FOTW beschäftigt sich mit der Wissenschaft der Vexillologie (Flaggenkunde).
Alle auf dieser Website dargebotenen Abbildungen dienen ausschließlich der Informationsvermittlung im Sinne der Flaggenkunde.
Wir distanziert uns ausdrücklich von allen hierauf dargestellten Symbolen verfassungsfeindlicher Organisationen.
Last modified: 2011-12-24 by ivan sache
Keywords: ain | versonnex | cross: saltire (yellow) | scallops: 4 (yellow) | shells: 4 (yellow) |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
![[Flag of Versonnex]](../images/f/fr-01-vx.gif)
Flag of Versonnex - Image by Arnaud Leroy, 20 April 2006
See also:
The municipality of Versonnex (2,068 inhabitants in 2008; 589 ha) is located in the Pays de Gex, a small region limited by the border with Switzerland, the Jura mountains and river Rhône in the south.
The Pays de Gex, once a tiny principality depending on Savoy, was incorporated in 1601 to the Kingdom of France.
The French philosopher and writer Voltaire (1694-1778) settled in the
manor of Les Délices, near Geneva in 1755. He had there less problems with censorship than in France but some his plays were not really
enjoyed by the Genevans. In 1758, he bought the domain of Ferney, in
France but on the border with Switzerland, so that he could move from
one country to the other very easily. Voltaire increased the village of
Ferney and founded there an hospital, a school and clock-making
workshop. For 18 years, he stayed there with a brilliant court. The
village was later renmaed Ferney-Voltaire.
Geographically, Pays de Gex is part of the basin of Geneva and
completely isolated from the rest of France. Accordingly, most of the
trade was made with Geneva and not France. Voltaire obtained from King
Louis XVI a franchise on tobacco and salt imported from Switzerland to
the Pays de Gex. In 1815, the franchise was extended to all Swiss products.
The 1815 treaties were superseded in 1919 by the Treaties of Versailles, in which the new tax system was not explicitely stated. France unilaterally
suppressed the franchise, which was reestablished in 1932 by the
International Court of The Hague upon Swiss request. The zone franche system is granted only to the locals but is applicable to all foreign
products.
Due to its neighborhood with Switzerland and the dramatic increase in the cost of living in Switzerland compared to France, the population of Versonnex increased from 159 inhabitants in 1968 to slightly more than 2,000 now. A loop of the CERN (European Nuclear Research Center) particle accelerator is located in the territory of Versonnex.
Ivan Sache, 20 April 2006
The flag of Versonnex, as hoisted on the town hall, is blue, quartered by a yellow saltire with a yellow scallop in each quarter.
The flag is a banner of the municipal coat of arms, D'azur au sautoir d'or cantonné de quatre coquilles du même ("Azure a saltire or cantonned with four scallops of the same").
ND & Ivan Sache, 20 April 2006
Hosted by: Fanshop-Online.de und Handy-Shop.de
Tipp: Apple iPhone 8