Bossey
title: "Bossey" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communes-of-haute-savoie"] topic_path: "general/communes-of-haute-savoie" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossey" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Bossey |
| native name | frp |
| commune status | Commune |
| image | Église de Bossey 05.JPG |
| caption | The church in Bossey |
| arrondissement | Saint-Julien-en-Genevois |
| canton | Saint-Julien-en-Genevois |
| INSEE | 74044 |
| postal code | 74160 |
| mayor | Jean-Luc Pecorini |
| term | 2020–2026 |
| intercommunality | CC du Genevois |
| coordinates | |
| elevation min m | 430 |
| elevation max m | 1251 |
| area km2 | 3.88 |
| population | |
| population date | |
| population footnotes | |
| website | |
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Bossey (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. It is located on the Swiss border. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 941.
Personalities
Bossey is the birthplace of poet Jean-Vincent Verdonnet (1923–2013). Philosopher and political theorist Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) lived in the village between 1722 and 1724.
References
References
- (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
- (December 2025). "Populations de référence 2023: 74 Haute-Savoie". [[INSEE]].
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