Lac de Montsalvens

Lac de Montsalvens
Location Canton of Fribourg
Coordinates 46°36′45″N 7°8′22″E / 46.61250°N 7.13944°E / 46.61250; 7.13944Coordinates: 46°36′45″N 7°8′22″E / 46.61250°N 7.13944°E / 46.61250; 7.13944
Type reservoir
Primary inflows La Jogne/Jaunbach, Le Javro, R. de Motélon
Primary outflows La Jogne/Jaunbach
Catchment area 173 km²
Basin countries Switzerland
Surface area 0.74 km²
Max. depth 50 m
Water volume 12.6 mio m³
Surface elevation 801 m
Settlements Charmey

Lac de Montsalvens is a reservoir in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The reservoir has a capacity of 12.6 million m³ and a surface area of 0.74 km². It is located on the road to Jaun Pass, between the villages of Broc and Charmey.

The Grand Council of the canton of Fribourg decided construction of the dam on 17/18 May 1918. By 1920, the construction was completed and in 1921 the reservoir filled for the first time.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/27/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.