Cité-centre

Cité-centre
Rue du Marché
Cité-centre Cité-centre
Coordinates: 46°12′10″N 6°9′0″E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Geneva
City	Geneva

Cité-centre is an administrative term for the city center of Geneva, Switzerland.

Geography

Part of the administrative sector of Genève-Cité, the Cité-centre district is divided into four main parts:

• the upper town or Cité: located on the hill overlooking Geneva and dominated by the silhouette of Saint-Pierre cathedral
• the lower town: the district of Rues basse and Rive which regroup the main shopping streets (rue de la Confédération, rue du Marché, rue de la Croix-d'Or, rue de Rive, rue du Rhône, etc.) as well as some of the oldest squares in the city (Molard, Fusterie and Longemalle)
• the districts of Tranchées and Saint-Léger located at the site of the ancient eastern fortifications of Geneva
• Hollande's banking district and the one surrounding Parc des Bastions

The old town of Geneva, which constituted the medieval fortified city, is made up of Cité-centre and the district of Saint-Gervais. Cité-center occupies the left bank of the Rhône, and Saint-Gervais the right bank.