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The Canton of Fribourg is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the west of the country. The capital of the canton is Fribourg. Fribourg is french, Freiburg the german name for both the canton and the town. Image File history File links Description: coat of arms canton of Fribourg/Wappen Kanton Freiburg Painter: de:Benutzer:Tschubby First upload in de. ...
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In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ...
Fribourg (French: Fribourg, German: Freiburg or Freiburg im Üechtland) is a city in the country of Switzerland and the capital of the Swiss Canton of Fribourg on the river named Saane (in German) or Sarine (in French). ...
This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ...
To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ...
This is a lists of Cantons of Switzerland ranked by area. ...
This is a list of Cantons of Switzerland by highest point. ...
Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ...
metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units. ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January events January 1 Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ...
Since 1848, the Swiss Confederation has been a federal state of relatively autonomous cantons, some of which have a history of confederacy that goes back more than 700 years, arguably putting them among the worlds oldest surviving republics. ...
Events May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II. May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513) With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou was reverted...
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This is a List of office-holders in 2005 in Switzerland. ...
This table lists the names of the executive and the legislative of the Cantons of Switzerland, as well as the current number of members. ...
Municipalities are the smallest government division in Switzerland. ...
There are 182 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, (as of 2004). ...
In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ...
In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (885x978, 282 KB) Canton of Fribourg Map drawn by Tschubby File links The following pages link to this file: Canton of Fribourg ...
The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ...
Fribourg (French: Fribourg, German: Freiburg or Freiburg im Üechtland) is a city in the country of Switzerland and the capital of the Swiss Canton of Fribourg on the river named Saane (in German) or Sarine (in French). ...
History
On the shores of Lake Neuchâtel and Lake Morat significant traces of prehistoric settlements have been unearthed. Lake Neuchâtel (French: Lac de Neuchâtel; German: Neuenburgersee) is a lake in Western Switzerland (French-speaking Switzerland). ...
Lake Murten (Lac de Morat, Murtensee) is a lake in the west of Switzerland. ...
The canton of Fribourg joined the Swiss Confederation in 1481. The area is made up of lands acquired by the capital Fribourg. The present extent was reached in 1803 when Murten (Morat) was acquired. The canton of Fribourg joined the separatist league of Catholic cantons in 1846 (Sonderbund). The following year, its troops surrendered to the federal army. Events May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II. May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513) With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou was reverted...
Fribourg (French: Fribourg, German: Freiburg or Freiburg im Üechtland) is a city in the country of Switzerland and the capital of the Swiss Canton of Fribourg on the river named Saane (in German) or Sarine (in French). ...
1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Berntor in Murten Murten (in German) Morat (in French) is a town in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, on the southern shores of Lake Murten. ...
1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Geography The canton of Fribourg lies in the west of Switzerland. It is bounded to the west by the Lake Neuchâtel. To the west and the south of the canton lies the canton of Vaud. To the east the canton of Fribourg is bound by the canton of Bern. There are enclaves within the canton of Vaud. The area of the canton of Fribourg is 1,669 km², including the small enclaves. Lake Neuchâtel (French: Lac de Neuchâtel; German: Neuenburgersee) is a lake in Western Switzerland (French-speaking Switzerland). ...
The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ...
The Swiss canton of Bern is bilingual (German: Kanton Bern; French Canton de Berne) and has a population of about 947,000 (8% French-speaking and 84% German-speaking). ...
The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ...
The canton lies on the elevated Swiss Plateau. In the west the lands are flat, but towards the south east of the canton, the lands rise to a hilly region. This region is commonly called pre-Alps. The highest elevation in the canton is the Vanil Noir with 2,389 m.
The river Saane (Sarine) flows from the south to the north of the canton. Together with its tributaries it drains most of the lands in the canton. The river Saane later joins the river Aare. The river La Broye drains the west of the canton and flows northeast into Lake Morat (Murtensee). The south west of the canton is drained by the river La Veveyse which flows south into Lake Geneva (Le Léman). Saane (German, in French: Sarine) is one of the larger rivers in Switzerland. ...
For other possible meanings, see AAR, a disambiguation page The Aar (in German Aare) is the greatest river which both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland. ...
Lake Murten (Lac de Morat, Murtensee) is a lake in the west of Switzerland. ...
Lake Geneva (rarely Leman Lake, French: Lac Léman or Lac de Genève) is the second largest freshwater lake in central Europe (after Lake Balaton), divided between 2/5 France (Haute-Savoie) and 3/5 Switzerland (cantons of Vaud, Geneva, and Valais). ...
