Charmey (French: [ʃaʁmɛ]; Arpitan: Chàrmê [tsɛʁˈmɛ] ⓘ) is a former municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[4] The former municipality is located in the Gruyère district, in the Jaun stream valley.

It consists of the village of Charmey, six hamlets and a number of small alpine settlements and camps.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a bend Argent, overall a Pine Tree Vert issuant from Triple Caves Sable.

[3] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,385 or 88.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (115 or 7.3%) and Portuguese is the third (27 or 1.7%).

[3] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][10] The alpine chalet at Le Lapé and the alpine chalet at Pra de La Monse are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance, whereas the small Catholic chapel near Pré de l'Essert is listed as of regional significance.

[11][12] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 26.9% of the vote.

[3] There were 728 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.2% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 68, of which 45 were in agriculture and 23 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 70 or 21.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 9 or 2.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 83 or 25.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 0.6% were in the information industry, 11 or 3.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 9 or 2.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 17 or 5.2% were in education and 60 or 18.5% were in health care.

[3] From the 2000 census[update], 1,316 or 83.6% were Roman Catholic, while 88 or 5.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

The upper Secondary school is divided into gymnasium (university preparatory) and vocational programs.

After they finish the upper Secondary program, students may choose to attend a Tertiary school or continue their apprenticeship.

[17] During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 146 students attending 7 classes in Charmey.