Water-Sharp

the Water-Sharp are a district of Geneva and old a common of the canton of the same name.

The commune of the Water-Sharp is created by a decree of the June 13rd 1798 instituting a municipal administration of the communes on the Genevese territory. At the time of the departure of the French troops, the Constitution of 1814 lets remain the mode established previously.

Until worms 1830, the commune does not start great work but improves its public lighting. A subscription is organized in 1838 in order to build new a Temple protesting which is inaugurated in 1842. The revolution of 1846 affects important the communal life, in particular with regard to the new loads falling on the municipality (treatments of the teacher and the Pasteur, maintenance of school and the temple, etc). With the law of 1849, old the Fortification S is removed around Geneva and the streets of the Water-Sharp and Digger become prolongations about it. The question of fusion already starts to arise. As of the Years 1860, the signs of a progressive Urbanisation are manifest. Towards 1880, the town of Geneva and the communes of Plainpalais and Water-Sharp are linked for the construction of a network of sewer S collectors on left bank. At the end of the decade, the first line of Railroad connecting Animated with Vollande, on the territory of the Water-Sharp, enters in service.

The beginning of the XX {{E}} century constitutes one era of prosperity with the creation of the Avenue Pictet-to-Rochemont, which generates many constructions, the transformation of the ways into streets and the construction of the new town hall as of 1907. In 1912, the municipality emits offers for repurchase of a property which will become thereafter the Parc of the Water-Sharp. This one enters in possession of the commune in 1913. In same time, William Favre makes gift at the town of Geneva of the Parc of the Barn located on the territory of the commune.

During the First World War, the economic situation is difficult and important a debt is authorized to provide for the many families in difficulty. It is in the Années 1920 that seat the process of fusion with the town of Geneva takes. A first Votation takes place in 1926, during which Water-Viviens pushes back this possibility. It is during one second voting, in 1930, that the law of administrative fusion, which puts an end to autonomy Water-Sharp, is adopted. The commune is integrated into the town of Geneva in 1931. For this time, the Water-Sharp have become one of the largest districts of the town of Geneva. With the Jet of water like calling card, the Water-Sharp regularly receive the visit of many tourists.

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Plane diagrammatic of the districts of the Town of Geneva

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