Charmey
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Charmey (; ) is a former municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Charmey and Cerniat merged into the new municipality of Val-de-Charmey.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Charmey
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Charmey.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Charmey village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Charmey-coat of arms.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Fribourg
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-FR
- Swiss town.district
- Gruyère
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1637
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2127
- Swiss town.area
- 78.44
- Swiss town.elevation
- 887
- Swiss town.highest_m
- 2389
- Swiss town.lowest_m
- 800
- Swiss town.population
- 1852
- Swiss town.populationof
- Dec 2011
- Swiss town.website
- www.val-de-charmey.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Bas-Intyamon, Broc, Cerniat, Château-d'Œx (VD), Crésuz, Grandvillard, Gruyères, Jaun, Plaffeien, Rougemont (VD), Saanen (BE)
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Fribourg
- Area
- 78.44
- Elevation
- 887
- Official website
- www.charmey.ch
- Image
- Charmey.jpg
- Dialing code
- 026
- Licence plate code
- FR
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- twinned administrative body
- Orphin
- Commons category
- Charmey
- postal code
- 1637
- mountain range
- Fribourg Prealps
- replaced by
- Val-de-Charmey
- P8168
- Björneborg
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- References
Charmey (; ) is a former municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Charmey and Cerniat merged into the new municipality of Val-de-Charmey.
==History== Charmey is first mentioned in 1211 as Chalmeis. Until 1760 it was known as Feiguières. The municipality is also informally known by its German name Galmis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charmey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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