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

[3] Hermance has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.44 square kilometers (0.56 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi) or 29.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes.

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

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (643 or 78.8%), with English being second most common (73 or 8.9%) and German being third (36 or 4.4%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] The entire village of Hermance is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 19.65% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 279 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 55.2%.

[14] In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 514 registered voters of which 236 (45.9%) voted.

The second most popular party was the Les Radicaux (with 12.7%), they were sixth in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the Les Verts (with 12.7%), they were second in the canton-wide election.

[15] For the 2009 Conseil d'État election, there were a total of 514 registered voters of which 291 (56.6%) voted.

[8] There were 374 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.8% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 6, of which 5 were in agriculture and 1 was in fishing or fisheries.

In the tertiary sector; 9 or 8.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 3.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 27 or 26.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 3.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 5 or 5.0% were in education and 47 or 46.5% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 331 or 40.6% were Roman Catholic, while 198 or 24.3% 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.

There were 29 lower secondary students who attended school in Hermance.