Geneva Lake with the nearby town of Geneva, Illinois, the city was renamed "Lake Geneva"; later the lake was renamed "Geneva Lake". Lakeshore attractions include Big Foot Beach State Park, Lake Geneva Yacht Club, the George Williams College campus of Aurora University, and Yerkes Observatory. The observatory is owned by the University of Chicago, which has established a study group to plan a regional center for science education at the observatory. Public access to the lake is allowed as the result of a decision by early European settlers that "20 feet of land leading up to the shoreline should be public domain."
Sixth constituency for French residents overseas 2012 French legislative election. The list of candidates was officially finalised on 14 May. There were twenty-one candidates: The Socialist Party chose Nicole Castioni, a resident of Geneva, as its candidate. She was a magistrate in the Criminal Court of Geneva, and, having dual French and Swiss citizenship, was an elected representative in the Parliament of Geneva from 1993 to 2001. Her deputy ("suppléant") was Louis Lepioufle, also a resident of Geneva. The Union for a Popular Movement chose Claudine Schmid. Sébastien Brack was her deputy ("suppléant"). Europe Écologie–The Greens chose Ximena Kaiser Morris, with Jean Rossiaud as her deputy