Charmey
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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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Charmey is referenced by 36 other articles, and connects out to Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland and German.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Fribourg, Former municipalities of the canton of Fribourg and Spa towns in Switzerland.
Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.
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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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Fribourg
- Area
- 78.44
- Elevation
- 887
- Official website
- www.charmey.ch
- Image
- Charmey.jpg
- Dialing code
- 026
- Licence plate code
- FR
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- twinned administrative body
- Orphin
- Commons category
- Charmey
- postal code
- 1637
- mountain range
- Fribourg Prealps
- replaced by
- Val-de-Charmey
- P8168
- Björneborg
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- References
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charmey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (3)
On the map
2 mapped locations