Editing Geneva (section)

===Language===
The official language of Geneva (both the city and the canton) is [[French language|French]]. [[English language|English]] is also common due to a high number of Anglophone residents working in international institutions and the bank sector. In 2000 there were 128,622 residents, or 72.3% of the population, who spoke French as a first language. English was the second most common (7,853 or 4.4%), followed by [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (7,462 or 4.2%), [[Italian language|Italian]] (7,320 or 4.1%), and [[German language|German]] (7,050 or 4.0%); 113 spoke [[Romansh language|Romansh]], an official language in Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>