Versoix (French pronunciation: [vɛʁ.swa]) is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, in Switzerland.

Versoix has an area, as of 2009[update], of 10.51 square kilometers (4.06 sq mi).

[3] The municipality of Versoix consists of the sub-sections or villages of Richelien, Creuson, Sauverny, Petit-Saint-Loup, Ecogia, Versoix-la-Ville, Pont-Céard, Port-Choiseul, Versoix-Bourg, Versoix-lac, Crève-Cœur.

It is a train stop on the Swiss Federal Railways line running between Coppet and Geneva.

The distance from the centre of Geneva is about 10 km, and it takes around 15 minutes by train or car to get into downtown.

[7] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (7,611 or 73.8%), with English being second most common (738 or 7.2%) and German being third (415 or 4.0%).

[7] The historical population is given in the following chart:[11] The Bourg, a Bronze Age littoral settlement, and the Villa Bartholony (Sans Souci) are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[12] The Bourg settlement is part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The University of Geneva has part of its campus, in particular the department of astronomy and its observatory, in Versoix, while the International Committee of the Red Cross maintains a training center there.

Versoix is also known for the impressive ice formations, or icicles, which can be seen mainly in the coast line during the winter.

[14] The Swiss chocolate manufacturer Favarger has its headquarters and factory in Versoix.

[citation needed] There is one sports center in Versoix, La Bécassière.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 22.27% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 2,338 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 42.7%.

[7] There were 4,864 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.1% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 34, of which 20 were in agriculture, 11 were in forestry or lumber production and 2 were in fishing or fisheries.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 405 of which 248 or (61.2%) were in manufacturing, 8 or (2.0%) were in mining and 135 (33.3%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 249 or 14.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 40 or 2.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 135 or 7.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 12 or 0.7% were in the information industry, 51 or 3.0% were the insurance or financial industry, 77 or 4.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 665 or 39.0% were in education and 278 or 16.3% were in health care.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 3,667 or 35.6% were Roman Catholic, while 1,963 or 19.0% 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.

[22] In Versoix there are four primary public schools:Ami-Argand, Bon Séjour, École Lachenal and Monfleury.

Students from Versoix, Genthod, Bellevue, Céligny, Chavannes-des-Bois and Crassier go to this school.