Geneva Economic Development Agency - City of Geneva
Key Competitive Attractions
Key attractions:
- The most important international cooperative centre with New York, due to its agglomeration of international organisations.
- Switzerland’s second largest city (2009 pop. 1,240,000).
- Europe’s third most important financial centre, (after London and Zurich), and the world’s eighth most important, (Global Financial Centres Index.)
- An important finance sector, specialising in financing of international trade and private banking (managing assets of around 1 trillion USD).
- Headquarters of international companies like JT International, Mediterranean Shipping Company, Serono, STMicroelectronics and Weatherford International.
- Geneva Cointrin International Airport connects the city to the rest of Europe and the world.
- The Swiss rail network serves the city with direct connections to Paris, Marseille and Montpellier by TGV.
- Major motorways connect to the rest of Switzerland and France.
