Cheyres-Châbles

Cheyres-Châbles

Coat of arms
Cheyres-Châbles
Location of Cheyres-Châbles
Cheyres-Châbles
Cheyres-Châbles (Canton of Fribourg)
Coordinates: 46°50′N 6°48′E / 46.833°N 6.800°E / 46.833; 6.800Coordinates: 46°50′N 6°48′E / 46.833°N 6.800°E / 46.833; 6.800
Country Switzerland
Canton Fribourg
District Broye
Government
 • Mayor Syndic
Area[1]
 • Total 9.74 km2 (3.76 sq mi)
Population (Dec 2017[2])
 • Total 2,278
 • Density 230/km2 (610/sq mi)
Postal code 1474, 1468
SFOS number 2055
Surrounded by Bollion, Châtillon, Concise (VD), Font, Murist, Vaumarcus (NE)
Website http://www.cheyres-chables.ch
SFSO statistics

Cheyres-Châbles is a municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Châbles and Cheyres merged into the new municipality of Cheyres-Châbles.[3]

History

Cheyres

Cheyres is first mentioned in 1230 as Cheres.[4]

Geography

Cheyres-Châbles has an area, as of 2009, of 9.74 km2 (3.76 sq mi).[1]

Demographics

The new municipality has a population (as of December 2017) of 2,278.[2]

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart:[5]

Sights

The entire Font region (shared between Châbles and Font) is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
  2. 1 2 Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 17 September 2018
  3. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 29 November 2016
  4. ↑ Cheyres in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  5. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, 1850-2000 (in German) accessed 27 April 2016
  6. ↑ "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2011.


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