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Also known as Belmont Broye, Belmont-Broye FR

Belmont-Broye (; Arpitan: Bélmont-Brouye) is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. On 1 January 2016, the former municipalities of Domdidier, Dompierre, Léchelles and Russy merged to form Belmont-Broye.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Belmont-Broye
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.image_photo
Le Château de Domdidier.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption
The Castle of Domdidier, part of Belmont-Broye
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Belmont-Broye COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Belmont-Broye Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Fribourg
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-FR
Swiss town.district
Broye
Swiss town.postal_code
1563-4 1773
Swiss town.municipality_code
2053
Swiss town.area
25.81
Swiss town.population
4914
Swiss town.populationof
Dec 2014
Swiss town.popofyear
2014
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Avenches (VD), Grolley-Ponthaux, Missy (VD), Montagny, Saint-Aubin

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Belmont-Broye
Official language
French
Population
5787
Area
25.79
Elevation
443
Body of water
Broye
Official website
www.belmont-broye.ch
Image
Le Château de Domdidier.jpg
Dialing code
026
Licence plate code
FR
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native label
Belmont-Broye
Commons category
Belmont-Broye
topic's main category
Category:Belmont-Broye
replaces
Léchelles
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2053
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Transportation
  • References
  • External links

Belmont-Broye (; Arpitan: Bélmont-Brouye) is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. On 1 January 2016, the former municipalities of Domdidier, Dompierre, Léchelles and Russy merged to form Belmont-Broye.

==History== Domdidier is first mentioned around 1157-62 as Donno Desiderio.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belmont-Broye” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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