Lake of Gruyère
Lake of Gruyère is an artificial lake in the La Gruyère region of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The reservoir was formed between the cities of Bulle and Fribourg, by building the Rossens Dam on the Sarine river in 1948.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: body of water
- Also known as: “Greyerzersee”, “Lac de la Gruyere”, “Lac de la Gruyère”, and “Lake of Gruyere”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Baillival Castle and Baillival Castle in Vuippens.
Baillival Castle
Castle
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Baillival Castle is a bailiff's castle in the municipality of Corbières of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Baillival Castle in Vuippens
Castle
Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Baillival Castle is a bailiff's castle in the village of Vuippens in the municipality of Marsens of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corbières and Hauteville.
Corbières
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Corbières is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 the former municipality of Villarvolard merged into the municipality of Corbières.
Hauteville
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hauteville is a municipality within the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Lake of Gruyère
- Categories: reservoir, area not part of a municipality of Switzerland, and body of water
- Location: Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Lake of Gruyère” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lac de la Gruyère”
- Chinese: “格呂耶爾湖”
- Dutch: “Meer van Gruyère”
- Esperanto: “Lago de Grejerco”
- Finnish: “Lac de la Gruyère”
- French: “Lac de Gruyère”
- French: “lac de la Gruyère”
- French: “Lac de la Gruyère”
- French: “Tour du lac de la Gruyère”
- German: “Greyerzersee”
- German: “Lac de la Gruyère”
- Italian: “Lago della Gruyère”
- Latvian: “Grijēra ezers”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gruyèresjøen”
- Persian: “دریاچه گرویر”
- Polish: “Gruyère”
- Polish: “Lac de la Gruyère”
- Portuguese: “Lago de La Gruyère”
- Romansh: “Lac de la Gruyère”
- Spanish: “Lago de la Gruyere”
- Spanish: “Lago de la Gruyère”
- Swedish: “Lac de la Gruyère”
- Turkish: “Gruyère Gölü”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Corbières and Villarvolard.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Réseau fribourgeois de santé mentale RFSM, Centre de soins hospitaliers - Marsens and hôpital fribourgeois HFR, Site de Riaz.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Lake of Gruyère”. Photo: Thomas Guignard, CC BY-SA 2.0.