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Jonction, Geneva — Area Guide & Where to Stay
La Jonction is a quartier of Geneva at the meeting of the Rhône and the Arve, which is where its name comes from. Locals call it la Jonquille.
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Where to stay in Jonction
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La Jonction is one of only two Geneva quartiers, with Plainpalais, that reach across to the left bank of the Arve, by the ponts des Acacias and Saint-Georges. The hill of the Bois de la Bâtie takes up most of that side and is reached by its own footbridge. The rue des Bains draws the galleries.
Things to do in and around Geneva
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Museums & Galleries
1- Forde
Churches & Religious Sites
2- Église Saint-Clotilde
- Temple de Saint-Jean (Genf)
Castles & Historic Sites
2- Saint-Jean-sous-Terre (site archéologique) Heritage
- Ancre
Nature & Outdoors
1- Bois de la Bâtie
Stadiums & Sports
1- Centre sportif de la Queue d'Arve
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About Jonction
What are the main landmarks in Jonction?
L'Usine, the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, la Gravière and the Fonderie Kugler took over the old industrial buildings when the works closed. The Musée d'ethnographie and the Mamco are the museums, the Mamco on the rue des Bains. The Bois de la Bâtie rises opposite.
What is the history of Jonction?
La Jonction was market-garden ground between the Rhône and the Arve until Geneva's growth caught up with it at the end of the nineteenth century. The street names still say so: the rue des Jardins, the rue David-Dufour after a market gardener, and the rue des Plantaporrêts, which means leek planters. The rue de la Puiserande takes its name from a kind of noria used for irrigation, and a metal sculpture of one stands between the Plantaporrêts and the rue des Deux-Ponts.
Lenin lived on the rue des Plantaporrêts during his exile in Geneva, and a plaque marks number 3. The gardens are gone.
Where is Jonction?
La Jonction sits where the Arve runs into the Rhône. The ponts des Acacias and Saint-Georges carry it over to the left bank, where the Bois de la Bâtie rises. Plainpalais is the only other Geneva quartier that crosses.
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Updated October 2026