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Collex-Bossy is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.HistoryBoth Collex and Bossy were first mentioned in 1258. Collex was called Coliacum while Bossy was Bocium. Between 1790-1855 the municipality also included the village of Bellevue.GeographyCollex-Bossy has an area, of 6.89km2. Of this area, 4.42km2 or 64.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.71km2 or 24.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7km2 or 10.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.3%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.3% is used for growing crops and 10.7% is pastures, while 9.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located on the right bank of the Versoix river and along the French border. It consists of the villages of Collex and Bossy. The municipality of Collex-Bossy consists of the sub-sections or villages of Bossy, La Rosière, La Bâtie, La Foretaille and Collex.DemographicsCollex-Bossy has a population of., 28.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 28.4%. It has changed at a rate of 20.5% due to migration and at a rate of 8.2% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French (1,023 or 80.0%), with English being second most common (121 or 9.5%) and German being third (42 or 3.3%). There are 3 people who speak Romansh.