Surpierre
Also known as Surpierre FR
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
Article
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.
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2 mapped locations