Tag:addr:city=Genève

addr:city = Genève
Description
Generally Geneva in Switzerland, but not necessarily.
Group: addresses
Used on these elements
Useful combination
addr:country=CH
Status: in use
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addr:city=Genève generally refers to places in the city of Geneva (relation/1685488), sometimes in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

addr:city=Geneva should refer to places outside Switzerland. addr:city:en=Geneva could be used instead.

Combinations

If correct (and in Switzerland), this can usually be completed with:

• addr:country=CH
• addr:street=*
• addr:housenumber=*
• addr:postcode=*

Sometimes the following can be useful:

• building=yes
• addr:city:en=Geneva
• addr:place=*
• addr:housename=*

Possible tagging mistakes

addr:city=Geneve

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• addr:city=Geneve🔎 ‒ Likely misspelling of "Genève".

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Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

addr:city=Ginebra

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• addr:city=Ginebra🔎 ‒ If in Switzerland, use "Genève", possibly with addr:city:es=Ginebra

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Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

addr:city=Geneva

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• addr:city=Geneva🔎 ‒ Usually places in the United States. If in Switzerland, use "Genève", possibly with addr:city:en=Geneva

If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

addr:city=Geneva in Switzerland. Many were corrected in early 2026:

try it yourself in overpass-turbo

[out:json][timeout:500];
{{geocodeArea:Switzerland}}->.searchArea;
nwr["addr:city"="Geneva"](area.searchArea);
out geom;

"Genève" in France. A few uses in France were corrected (in 2025).

try it yourself in overpass-turbo

[out:json][timeout:500];
{{geocodeArea:France}}->.searchArea;
nwr["addr:city"="Genève"](area.searchArea);
out geom;

"addr:city=Genève" outside the city. Some correct

try it yourself in overpass-turbo

[out:json][timeout:300];
{{geocodeArea:Genève}}->.searchArea;
(
nwr["addr:city"="Genève"];
-  
nwr["addr:city"="Genève"](area.searchArea);
);
out;

Unknown or incorrect values for addr:city within the city

try it yourself in overpass-turbo

[out:csv( ::"type", ::"id", "addr:city")][timeout:300];
{{geocodeArea:Genève}}->.searchArea;
(
  nwr["addr:city"]
  ["addr:city"!="Genève"]
  ["addr:city"!="Les Acacias"]
  ["addr:city"!="Petit-Lancy"]
  ["addr:city"!="Carouge GE"]
  ["addr:city"!="Le Grand-Saconnex"]
  ["addr:city"!="Chambésy"]
  ["addr:city"!="Cologny"]
  (area.searchArea);
);
out;