Eaux-Vives, Geneva — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Eaux-Vives?

Two museums anchor it. The Museum of Art and History Geneva and the Natural History Museum of Geneva both fall inside Les Eaux-Vives, and the Roman Villa at La Grange adds the district's Roman layer. Paroisse Saint-Joseph covers the parish, and the Espace Ami Lullin appears on the same list.

Plonjon and the Pré-Picot house complete it, two smaller names that sit beside the bigger institutions.

What is the history of Eaux-Vives?

Les Eaux-Vives was a municipality in the Canton of Geneva from 1798 to 1931, an independent run of well over a century before the City of Geneva took it in on 1 January 1931. Plainpalais joined on the same date. Le Petit-Saconnex followed too, so three former municipalities entered Geneva together. Older ground shows at the Roman Villa at La Grange, while the modern district keeps the names of Contamines, Villereuse and Vollandes.

Where is Eaux-Vives?

Les Eaux-Vives lies on the left bank of Lake Geneva and forms a district of Geneva, in Switzerland, taking in Malagnou and Florissant.