Le Grand-Saconnex (French pronunciation: [lə ɡʁɑ̃ sakɔnɛ]) is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

Several international organizations and permanent missions to the United Nations are located in Grand Saconnex.

[3] Le Grand-Saconnex has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.38 square kilometers (1.69 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 3.66 km2 (1.41 sq mi) or 83.6% is settled (buildings or roads).

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (5,759 or 71.0%), with English being second most common (550 or 6.8%) and German being third (372 or 4.6%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] The World Council of Churches with Archives and the UNESCO Centre de documentation are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[13] Grand Saconnex is twinned with [14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 20.99% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 2,039 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.2%.

[15] In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 4,516 registered voters of which 1,679 (37.2%) voted.

The second most popular party was the Les Radicaux (with 14.0%), they were sixth in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the Les Verts (with 13.6%), they were second in the canton-wide election.

[16] For the 2009 Conseil d'État election, there were a total of 4,560 registered voters of which 2,023 (44.4%) voted.

The complex is located next to the airport and held each year a multitude of exhibition.

We can highlight the Geneva Motor Show and the Salon du livre.

[9] There were 4,171 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 47.5% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 1,347 or 17.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2,856 or 36.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 456 or 5.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 232 or 3.0% were in the information industry, 97 or 1.2% were the insurance or financial industry, 302 or 3.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 62 or 0.8% were in education and 331 or 4.2% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 2,904 or 35.8% were Roman Catholic, while 1,428 or 17.6% 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 321 lower secondary students who attended school in Le Grand-Saconnex.

The campus consists of two individual sites both located in Le Grand-Saconnex.

The Pregny site is in the vicinity of the United Nations, as well as the Red Cross headquarters.