Châtel-sur-Montsalvens

Coat of arms

Location of Châtel-sur-Montsalvens

Coordinates: 46°37′N 7°8′E / 46.617°N 7.133°ECoordinates: 46°37′N 7°8′E / 46.617°N 7.133°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Syndic

Area

• Total

2.04 km² (0.79 sq mi)

Elevation

908 m (2,979 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

274

• Density

130/km² (350/sq mi)

Postal code

1653

SFOS number

2128

Surrounded by

Botterens, Broc, Cerniat, Crésuz, Villarbeney

Website

www.chatel-montsalvens.ch
SFSO statistics

Châtel-sur-Montsalvens is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Châtel-sur-Montsalvens is first mentioned in 1388 as Chastel propre Montservens.

Châtel-sur-Montsalvens has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 2 square kilometers (0.77 sq mi). Of this area, 0.94 km² (0.36 sq mi) or 46.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.85 km² (0.33 sq mi) or 41.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.16 km² (0.062 sq mi) or 7.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km² (12 acres) or 2.5% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, 36.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 28.9% is pastures and 17.2% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 2.0% is in lakes and 0.5% is in rivers and streams.

The municipality is located in the Gruyère district.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, in base issuant a Wall embattled Argent on it a Crane of the same passant and in chief dexter a Mullet of Five Or.

Châtel-sur-Montsalvens has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 274. As of 2008^[update], 22.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 34.4%. Migration accounted for 22.6%, while births and deaths accounted for 5.4%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (171 or 83.4%) as their first language, German is the second most common (18 or 8.8%) and English is the third (7 or 3.4%).

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