Canton of Fribourg
Sarine District
Gibloux

Rossens

Rossens is a former municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in . On 1 January 2016 it merged with Corpataux-Magnedens, Farvagny, Le Glèbe and to form the new municipality of Gibloux.
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  • Type: Village with 1,290 residents
  • Description: village and former municipality in Gibloux in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Rossens FR” and “Rossens, Fribourg”
  • Postal code: 1728

Places of Interest

Highlights include Illens Castle and Vers-les-Tours, medieval castle and town ruins of Pont-en-Ogoz.

Castle
Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle in the municipality of Rossens of the in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Castle
Photo: Sheri, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 2½ km south of Rossens.

Church
Photo: Mbarbey49, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pont-la-Ville and Farvagny-le-Petit.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in . is situated 2½ km south of Rossens.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Rossens.

Village
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is a municipality and a village in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in . is situated 2½ km east of Rossens.

Rossens

Latitude
46.72041° or 46° 43′ 14″ north
Longitude
7.10316° or 7° 6′ 11″ east
Population
1,290
Elevation
711 metres (2,333 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH ROS
Open location code
8FR9P4C3+57
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240100269
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2658963
Wiki­data ID
Q66768
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Rossens” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Rossens”
  • Bulgarian: “Росенс”
  • Catalan: “Rossens”
  • Cebuano: “Rossens”
  • Chinese: “羅桑”
  • Chinese: “羅桑斯”
  • Dutch: “Rossens”
  • Esperanto: “Illens”
  • Esperanto: “In Riaux”
  • Esperanto: “Le Montet”
  • Esperanto: “Rossens FR”
  • French: “Rossens”
  • German: “Château D’Illens”
  • German: “Illens”
  • German: “Rossens FR”
  • German: “Rossens”
  • German: “Rossing”
  • Hungarian: “Rossens (FR)”
  • Irish: “Rossens”
  • Italian: “Rossens”
  • Lombard: “Rossens”
  • Malay: “Rossens (FR)”
  • Malay: “Rossens, Fribourg”
  • Malay: “Rossens”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rossens”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rossens i Fribourg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rossens”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rossens”
  • Piemontese: “Rossens”
  • Portuguese: “Rossens”
  • Romansh: “Rossens”
  • Spanish: “Rossens”
  • Swedish: “Rossens, Fribourg”
  • Swedish: “Rossens”
  • Turkish: “Rossens FR”
  • Turkish: “Rossens”
  • Turkish: “Rossing”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Rossens”
  • Vietnamese: “Rossens, Fribourg”
  • Vietnamese: “Rossens”
  • Volapük: “Rossens”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rossens, Fribourg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rossens”
  • Welsh: “Rossens”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rossens”. Photo: Bleuze, CC BY 3.0.