Cheyres-Châbles Explained

Subject Name:	Cheyres-Châbles
Municipality Type:	municipality
Canton:	Fribourg
Iso-Code-Region:	CH-FR
Coordinates:	46.8333°N 54°W
Postal Code:	1474, 1468
Municipality Code:	2055
Area:	9.87
Population:	2180
Populationof:	Dec 2015
Popofyear:	2015
Mayor Title:	Syndic
Neighboring Municipalities:	Bollion, Châtillon, Concise (VD), Font, Murist, Vaumarcus (NE)

Cheyres-Châbles (in French pronounced as /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.^[1]

History

Cheyres

Cheyres is first mentioned in 1230 as Cheres.

Geography

Cheyres-Châbles has an area,, of .

Demographics

The new municipality has a population of .

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart:^[2] Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8)ImageSize = width:1100 height:500PlotArea = height:350 left:100 bottom:90 right:100Legend = columns:3 left:220 top:70 columnwidth:160AlignBars = justifyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:1200TimeAxis = orientation:verticalAlignBars = justifyScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:200 start:0ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:40 start:0Colors= id:CH value:yellowgreen legend:Châbles id:CE value:green legend:CheyresPlotData= color:yellowgreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from: 0 till:359 text:"359" color:CH bar:1860 from: 0 till:322 text:"322" color:CH bar:1870 from: 0 till:294 text:"294" color:CH bar:1880 from: 0 till:306 text:"306" color:CH bar:1888 from: 0 till:314 text:"314" color:CH bar:1900 from: 0 till:326 text:"326" color:CH bar:1910 from: 0 till:314 text:"314" color:CH bar:1920 from: 0 till:286 text:"286" color:CH bar:1930 from: 0 till:288 text:"288" color:CH bar:1941 from: 0 till:327 text:"327" color:CH bar:1950 from: 0 till:322 text:"322" color:CH bar:1960 from: 0 till:330 text:"330" color:CH bar:1970 from: 0 till:306 text:"306" color:CH bar:1980 from: 0 till:286 text:"286" color:CH bar:1990 from: 0 till:405 text:"405" color:CH bar:2000 from: 0 till:491 text:"491" color:CH bar:1850 from: 359 till:740 text:"381" color:CE bar:1860 from: 322 till:685 text:"363" color:CE bar:1870 from: 294 till:663 text:"369" color:CE bar:1880 from: 306 till:705 text:"399" color:CE bar:1888 from: 314 till:760 text:"446" color:CE bar:1900 from: 326 till:729 text:"403" color:CE bar:1910 from: 314 till:721 text:"407" color:CE bar:1920 from: 286 till:705 text:"419" color:CE bar:1930 from: 288 till:677 text:"389" color:CE bar:1941 from: 327 till:685 text:"358" color:CE bar:1950 from: 322 till:683 text:"361" color:CE bar:1960 from: 330 till:675 text:"345" color:CE bar:1970 from: 306 till:664 text:"358" color:CE bar:1980 from: 286 till:666 text:"380" color:CE bar:1990 from: 405 till:918 text:"513" color:CE bar:2000 from: 491 till:1179 text:"688" color:CE

Sights

The entire Font region (shared between Châbles and Font) is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.^[3]

Notes and References

1. https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/grundlagen/agvch.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
2. https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/default.aspx?px_language=de Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, 1850-2000
3. Web site: Kantonsliste A-Objekte . 2009 . KGS Inventar . Federal Office of Civil Protection . German . 25 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100628110559/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html . 28 June 2010 . dmy .