Surpierre
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Surpierre (, locally Chupyêra, or ) is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. In January 2005 Surpierre incorporated the formerly independent municipality of Praratoud, in January 2017 Surpierre incorporated Villeneuve and in January 2021 it incorporated Cheiry.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Surpierre
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Château de Surpierre 2.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Bailiff's Castle above Surpierre village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Surpierre COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Surpierre Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Fribourg
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-FR
- Swiss town.district
- Broye
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1528
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2044
- Swiss town.area
- 4.77
- Swiss town.elevation
- 618
- Swiss town.population
- 704
- Swiss town.populationof
- Dec 2015
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2015
- Swiss town.website
- surpierre-fr.ch
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Syndic
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Surpierre
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Fribourg
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 708
- Area
- 4.82
- Elevation
- 618
- Body of water
- Broye
- Shares border with
- Cremin
- Official website
- www.surpierre-fr.ch
- Image
- Château de Surpierre 2.jpg
- Dialing code
- 026
- Licence plate code
- FR
Show 5 more facts
- P8168
- SMS Amazone
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2044
- postal code
- 1528
- Commons category
- Surpierre
- replaces
- Praratoud
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Cheiry
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Economy
- Politics
- Crime
- Religion
- Education
- References
Surpierre (, locally Chupyêra, or ) is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. In January 2005 Surpierre incorporated the formerly independent municipality of Praratoud, in January 2017 Surpierre incorporated Villeneuve and in January 2021 it incorporated Cheiry.
==History== Surpierre is first mentioned in 1142 as Super Petram.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Surpierre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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