Gruyères

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Gruyères

Total population

2,090

Coordinates46.58°, 7.08°

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

Overview

Gruyères is a town in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Michel Corboz

Swiss conductor (1934-2021)

Joseph-Frédéric-Benoît Charrière

French inventor (1803-1876)

Catherine Repond

Swiss woman executed for witchcraft in Fribourg

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Denise Voïta

Swiss painter (1928-2008)

Pierre Bourquenoud

Swiss bicycle racer

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François Charrière

Swiss bishop and theologian (1893-1976)

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Oscar Moret

Swiss composer, conductor and musicologist (1912-2003)

Pierre Musy

Swiss bobsledder (1910–1990)

Jean-Marie Musy

Swiss politician (1876-1952)

Jacques Lüthy

alpine skier

Armand Magnin

Swiss politician (1920-2011)

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Christian Charrière

Swiss bicycle racer and athletics competitor

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Cyprien Ayer

Swiss geographer, romanist and grammarian (1825-1884)

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André Repond

Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1886-1973)

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André Ruffieux

Swiss politician (1912-2009)

Augustin Macheret

Swiss politician

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

Nearby places in Fribourg

• Le Pâquier
  1.6 mi away · pop. 933
• La Tour-de-Trême
  1.9 mi away · pop. 3,630
• Charmey (Gruyère)
  4.6 mi away · pop. 1,993
• Cerniat FR
  5.1 mi away · pop. 361
• Sâles (Gruyère)
  6.3 mi away · pop. 1,452
• Im Fang
  7.4 mi away
• La Verrerie
  7.6 mi away · pop. 862
• Le Châtelard-près-Romont
  8.1 mi away · pop. 352
• Pont-la-Ville
  8.1 mi away · pop. 613
• La Roche FR
  8.3 mi away · pop. 1,859
• Vuisternens-devant-Romont
  8.7 mi away · pop. 2,251
• Vuisternens-en-Ogoz
  8.7 mi away · pop. 975

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.

Books about Gruyères

Le machiavélisme de village

Pierre-Philippe Bugnard · 1983

Una panera de revi Fribordzey

J. Chenaux · 1877

SOUVENIRS DE LA GRUYÈRE

1982

La Gruyère, région économique?

Pierre-Hugo Pasquier · 1974

Les Possibilités de Développement Touristique en Haute-Gruyère

William A. Schmid · 1972

Sammlung Schweizerischer Rechtsquellen / Le Droit Des Villes Du Canton Fribourg /Die Rechtsquellen Des Kanton Freiburg / Le Droit Des Villes / Stadtrechte / Le Droit Du Gruyeres

Bernard de Vevey · 1939

La modernisation de l'agriculture dans la Haute-Gruyère

Jacques Pasquier · 1964

Les Préalpes médianes entre le Moléson et Gruyères (Préalpes fribourgeoises)

Louis Pugin · 1952

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers