Lac de Montsalvens

Lac de Montsalvens
Location	Canton of Fribourg
Coordinates	46°36′45″N 7°8′22″E / 46.6125°N 7.13944°E / 46.6125; 7.13944Coordinates: 46°36′45″N 7°8′22″E / 46.6125°N 7.13944°E / 46.6125; 7.13944
Lake 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 lake 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.

External links

• Lac de Montsalvens in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
• Media related to Lac de Montsalvens at Wikimedia Commons