Léchelles
Léchelles | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Léchelles | |
Léchelles Léchelles | |
| Coordinates: 46°50′N 7°1′E / 46.833°N 7.017°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Fribourg |
| District | Broye |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Syndic |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.75 km2 (3.38 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 545 m (1,788 ft) |
| Population (Dec 2014) | |
• Total | 751 |
| • Density | 85.8/km2 (222/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 1773 |
| SFOS number | 2024 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-FR |
| Surrounded by | Domdidier, Grolley, Misery-Courtion, Montagny, Oleyres (VD), Ponthaux, Russy |
| Website | belmont-broye.ch |
Léchelles (French: [leʃɛl]; Arpitan: Lèchiéles [lɛˈtʃilɛ] ⓘ) is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. On 1 September 1994 the former municipality of Chandon merged into the municipality of Léchelles, keeping the name Léchelles. On 1 January 2016, the former municipalities of Domdidier, Dompierre, Léchelles and Russy merged to form Belmont-Broye.