| Lac de Montsalvens | |||||
| Location: | Canton of Fribourg | ||||
| Coords: | 46.6125°N 7.1394°W | ||||
| Type: | reservoir | ||||
| Inflow: | La Jogne/Jaunbach, Le Javro, R. de Motélon | ||||
| Outflow: | La Jogne/Jaunbach | ||||
| Catchment: | 173km2 | ||||
| Basin Countries: | Switzerland | ||||
| Area: | 0.74km2 | ||||
| Max-Depth: | 50m (160feet) | ||||
| Volume: | 12.6e6m3 | ||||
| Elevation: | 801m (2,628feet) | ||||
| Cities: | Charmey | ||||
| Pushpin Map: | Canton of Fribourg#Switzerland#Alps | ||||
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom | ||||
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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 0.74km2. It was built on the Jogne river, before the gorges, and below the road to Jaun Pass, between the villages of Broc and Charmey.[1]
The Grand Council of the canton of Fribourg decided construction of the dam on 17/18 May 1918. Designed by Alfred Stucky,[2] the construction was completed by 1920 and in 1921 the reservoir filled for the first time.
Thanks to a forced conduct, electricity is produced at the Electrobroc power plant, located at Broc near the Cailler factory.