Romont
Sign in to saveRomont (; ; , locally Remon ) is a municipality and capital of the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Romont FR
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Picswiss FR-11-04.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Romont FR COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Romont Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Fribourg
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-FR
- Swiss town.district
- Glâne
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1680
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2096
- Swiss town.area
- 10.90
- Swiss town.elevation
- 780
- Swiss town.website
- www.romont.ch
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Syndic
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Billens-Hennens, Dompierre (VD), La Folliaz, Mézières, Prévonloup (VD), Sédeilles (VD), Siviriez, Villars-Bramard (VD), Villaz-Saint-Pierre
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- History
- Geography
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- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Twin town
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Weather
- Education
- Transportation
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Romont (; ; , locally Remon ) is a municipality and capital of the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
==History== thumb|left|upright|The Boyer tower or Petit Donjon was built around 1250-1260 Romont is first mentioned in 1177 as in Rotundo Monte. In 1244 it was mentioned as Romont. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Remund, however, that name is no longer used.