The whole area is orientated to the lake of Geneva. A lot of people travel a long way everyday to the towns along the lake for work. The communes with view to the lake have a bigger growth of inhabitants than others. There is also a lot of industy which produces many workplaces, and the international organizations based in Geneva also employ many workers. Around the lake there is the infrastructure located, traintracks and roads, getting people around it. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt.

The demographic distribution of retired people in the lac l manique region reveals some significant tendencies. The highly populated area of Geneva demonstrates an increasing percentage of people in the age of retirement. The communes situated on the french part of the agglomeration of geneva exhibit in contrast a low densitiy of people older than 65. Supposedly this effect comes from commuters in the working age populating these areas due to lower living costs. Furthermore can be observed a considerable amount of retired inhabitants in the mountainous areas of the Jura and the Wallisan Alps. We can only speculate if this phenomenon is related to the Landflucht. Young people originally from these areas leaving their communes in prospect of high education and in consequence aspire to a more cosmopolitan lifestyle of the cities.

The distribution of the annual average income per commune shows clearly the expected big difference between Switzerland and France. The average income in Switzerland is about 57 000 CHF whereas in France it is only about 23 000 CHF. But all communes shown in the map, have a higher income than their countries’ average due to the prospering economy of Geneva and its surrounding. Especially the French communes close to Geneva profit the most because of the high percentage of cross-border commuters that get paid a higher salary but have the same costs of life like the rest in France.

This political map represents results from the 2011 elections for House of Representatives from Switzerland combined with the French Regional ellections 2015 and illustrates diversity of political opinions within the Lac Leman region. Towards the south, the political views tend toward the centre-right. In the north there is a greater mix of centre left and right. Towards the south-east support for the conservative Christian Democratic People’s Party exists. Disagreement is evident in Geneva region with no one party receiving strong united support from any commune. In Switzerland the commune Bourg-en-Lavaux voted for the Free Democratic Party (FDP) which won by 31%. Bardonnex voted 24% for the Christian Democrate Party. Le Chenit voted 37% for the Social Democrate Party. Aubonne voted for the FDP at a strength of 26%. In France Abodance and Allinges voted for the Union de la Droite Nationale, at 41% and 32% respectively. The colours denote the parties political stance and parties from both countries were alligned under the appropriate colour.

The distribution of the annual average income per commune shows clearly the expected big difference between Switzerland and France. The average income in Switzerland is about 57 000 CHF whereas in France it is only about 23 000 CHF. But all communes shown in the map, have a higher income than their countries’ average due to the prospering economy of Geneva and its surrounding. Especially the French communes close to Geneva profit the most because of the high percentage of cross-border commuters that get paid a higher salary but have the same costs of life like the rest in France.

The demographic distribution of retired people in the lac l manique region reveals some significant tendencies. The highly populated area of Geneva demonstrates an increasing percentage of people in the age of retirement. The communes situated on the french part of the agglomeration of geneva exhibit in contrast a low densitiy of people older than 65. Supposedly this effect comes from commuters in the working age populating these areas due to lower living costs. Furthermore can be observed a considerable amount of retired inhabitants in the mountainous areas of the Jura and the Wallisan Alps. We can only speculate if this phenomenon is related to the Landflucht. Young people originally from these areas leaving their communes in prospect of high education and in consequence aspire to a more cosmopolitan lifestyle of the cities.