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In short
Carouge is a commune of 22,783 people in the canton of Geneva, across the Arve river from the city of Geneva. French is the local language, and 37.0% of residents had foreign citizenship at the end of 2025. Registration goes through the cantonal population office (OCPM) within 14 days, and trams reach central Geneva in about 12 minutes.
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Carouge in figures
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- Residents
- 22,783
- permanent resident population
- 31 Dec 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), STATPOP (opens in a new tab)
- Foreign residents
- 37.0%
- 8,440 residents without Swiss citizenship
- 31 Dec 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), STATPOP (opens in a new tab)
- Communal tax rate
- 40 centimes
- centimes additionnels (City of Geneva: 45.49)
- 2026 · République et canton de Genève, Recueil systématique genevois (opens in a new tab)
- Vacancy rate
- 0.25%
- 29 empty homes (Switzerland: 0.84%)
- 1 June 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO) (opens in a new tab)
- Monthly pass, Tout Genève
- CHF 70
- Unireso zone 10, adult, 2nd class
- 2026 · unireso, Communauté tarifaire intégrale genevoise (opens in a new tab)
- Registration deadline
- 14 days
- after arrival, with the cantonal OCPM
- 2026 · République et canton de Genève, OCPM (opens in a new tab)
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- Dentists (3)
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How do you register when you move to Carouge?
In the canton of Geneva, arrivals are reported to the cantonal office for population and migration (OCPM). Anyone settling in Carouge announces the new residence within 14 days of arrival. For stays of more than three months, foreign nationals apply for a residence or work permit, and the application serves as the arrival report.
The OCPM applies one rule across the canton: anyone who settles in Geneva announces the new residence to the office within 14 days of arrival. The procedure differs for Swiss citizens, EU/EFTA citizens, citizens of other countries, holders of a legitimation card and people arriving from another canton(ge.ch, checked ).
EU/EFTA citizens staying longer than three months apply for a residence or work permit before starting any activity, and this application is their arrival report. There are separate applications for a stay with a job, without a job and for self-employment(ge.ch, checked ). The general steps are in registering at your commune and the permit types in Swiss permits B, L and C.
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What is Carouge like to live in?
Carouge is a French-speaking commune of the canton of Geneva that borders the city of Geneva. It had 22,783 residents at the end of 2025, 37.0% of them foreign nationals. Trams 12 and 18 run from Carouge to Bel-Air in central Geneva in 11 to 12 minutes, inside a single Unireso fare zone.
Housing is tight: on 1 June 2026 only 29 homes stood empty, a vacancy rate of 0.25% against 0.84% for Switzerland(FSO vacancy count, checked ). Search services are listed under home search in Carouge.
Trams 12 and 18 run from the Marché stop in Carouge to Bel-Air in central Geneva in 11 to 12 minutes on a weekday morning (October 2026 timetable)(Swiss timetable, checked ); the Geneva page covers the wider region. Travel within the canton is one Unireso zone (zone 10, Tout Genève), where a monthly adult pass costs CHF 70 and an annual pass CHF 500 in 2nd class(unireso, checked ).
Communal tax in Geneva is set as additional cents (centimes additionnels) on the cantonal tax. For 2026, Carouge levies 40 centimes, against 45.49 in the City of Geneva(ArCA-2026, checked ).
What else do people ask about living in Carouge?
When do I have to register in Carouge?
Within 14 days of arrival, with the cantonal office for population and migration (OCPM). Carouge residents follow the same procedure as the rest of the canton of Geneva.
How do you get from Carouge to central Geneva?
Trams 12 and 18 run from the Marché stop to Bel-Air in 11 to 12 minutes, according to the October 2026 timetable.
Sources
Last checked by the expat-services.ch editorial team
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO), STATPOP Permanent and non permanent resident population by year, canton, district, commune, population type, citizenship (category), sex and age (opens in a new tab)
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO) Logements vacants au 1er juin, dans les communes de plus de 5000 habitants (opens in a new tab)
- République et canton de Genève, Recueil systématique genevois Arrêté approuvant le nombre des centimes additionnels à percevoir pour l'année 2026 par les communes du canton de Genève (ArCA-2026), D 3 05.30 (opens in a new tab)
- unireso, Communauté tarifaire intégrale genevoise Titres de transport - unireso (opens in a new tab)
- République et canton de Genève, OCPM Annoncer mon arrivée à l'OCPM (opens in a new tab)
- République et canton de Genève, OCPM Annonce d'arrivée à Genève pour ressortissants de l'UE-AELE (opens in a new tab)
- transport.opendata.ch (Swiss public transport timetable) Connections Carouge GE, Marché to Genève, Bel-Air, 22 Oct 2026 from 08:00 (opens in a new tab)
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