Cerniat
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| Former municipality of Switzerland | ||
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| Coordinates: 46°38′N 7°9′E / 46.633°N 7.150°ECoordinates: 46°38′N 7°9′E / 46.633°N 7.150°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Fribourg | |
| District | Gruyère | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 33.7 km2 (13.0 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 927 m (3,041 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2011) | ||
| • Total | 346 | |
| • Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 1654 | |
| SFOS number | 2126 | |
| Surrounded by | Charmey (Gruyère), Châtel-sur-Montsalvens, Corbières, Crésuz, Hauteville, La Roche, Plaffeien, Plasselb, Villarbeney, Villarvolard | |
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Cerniat is a former municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Cerniat and Charmey merged into the new municipality of Val-de-Charmey.
Cerniat is first mentioned in 1288 as Sernia.
Before the merger, Cerniat had a total area of 33.7 km2 (13.0 sq mi). Of this area, 13.78 km2 (5.32 sq mi) or 40.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.47 km2 (7.13 sq mi) or 54.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.79 km2 (0.31 sq mi) or 2.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.26 km2 (0.10 sq mi) or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.43 km2 (0.17 sq mi) or 1.3% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 51.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land 7.0% is pastures and 33.9% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Bend Argent between an Orb in chief and a Cattle in base Or.
Cerniat had a population (as of 2011) of 346. As of 2008[update], 5.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of -0.9%. Migration accounted for -3%, while births and deaths accounted for -2.7%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (294 or 88.6%) as their first language, German is the second most common (32 or 9.6%) and Italian is the third (1 or 0.3%).
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