Collonge-Bellerive is located at 405 m above sea level on the shore of Lake Geneva. One of the best preserved pile-dwelling settlements of the late Bronze Age is located here. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps". The village is about 8 km away from Geneva and has about 8500 inhabitants, the number of which is continuously increasing. The castle of Bellerive, the farmhouse Rivollet and two other houses are considered as cultural assets of the village worthy of protection.
