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'''Geneva''' (French: ''Geneve'') is the second-largest city in [[Switzerland]], situated at the western end of Lake Geneva, close to the border with [[France]]. It has a population of 185,000 (metropolitan area: 960,000).
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'''Geneva''' (French: ''Genève'') is the second-largest city in [[Switzerland]], situated at the western end of Lake Geneva, close to the border with [[France]]. It has a population of 185,000 (metropolitan area: 960,000).
    
Geneva was the home of the Protestant reformer [[John Calvin]] and became known as 'the Protestant Rome'. At this time it became an independent city state, which was able to resist attempts by the Kingdom of Savoy to annex it in the early seventeenth century. In 1815 it became a part of Switzerland.
 
Geneva was the home of the Protestant reformer [[John Calvin]] and became known as 'the Protestant Rome'. At this time it became an independent city state, which was able to resist attempts by the Kingdom of Savoy to annex it in the early seventeenth century. In 1815 it became a part of Switzerland.
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