Swiss Geneva is a city located in the extreme west of the country, the capital of the canton with the same name.
The population (184,758 inhabitants on 2001 census), is the country's second city (after Zürich) and the first of the French. Geneva is located on the shores of Europe's largest lake, Lake Leman (Lake Geneva).
Located in the Romande the country (the French-speaking), the town is situated on the shores of Lake Leman, the two banks of the Rhone, surrounded by mountains, which they shared with France: Les Voirons Le Saleve, Le Mont Zion, and Vuache Le Jura Mountains.