Cologny

Cologny is a municipality inside the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. Cologny is the first noted in 1208 as Colognier. The oldest hint of a agreement within the area is a Neolithic lake aspect village which was discovered close to the village of La Belotte. The Lake Geneva location became conquered by way of the Romans inside the 2nd century. They constructed a road from Corsier thru the Cologny area to Frontenex at some point of their 2 centuries of residency. During the Middle Ages, it became part of the lands of the Counts of Geneva, earlier than it became received by the Bishopric of Geneva.

The village church of Saint Peter turned into positioned under the parish of Vandœuvres in 1406, indicating that it turned into probable constructed earlier than the 15th century. In 1536, Cologny joined the new faith of the Protestant Reformation as close by Geneva became a middle of reform. Two years later, in May 1538 a treaty among Bern and Geneva positioned Cologny inside the metropolis of Geneva. The town council of Cologny met for the primary time on 9 December 1800, after Geneva have been annexed into France following the 1798 French invasion of Switzerland.