Dardagny (French pronunciation: [daʁdaɲi]) is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

In 1978, Dardagny received the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.

[4] Dardagny has an area, as of 2009[update], of 8.6 square kilometers (3.3 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.81 km2 (0.31 sq mi) or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi) or 2.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.08 km2 (20 acres) or 0.9% is unproductive land.

[5] It consists of the villages of Dardagny and La Plaine as well as numerous hamlets including Essertines and Malval.

The municipality of Dardagny consists of the sub-sections or villages of La Tuilière, Roulave, Malval, Essertines, Vallon de l'Allondon, Dardagny and La Plaine.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,088 or 84.7%), with German being second most common (52 or 4.0%) and English being third (44 or 3.4%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] Dardagny Castle and the Farm House Bellevaux are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Dardagny and the hamlet of Malval are part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Les Radicaux which received 26.33% of the vote.

In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 719 registered voters of which 288 (40.1%) voted.

The second most popular party was the Les Radicaux (with 19.3%), they were sixth in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the Les Verts (with 14.3%), they were second in the canton-wide election.

[15] For the 2009 Conseil d'Etat election, there were a total of 726 registered voters of which 358 (49.3%) voted.

[9] There were 656 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.1% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 6 or 9.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 4.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 19 or 30.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 3.2% were in the information industry, 7 or 11.3% were in education and 2 or 3.2% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 475 or 37.0% were Roman Catholic, while 359 or 28.0% 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.