Broc

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Broc

Total population

2,848

Air quality index

24Good

Elevation720 m

Coordinates46.60°, 7.10°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Broc is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Joseph-Frédéric-Benoît Charrière

French inventor (1803-1876)

Géraldine Savary

Swiss politician and journalist

Pierre Bourquenoud

Swiss bicycle racer

F

François Charrière

Swiss bishop and theologian (1893-1976)

Joseph Ackermann

Swiss politician (1901-1987)

O

Oscar Moret

Swiss composer, conductor and musicologist (1912-2003)

E

Erhard Loretan

Swiss mountaineer (1959-2011)

Christina Liebherr

equestrian

Gaëlle Thalmann

footballer

Jean Crotti

Franco-Swiss painter (1878-1958)

Jacques Lüthy

alpine skier

Armand Magnin

Swiss politician (1920-2011)

C

Christian Charrière

Swiss bicycle racer and athletics competitor

C

Cédric Fragnière

Swiss bicycle racer

R

Raymond Baudère

Swiss politician (1920-2007)

Pierre Glasson

Swiss politician (1907-1991)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Fribourg

• La Tour-de-Trême
  1.6 mi away · pop. 3,630
• Pringy
  2.1 mi away
• Le Pâquier
  2.3 mi away · pop. 933
• Villarvolard
  2.9 mi away
• Echarlens
  3.1 mi away · pop. 846
• Cerniat FR
  3.5 mi away · pop. 361
• Corbières
  3.7 mi away · pop. 1,042
• Sorens
  4.9 mi away · pop. 836
• Sâles (Gruyère)
  6.3 mi away · pop. 1,452
• Montsoflo
  6.4 mi away
• Im Fang
  6.5 mi away
• Pont-la-Ville
  6.6 mi away · pop. 613

Browse all places in Fribourg →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Melanocoryphus albomaculatus

Melanocoryphus albomaculatus

Seen 2026-10-15

Leather Beetle

Carabus coriaceus

Seen 2026-10-14

Liberty Cap

Psilocybe semilanceata

Seen 2026-10-13

white poplar

Populus alba

Seen 2026-10-10

Triangulate Combfoot

Steatoda triangulosa

Seen 2026-10-09

Blackthorn

Prunus spinosa

Seen 2026-10-09

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-10-09

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-10-08

fairy ring marasmius

Marasmius oreades

Seen 2026-10-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers