Geneva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Geneva; Arpitan: Genèva, IPA: [ˈd͡zənɛva])[note 1] is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zurich) and is the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated where the Rhone exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. The municipality (ville de Genève) has a population (as of August 2011) of 191,803, and the canton (République et Canton de Genève, which includes the city) has 466,536 residents.[1] In 2007, the urban area, or agglomération franco-valdo-genevoise (Great Geneva) had 1,240,000[3] inhabitants in 189 municipalities in both Switzerland and France.[4] The economic area "Great Geneva-Bern area" has 2,9 million inhabitants.[5][6]

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The Nobel Peace Prize (Norwegian and Swedish: Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, Literature. Since 1901, it has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to those who have "done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."[1]

Per Alfred Nobel's will, the recipient is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a 5-member committee appointed by the Parliament of Norway. Since 1990, the prize is awarded on December 10 in Oslo City Hall each year. The prize was formerly awarded in the Atrium of the University of Oslo Faculty of Law (1947–89), the Norwegian Nobel Institute (1905–46) and the Parliament (1901–04).

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CERN

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (French: Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire), known as CERN ( /ˈsɜrn/; French pronunciation: [sɛʁn]; see History), is an international organization whose purpose is to operate the world's largest particle physics laboratory, which is situated in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco--Swiss border (46°14′3″N 6°3′19″E). Established in 1954, the organization has twenty European member states.

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