatest number of single family homes (282) were built between 1971 and 1980.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[13] The Bellerive I (a Bronze Age, littoral archeological site), the Bellerive Castle and Villa-chalet du Prince Essling are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

In the federal election, a total of 2,153 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 55.2%.

[15] In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 4,053 registered voters of which 2,012 (49.6%) voted.

[16] For the 2009 Conseil d'Etat election, there were a total of 4,049 registered voters of which 2,286 (56.5%) voted.

[8] There were 2,805 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.0% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 46, of which 44 were in agriculture and 2 were in fishing or fisheries.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 603 of which 362 or (60.0%) were in manufacturing and 241 (40.0%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 428 or 19.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 46 or 2.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 107 or 4.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 515 or 23.4% were in the information industry, 31 or 1.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 166 or 7.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 162 or 7.4% were in education and 476 or 21.7% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 2,499 or 39.4% were Roman Catholic, while 1,457 or 23.0% 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.