Torny
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Torny (; ) is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was created in 2004 through the merger of Middes and Torny-le-Grand.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Torny
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Torny Chateau de Diesbach.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- De Diesbach Castle in Torny village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Torny-coat of arms.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Fribourg
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-FR
- Swiss town.district
- Glâne
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1748
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2115
- Swiss town.area
- 10.20
- Swiss town.elevation
- 675
- Swiss town.website
- www.torny.ch
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Syndic
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Châtonnaye, Corserey, La Brillaz, La Folliaz, Montagny, Payerne (VD), Trey (VD)
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Torny (; ) is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was created in 2004 through the merger of Middes and Torny-le-Grand.
==Geography== Torny has an area, , of . Of this area, or 69.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Torny” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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