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Céligny is a municipality
Municipalities of Switzerland

Municipalities are the smallest government division in Switzerland, and are called Gemeinden in German language, communes in French language, comuni in Italian language and vischnancas in Romansh language....
 in the canton of Geneva
Canton of Geneva

The Canton of Geneva is the westernmost cantons of Switzerland or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France. The official name of this canton in French language is R?publique et Canton de Gen?ve....
, Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
. It consists of two small exclaves of the Canton of Geneva
Canton of Geneva

The Canton of Geneva is the westernmost cantons of Switzerland or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France. The official name of this canton in French language is R?publique et Canton de Gen?ve....
 into the Canton of Vaud
Vaud

The cantons of Switzerland of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne....
, near Crans-près-Céligny
Crans-près-Céligny

Crans-pr?s-C?ligny is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Nyon in the Cantons of Switzerland of Vaud in Switzerland.It is located near C?ligny, a municipality in Canton of Geneva....
.

The notable Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto
Vilfredo Pareto

Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto , born Wilfried Fritz Pareto, was an Italy industrialist, sociologist, economist, and philosopher, who developed a somewhat jaundiced view of the human enterprise....
, father of the 80/20 theory
Pareto principle

The Pareto principle states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.Business management thinker Dr. Joseph Moses Juran suggested the principle and named it after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population....
 and Paretos Optimatality, lived in Céligny, earning him the epithet of "hermit of Céligny". He died on 19 August 1923 in Céligny and was buried in the small Céligny cemetery without fanfare on 23 August 1923. The engraving on his tombstone simply states Vil-Fredo Pareto.

A notable resident of the town was the actor Richard Burton
Richard Burton

Richard Burton, Order of the British Empire was a multi award-winning Wales actor. He was at one time the highest-paid actor in Hollywood....
, who is buried there.






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Céligny is a municipality
Municipalities of Switzerland

Municipalities are the smallest government division in Switzerland, and are called Gemeinden in German language, communes in French language, comuni in Italian language and vischnancas in Romansh language....
 in the canton of Geneva
Canton of Geneva

The Canton of Geneva is the westernmost cantons of Switzerland or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France. The official name of this canton in French language is R?publique et Canton de Gen?ve....
, Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
. It consists of two small exclaves of the Canton of Geneva
Canton of Geneva

The Canton of Geneva is the westernmost cantons of Switzerland or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France. The official name of this canton in French language is R?publique et Canton de Gen?ve....
 into the Canton of Vaud
Vaud

The cantons of Switzerland of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne....
, near Crans-près-Céligny
Crans-près-Céligny

Crans-pr?s-C?ligny is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Nyon in the Cantons of Switzerland of Vaud in Switzerland.It is located near C?ligny, a municipality in Canton of Geneva....
.

The notable Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto
Vilfredo Pareto

Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto , born Wilfried Fritz Pareto, was an Italy industrialist, sociologist, economist, and philosopher, who developed a somewhat jaundiced view of the human enterprise....
, father of the 80/20 theory
Pareto principle

The Pareto principle states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.Business management thinker Dr. Joseph Moses Juran suggested the principle and named it after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population....
 and Paretos Optimatality, lived in Céligny, earning him the epithet of "hermit of Céligny". He died on 19 August 1923 in Céligny and was buried in the small Céligny cemetery without fanfare on 23 August 1923. The engraving on his tombstone simply states Vil-Fredo Pareto.

A notable resident of the town was the actor Richard Burton
Richard Burton

Richard Burton, Order of the British Empire was a multi award-winning Wales actor. He was at one time the highest-paid actor in Hollywood....
, who is buried there. Novelist Alistair MacLean
Alistair MacLean

Alistair Stuart MacLean Doctor of Letters was a Scotland novel who wrote successful Thriller or adventure stories, the best known of which are perhaps The Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare, both having been made into successful films....
 is also buried there.

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