Veyrier is a common Suisse of the Canton of Geneva, one of vastest of this area.

Etymology

The roots of the word Veyrier are multiple, but the suffix - ier indicates the Latin origin of the mot. to us One also finds villages with the names deriving from Veyri or Viry.

It is however important to stress that the origins of this name are not certain and can be based on only phonetics for the majority.

In Latin, Viriacum . Undoubtedly comes from the word Variacum, which indicated a field whose owner named Varius. The surrounding areas draw from the of the same names origin, so much the village of Troinex ( Tracinacum ) or the hamlet of Vessy ( Vetius or Vescius )

With the the Middle Ages, Vayrie , Veyrie , Veyrier and even Veiri .

History

The area was used as place of refuge, as well by the presence of forests as the many caves of Salève.

It is in Veyrier, or more precisely in one of the career of the close Salève, than in 1833 the first magdalénien object was discovered in an archaeological level not mixed. This object is " a stem of four inches length, broadside of spines worked by the hand of the homme".

Important archaeological excavations followed one another in the careers of Salève. They made it possible to develop our knowledge of the people magdaléniens.