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Gex, Ain

Coordinates:46°20′00″N6°03′28″E / 46.3333°N 6.0578°E /46.3333; 6.0578

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Subprefecture and commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Subprefecture in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Gex
Subprefecture
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Gex
Gex Show map of France Gex Show map of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates:46°20′00″N6°03′28″E / 46.3333°N 6.0578°E /46.3333; 6.0578
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Gex
Canton	Gex
Intercommunality	CA Pays de Gex
Government
• Mayor(2020–2026)	Patrice Dunand^[1]
Area ¹	32.02 km² (12.36 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	13,455
• Density	420/km² (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01173 /01170
Elevation	532–1,614 m (1,745–5,295 ft) (avg. 617 m or 2,024 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gex (French:[ʒɛks];Arpitan:Gèx;Italian:Gesio) is acommune in theAin department in easternFrance and a subprefecture of the department.

It lies 5 km (3.1 mi) from theSwiss border and 16 km (9.9 mi) fromGeneva. It is asubprefecture of Ain.

History

The town gave its name to thePays de Gex, at various times under the jurisdiction of France,Switzerland and theDuchy of Savoy.

The future site of Gex was inhabited around 1800 BC. Around 220 BC, a group ofGallic warriors known as theGaesatae resided in the area around Gex. Afterwards, the town was part ofRoman Gaul.

In 1252, Léonette of Geneva, Lady of Gex, descendant of thecount of Geneva,Amadeus I, married Simon of Joinville, son ofSimon of Joinville and Beatrix of Auxonne, Lady ofMarnay. The city of Gex was included in herdowry. Later that century, the Joinvilles set up acastellan and a judge in the town.

On November 13, 1353, the town of Gex as well as its castle were captured bySavoy,^[3] and thepays de Gex was incorporated into theSavoyard state for nearly two centuries. Thepays de Gex was invaded in 1536 by theCanton of Bern. The Bernese established abailiwick at Gex, managed by abailiff. Walls were built in 1550.

Thepays de Gex was returned to theDuchy of Savoy by the treaties of Nyon in 1563 andLausanne in 1564. TheGenevans seized it in 1589. Savoy, with the assistance ofSpain, tried several times to take back thepays de Gex, but they were unsuccessful. During these attacks, the town of Gex was burned in 1590 on July 23 and again on July 30; few of the houses withstood the fires.

In 1601, during the reign ofHenry IV, control of thepays de Gex passed to France as part of theTreaty of Lyon.^[4]

With the 1815Protocol of the Conference of Paris, (signed on 20 November) and theTreaty of Paris of the same date, Gex was placed in the Customs region of Switzerland and neutralised. The resolutions regarding the Pays de Gex were annulled by Art 435 of theTreaty of Versailles. In November 1923 France moved its customs office to Gex, and the matter was brought before thePermanent Court of International Justice (predecessor of theInternational Court of Justice), which decided in favour of Switzerland;^[5] this case is also notable for being an early example of the doctrine offundamentally changed circumstances being invoked before an international court.^[6] A compromise was reached in 1932.

Historically, citizens spoke a dialect of theFranco-Provençal language but this dialect is not in use anymore. In 1910 the commune ofMijoux was created from part of the commune of Gex.^[7]

Population

Population data for 1906 and earlier include the commune ofMijoux.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,398	—
1800	2,415	+0.10%
1806	2,354	−0.43%
1821	2,536	+0.50%
1831	2,834	+1.12%
1836	2,894	+0.42%
1841	2,835	−0.41%
1846	2,785	−0.36%
1851	2,874	+0.63%
1856	2,662	−1.52%
1861	2,602	−0.45%
1866	2,642	+0.31%
1872	2,675	+0.21%
1876	2,719	+0.41%
1881	2,720	+0.01%
1886	2,693	−0.20%
1891	2,659	−0.25%
1896	2,878	+1.60%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	2,822	−0.39%
1906	2,727	−0.68%
1911	2,175	−4.42%
1921	2,030	−0.69%
1926	2,065	+0.34%
1931	2,048	−0.17%
1936	1,966	−0.81%
1946	1,874	−0.48%
1954	2,041	+1.07%
1962	2,361	+1.84%
1968	3,137	+4.85%
1975	4,296	+4.59%
1982	4,868	+1.80%
1990	6,615	+3.91%
1999	7,733	+1.75%
2007	9,505	+2.61%
2012	10,677	+2.35%
2017	13,118	+4.20%

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Source: EHESS^[7] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[8]

Economy

Its principal market for exports is Geneva. A weekly market takes place in the town on Saturdays.^[9]

See also

Communes of the Ain department

Sights of Gex
Water fountain
St Peter church
Gex city hall withTibetan flag
House of culture

References

^"Répertoire national des élus: les maires".data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved29 March 2021.
^"Populations de référence 2022" (in French).The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^Salch, Charles-Laurent and Finó, José Federico;Atlas des châteaux forts en France, 1988. p. 26. (in French)
^Cattin, Paul (July 11, 2007)."Gex, Pays de".Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.Archived from the original on October 1, 2022. RetrievedOctober 1, 2022.
^Case of the Free Zones of Upper Savoy and the District of Gex Archived 2013-02-09 atarchive.today, Permanent Court of International Justice, Parties: France & Switzerland, August 19th, 1929, Initiated March 29th, 1928
^Mahmood M. Poonja,Termination of Treaties Owing to Fundamental Change of Circumstances (Clausula Rebus Sic Stantibus): A Doctoral Dissertation [Juris Doctor dissertation, Charles University, Prague, 1977] (Rawalpindi: Abbas Arts, 1982), p. 21.
^^a ^bDes villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui:Commune data sheet Gex,EHESS(in French).
^Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 2022-07-26 at theWayback Machine, INSEE
^Weekly Markets Archived 2024-05-06 at theWayback Machine - Pays de Gex Monts Jura Tourism 28 May 2021

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related toGex, Ain.

Official town website (in French)
"Gex" .Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 913.

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