Corsier (French pronunciation: [kɔʁsje], locally [kɔʁzje][3]) is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

[4] Corsier has an area, as of 2012[update], of 2.74 square kilometers (1.06 sq mi).

while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%.

[5] The municipality is located on the left bank of Lake Geneva.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,361 or 80.9%), with English being second most common (106 or 6.3%) and German being third (74 or 4.4%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][12] The prehistoric lakeside settlement at Port is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[13] The settlement is part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In the federal election, a total of 486 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.5%.

[8] There were 813 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.2% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 237.

In the tertiary sector; 26 or 17.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 15 or 9.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 19 or 12.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 5 or 3.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 13 or 8.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 35 or 22.9% were in education and 10 or 6.5% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 709 or 42.2% were Roman Catholic, while 378 or 22.5% 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.

There were 42 lower secondary students who attended school in Corsier.