Gruyère district

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Gruyère district

Basic data
Country:	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Friborg Freiburg (FR)
Main town :	Cop
FSO number :	1003
Area :	489.84 km²
Height range :	607–2389 m above sea level M.
Residents:	55,726 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	114 inhabitants per km²
Website:	Préfecture de la Gruyère
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The Gruyère district ( French District de la Gruyère, Friborg Patois le Dichtri de la Grevire^?^/^I , popularly Gruyère country ) is one of the seven districts of the Swiss canton of Friborg .

There are 25 municipalities in the Gruyère district:

As of January 1, 2014

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2018)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
	Bas-Intyamon	1454	33.34	44
	Botterens	577	4.27	135
	Broc	2651	10.03	264
	Cop	23'439	23.86	982
	Châtel-sur-Montsalvens	286	2.03	141
	Corbières	898	9.63	93
	Crésuz	382	1.79	213
	Echarlens	840	4.65	181
	Grandvillard	844	24.32	35
	Gruyères	2200	28.44	77
	Hauteville	672	10.54	64
	Haut-Intyamon	1542	60.27	26th
	Jaun	644	55.21	12
	La Roche	1711	24.06	71
	Le Pâquier (FR)	1344	4.50	299
	Marsens	1909	7.85	243
	Morlon	615	2.64	233
	Pont-en-Ogoz	1824	10.16	180
	Pont-la-Ville	601	4.35	138
	Riaz	2781	7.75	359
	Sâles	1463	18.82	78
	Sorens	1098	8.71	126
	Val-de-Charmey	2483	112.07	22nd
	Vaulruz	1063	10.10	105
	Vuadens	2405	10.45	230
Total (25)		55,726	489.84	114

Changes in the community

Parishes until 1969
Municipalities until 2000
Municipalities until 2001
Municipalities until 2002
Municipalities until 2003
Municipalities until 2005
Municipalities until 2010
Municipalities until 2013

1970: Merger of Pont-en-Ogoz and Villars-d'Avry → Le Bry

2001: Merger of Maules , Romanens , Rueyres-Treyfayes and Sâles → Sâles
2001: Merger Marsens and Vuippens → Marsens

2002: Fusion Albeuve , Lessoc , Montbovon and Neirivue → Haut-Intyamon

2003: Merger of Avry-devant-Pont , Le Bry and Gumefens → Pont-en-Ogoz

2004: Enney , Estavannens and Villars-sous-Mont → Bas-Intyamon merged

2006: Fusion of Botterens and Villarbeney → Botterens
2006: Fusion of Bulle and La Tour-de-Trême → Bulle

2011: Merger of Corbières and Villarvolard → Corbières

2014: Merger of Cerniat and Charmey → Val-de-Charmey

Discussion of a large community merger

Since 2015, a merger of all municipalities in the district into one larger municipality has been discussed.

Individual evidence

↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .

↑ Federal Statistical Office Generalized Limits 2020.

↑ Andrea Kucera Lausanne: Community mergers : The largest community in Switzerland is taking shape. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved April 30, 2016 .