Population
27'380↑1.2%
About Cointrin
City · Genève
Geneva Airport – formerly and still unofficially known as Cointrin Airport – is the international airport for Geneva, the second most populous city in Switzerland. It is located 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest of the city centre. It surpassed the 15-million-passengers-a-year mark for the first time in December 2014. The airport serves as a hub for Swiss International Air Lines and easyJet Switzerland. It features a network of flights mainly to continental European destinations as well as some long-haul routes to North America, China, Africa, and the Middle East, amongst them Swiss International Air Lines' only long-haul service outside Zürich, to New York–JFK.
Population
27'380
Tax multiplier
42%
Cointrin in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.42%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 43'500↓0.2%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 49'000↓0.6%
64%
Cantonal tax multiplier
148%
0.16%↓30.4%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Settlement66%
- Agriculture28%
- Forest4%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
46.3%↑0.6%
Top 10% in canton
Median rent
CHF 36/ m²
+98% vs CH
Dwellings
11'250↓0.5%
Jobs (FTE)
22'409↑1.6%
90%
Housing market in Cointrin
The rental vacancy rate is 0.16%, 53% below the cantonal average (0.34 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 42%, 4% below the cantonal average (44 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 60'100, 3% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Cointrin has 27'380 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).