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Also known as Gempenach FR

Gempenach (former French name: Champagny; ) is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Galmiz, Gempenach and Clavaleyres (Canton of Bern) merged into the municipality of Murten.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Gempenach
Swiss town.municipality_type
former
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
Gempenach-coat of arms.svg
Swiss town.image_photo
2012-04-26 Sense-Sarino (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 230.JPG
Swiss town.canton
Fribourg
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-FR
Swiss town.district
See
Swiss town.postal_code
3215
Swiss town.municipality_code
2260
Swiss town.area
1.66
Swiss town.elevation
501
Swiss town.mayor_title
Ammann
Swiss town.executive_name
Gemeinderat
Swiss town.executive_number_of_members
5
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Agriswil, Büchslen, Ferenbalm (BE), Lurtigen, Ried bei Kerzers, Ulmiz

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • References
  • External links

Gempenach (former French name: Champagny; ) is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Galmiz, Gempenach and Clavaleyres (Canton of Bern) merged into the municipality of Murten.

==History== Gempenach is first mentioned under its French name in 1340 as Champagnie. In 1408 it was mentioned as Gempenach followed in 1409 as Gempernach.

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

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