Presinge
municipality in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland
Presinge is a municipality of the canton of Geneva in Switzerland.
History
Presinge is first mentioned after 1000 as in Presiago. In 1180 it was mentioned as villa que appellatur Presingium.
The village of Presinge was part of ancient Burgundy and settled in 443 by 'le peuple germanique des Burgondes'. Regarding the German-sounding names of the surrounding villages - albeit now with French spelling (adding an '-e' to the ending) - the text cites the villages of Presinge, Puplinge, Corsinge, Merlinge, etc. - 'which tended to indicate an area of Germanic preponderance'.
The branch of the noble family (Presinge/Pressinge) that gave its name to the village decreased in influence and number very gradually over the centuries.
There is a copy of an old map dated 1740 by Philippe Bauche (the original is kept in the Bibliothèque de Genève) showing the other old spelling of "Pressinge".1
Geography
Presinge has an area, as of 2009, of 4.72 square kilometers (1.82 sq mi). Of this area, 3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi) or 67.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.88 km2 (0.34 sq mi) or 18.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.61 km2 (0.24 sq mi) or 12.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.
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