Geneva Geneva Geneva (; ; ; ; ; ) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of the Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. The municipality ("ville de Genève") has a population () of , and the canton (essentially the city and its inner-ring suburbs) has residents. In 2014, the compact "agglomération du Grand Genève" had 946,000 inhabitants in 212 communities in both Switzerland and France. Within Swiss territory, the commuter area named ""Métropole lémanique"" contains
Geneva (town), New York Geneva (town), New York Geneva is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 3,291 at the 2010 census. The actual source of the name is ambiguous. The Town of Geneva is in the southeastern part of the county and borders the City of Geneva. Geneva is known for being the home of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station run by Cornell University. The town is situated in the territory of the historic Seneca, who had an important village at Kanadaseaga ("Seneca Castle"), at the north end of Seneca Lake. This village was fortified during