[3] The village of Presinge was part of ancient Burgundy and settled in 443 by 'le peuple germanique des Burgondes'.

Regarding the German-sounding names of the surrounding villages - albeit now with French spelling (adding an '-e' to the ending) - the text cites the villages of Presinge, Puplinge, Corsinge, Merlinge, etc.

[4] The branch of the noble family (Presinge/Pressinge) that gave its name to the village decreased in influence and number very gradually over the centuries.

[4] There is a copy of an old map dated 1740 by Philippe Bauche (the original is kept in the Bibliothèque de Genève) showing the other old spelling of "Pressinge".1 Presinge has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.72 square kilometers (1.82 sq mi).

[5] It consists of the village of Presinge and the hamlets of Cara and La Louvière.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (520 or 84.7%), with Albanian being second most common (22 or 3.6%) and German being third (15 or 2.4%).

[11] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 47.0% male and 53.0% female.

In the federal election, a total of 197 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.6%.

[15] In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 408 registered voters of which 188 (46.1%) voted.

The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the Les Verts with 22.5% of the ballots.

In the canton-wide election they received the second highest proportion of votes.

[16] For the 2009 Conseil d'Etat election, there were a total of 408 registered voters of which 217 (53.2%) voted.

[10] There were 235 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.8% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 157.

In the tertiary sector; 3 or 2.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 5.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 18 or 13.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 21 or 15.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 1.5% were in education and 72 or 52.9% were in health care.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 224 or 36.5% were Roman Catholic, while 139 or 22.6% 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.