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Léchelles

village and former municipality in Belmont-Broye in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
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Summary

Léchelles is a former municipality of Switzerland[1]. Léchelles ranks in the top 9% of former municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Belmont-Broye[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Instance of: village[5], neighborhood[6]
  • Postal code: 1773[7]
  • Commons category: Léchelles[8]
  • Licence plate code: FR[9]
  • Local dialing code: 026[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Léchelles[11]
  • Replaces: Chandon[12]
  • Replaced by: Belmont-Broye[13]
  • Official name: Léchelles[14]
  • Elevation above sea level: 545 m[15]
  • Area: 8.75 km²[16]

Why It Matters

Léchelles has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Léchelles is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Country → Switzerland
    Topic's main category → Category:Léchelles
    Gnd id → 4549850-7
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||mul */ default label, official name from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
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