Charmey
Sign in to saveCharmey (; ) 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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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.