Cheiry

Cheiry (Arpitan:  Tsèri ) is a municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

History

Cheiry is first mentioned around 1184-85 as Chirie. Its territory was enlarged in 2005 with the formerly independent municipality Chapelle.

Geography

Cheiry has an area, as of 2009, of 6.5 square kilometers (2.5 sq mi). Of this area, 4.25 km² (1.64 sq mi) or 65.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.76 km² (0.68 sq mi) or 27.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.45 km² (0.17 sq mi) or 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, 24.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 42.7% is used for growing crops and 22.4% is pastures.

The municipality is located in the Broye district, in the Surpierre exclave.