Val-de-Charmey () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Gruyère in the
canton of
Fribourg
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, twintowns = Rueil-Malmaison (France)
, website = www.ville-fribourg.ch
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in
Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of
Cerniat and
Charmey
Charmey (; frp, Chàrmê ) is a former municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Charmey and Cerniat merged into the new municipality of Val-de-Charmey. ...
merged into the municipality of Val-de-Charmey.
[Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
accessed 13 December 2014
History
Cerniat is first mentioned in 1288 as ''Sernia''.
Charmey is first mentioned in 1211 as ''Chalmeis''. Until 1760 it was known as ''Feiguières''. The municipality is also informally known by its German name ''Galmis''.
Geography
After the 2014 merger Val-de-Charmey had an area of . Of this area, about 43.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 41.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 12.2% is unproductive land. In the 2013/18 survey a total of or about 1.2% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of over the 1980/81 amount. Over the same time period, the amount of recreational space in the municipality increased by and is now about 0.04% of the total area. Of the agricultural land, is used for orchards and vineyards, is fields and grasslands and consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1980/81 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by . Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by .
Rivers and lakes cover in the municipality.
accessed 17 September 2018
Demographics
Val-de-Charmey has a population () of . , 16.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. In 2015 a small minority (136 or 5.6% of the population) was born in France. Over the last 6 years (2010-2016) the population has changed at a rate of 11.65%. The
birth rate
The birth rate for a given period is the total number of live human births per 1,000 population divided by the length of the period in years. The number of live births is normally taken from a universal registration system for births; populati ...
in the municipality, in 2016, was 7.4, while the
death rate
Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time. Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of de ...
was 16.9 per thousand residents.
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, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 18.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 57.5% of the population and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 23.7%.][ In 2015 there were 948 single residents, 1,102 people who were married or in a civil partnership, 160 widows or widowers and 206 divorced residents.
In 2016 there were 1,087 private households in Val-de-Charmey with an average household size of 2.19 persons. In 2015 about 61.6% of all buildings in the municipality were single family homes, which is about the same as the percentage in the canton (61.6%) and about the same as the percentage nationally (57.4%). In 2015 the rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 3.31. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.36%.][
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Historic population
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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Heritage sites of national significance
The Chartreuse De La Valsainte, the alpine chalet at Le Lapé 320 and the alpine chalet at Pra de La Monse 249 are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.
File:Chartreuse de la Valsainte.jpg, Chartreuse De La Valsainte
File:Le_Lapé_Charmey_Jul_2011.jpg, Alpine Chalet at Le Lapé 320
File:Pra_de_la_Monse_249_Nov_2011.jpg, Alpine Chalet at Pra de La Monse 249
Economy
Val-de-Charmey is classed as a mixed agro-industrial community, a municipality where agriculture and manufacturing play a significant role in the economy.
, there were a total of 1,095 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 135 people worked in 39 businesses in the primary economic sector. The secondary sector
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...
employed 328 workers in 48 separate businesses. Finally, the tertiary sector
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...
provided 632 jobs in 128 businesses, of which 205 people worked in large business(es) (50-249 employees). In 2016 a total of 3.3% of the population received social assistance.[
In 2015 the average cantonal, municipal and church tax rate in the municipality for a couple with two children making was 4.8% while the rate for a single person making was 19.5%, both of which are close to the average for the canton. The canton has an average tax rate for those making and a slightly higher than average rate for those making .
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Politics
In the 2015 federal election the most popular party was the CVP with 31.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (25.1%), the FDP (21.4%) and the SP (15.4%). In the federal election, a total of 865 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This can be the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford Univ ...
was 52.3%.
Crime
In 2014 the crime rate, of the over 200 crimes listed in the Swiss Criminal Code
, french: Code pénal suisse (CP), it, Codice penale svizzero (CP), rm, Cudesch penal svizzer
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, territorial_extent = Switzerland
, enacted_by = Federal Assembly of Switzerland
, date_enacted = 20 Decemb ...
(running from murder, robbery and assault to accepting bribes and election fraud), in Val-de-Charmey was 46.7 per thousand residents. This rate is about 72.3% of the average rate in the entire country. During the same period, the rate of drug crimes was 3.8 per thousand residents which is only 39.6% of the rate in the canton and 38.4% of the national rate. The rate of violations of immigration, visa and work permit laws was 5.1 per thousand residents.Statistical Atlas of Switzerland
accessed 5 April 2016
References
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Municipalities of the canton of Fribourg
Spa towns in Switzerland
Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Fribourg