[3] Meinier has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.96 square kilometers (2.69 sq mi).

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

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,461 or 86.1%), with English being second most common (68 or 4.0%) and German being third (62 or 3.7%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 48.2% male and 51.8% female.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] The Ruins of Rouelbeau Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire hamlet of Carre is listed in the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 21.76% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 578 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.4%.

[14] In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 1,158 registered voters of which 499 (43.1%) voted.

The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the Libéral with 18.8% of the ballots.

[15] For the 2009 Conseil d'Etat election, there were a total of 1,159 registered voters of which 629 (54.3%) voted.

[8] There were 851 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.6% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 598.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 257 of which 127 or (49.4%) were in manufacturing and 130 (50.6%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 54 or 19.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 55 or 19.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 33 or 11.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 4 or 1.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 18 or 6.5% were in education and 72 or 26.0% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 759 or 44.8% were Roman Catholic, while 352 or 20.8% 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.