Gempenach
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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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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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