Nearly 400,000 cross-border commuters in Switzerland
Person at the train station © Ross Sneddon 2021 Unsplash
A major change has taken place over the years, with cross-border commuters no longer coming from nearby regions, but from increasingly distant parts of Switzerland. Alexis Gumy, a post-doctoral fellow at EPFL's Urban Sociology Laboratory, has contributed to a book entitled "Sociétés frontalières" published by EPFL PRESS. His work focuses on European border areas, in particular the French-Swiss Greater Geneva area.
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