Population
The population of Saint-Genis-Pouilly has grown rapidly since the middle of the 1960s, largely due to the activities of CERN:
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1936 | 639 | — |
| 1946 | 612 | −4.2% |
| 1954 | 647 | +5.7% |
| 1962 | 904 | +39.7% |
| 1968 | 2,030 | +124.6% |
| 1975 | 3,549 | +74.8% |
| 1982 | 4,631 | +30.5% |
| 1990 | 5,696 | +23.0% |
| 1999 | 6,383 | +12.1% |
| 2008 | 8,379 | +31.3% |
One of the consequences of this rapid expansion of the population (along with those of the neighbouring communes in France and Switzerland) is the rapid increase in house prices. For example, the price per square metre of an apartment in the Pays de Gex increased by 59% between 2000 and 2004, according to INSEE.
Its inhabitants are known as Saint-genésiens.
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