Municipality in Fribourg, Switzerland
Cheyres-Châbles (French pronunciation: [ʃɛʁ ʃabl] ) 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.[ 2]
History
Cheyres
Cheyres is first mentioned in 1230 as Cheres .[ 3]
Geography
Cheyres-Châbles has an area, as of 2009[update] , of 9.74 km2 (3.76 sq mi).[ 4]
Demographics
The new municipality has a population (as of December 2020[update] ) of 2,320.[ 5]
Historic Population
The historical population is given in the following chart:[ 6]
Sights
The entire Font region (shared between Châbles and Font) is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites .[ 7]
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