Economics Agriculture is important in the canton of Fribourg. The main agricultural activities are cattle breeding and dairy farming. Cheese-making is established, in particular in the district of La Gruyère, home of the cheese with the same name. Other agricultural produces include tobacco, fruit and cereals. Agriculture is predominant in the north of the canton where the most fertile lands lie. Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or more properly, an [animal husbandry] enterprise, raising female cattle for long-term production of milk, which may be either processed on-site or transported to a dairy for processing and eventual retail sale. ...
Cheese is a solid food made from the curdled milk of cows, goats, sheep, or other mammals. ...
Species N. glauca N. longiflora N. rustica N. sylvestris N. tabacum Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005 Tobacco (, L.) refers to a genus of broad-leafed plants of the nightshade family indigenous to North and South America or to the dried and cured leaves. ...
Fruit stall in Barcelona, Catalonia. ...
Cereal crops are mostly grasses cultivated for their edible seeds (actually a fruit called a grain, technically a caryopsis). ...
There is light industry concentrated around the capital Fribourg. Other centres of light industry are Bulle, Villars-sur-Glâne, Düdingen (Guin) and Murten (Morat). These four centers have also a large number of established small and medium sized businesses, many of which in the service sector. Forests are important in the La Gruyère (Greyerz) region. Fribourg (French: Fribourg, German: Freiburg or Freiburg im Üechtland) is a city in the country of Switzerland and the capital of the Swiss Canton of Fribourg on the river named Saane (in German) or Sarine (in French). ...
Berntor in Murten Murten (in German) Morat (in French) is a town in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, on the southern shores of Lake Murten. ...
Gruyère cheese Gruyère cheese is a yellow cheese made from cows milk. ...
The district of La Sarine is home to electric power plants used for home use as well as export. The mountain areas attract tourists all year round. The lake regions are frequented by tourists - mainly families - in summer and autumn.
Transport The canton of Fribourg is well connected to other areas of Switzerland with motorways and fast rail links. The main railway between Geneva and Lausanne in the south west to Bern and Zürich connects Fribourg with other centres of the country. Jet dEau in Geneva Geneva (French: Genève) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland, situated where Lake Geneva (known in French as Lac Léman) flows into the Rhône River. ...
Location within Switzerland Lausanne (46° 31′ 10″ N, 6° 37′ 56″ E) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France). ...
Location within Switzerland The city of Bern, English traditionally Berne (Bernese German Bärn , German Bern , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna ), is the Bundesstadt (administrative capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after Zürich, Geneva and Basel). ...
Location within Switzerland ▶(?) (German pronunciation IPA: ; in English often Zurich, without the umlaut) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ...
Demographics The canton is predominantly Roman Catholic. There are a number of monasteries as well as convents. The canton is situated on the Swiss linguistic frontier. Two thirds of the population speak French, one third speaks Alemannic dialects of German. The French speaking areas are in the west of the canton, whereas the Alemannic speaking areas are in the east. There are a number of bilingual towns, a fact that have attracted some businesses, such as telesales. The population (as of 2002) is 239,100. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
Alemannic German (Alemannisch) is a group of dialects of the Upper German branch of the Germanic language family. ...
2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Districts
 Districts of canton Fribourg Canton of Fribourg is divided into 7 Bezirke: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (590x659, 114 KB)Map of districts in Canton of Fribourg Artist: de:Benutzer:Tschubby Image location: de:Bild:Karte Kanton Freiburg Bezirke. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (590x659, 114 KB)Map of districts in Canton of Fribourg Artist: de:Benutzer:Tschubby Image location: de:Bild:Karte Kanton Freiburg Bezirke. ...
- Broye capital Estavayer-le-Lac
- Glâne capital Romont
- Gruyère (german Greyerz) capital Bulle
- Saane (french Sarine) capital Fribourg
- See (french District du Lac) capital Murten
- Sense (french Singine) capital Tafers
- Veveyse (german Vivisbach) capital Châtel-Saint-Denis
See also: Municipalities of the canton of Fribourg Fribourg (French: Fribourg, German: Freiburg or Freiburg im Üechtland) is a city in the country of Switzerland and the capital of the Swiss Canton of Fribourg on the river named Saane (in German) or Sarine (in French). ...
Berntor in Murten Murten (in German) Morat (in French) is a town in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, on the southern shores of Lake Murten. ...
There are 182 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, (as of 2004). ...
Municipalities There are 182 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg as of April 2004. The number is decreasing as the canton subsidizes mergers between municipalities. There are 182 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, (as of 2004). ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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