Le Gibloux
Le Gibloux is a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, overlooking the Lake of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg. The Gibloux Radio Tower, operated by Swisscom, is located on the mountain's southern summit, with an accessible public viewing platform, and views stretching in every direction.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Gibloux Radio Tower and Saint-Michel church.
Gibloux Radio Tower
Tower
Photo: Tschubby, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gibloux Radio Tower is built on the 1204 metre Le Gibloux mountain above Sorens, west of Fribourg, Switzerland. The concrete tower has a height of 118.7 m. The observation deck is at 37 m.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vuisternens-en-Ogoz and Rueyres-Saint-Laurent.
Vuisternens-en-Ogoz
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vuisternens-en-Ogoz is a former municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016 it merged with Corpataux-Magnedens, Farvagny, Le Glèbe and Rossens to form the new municipality of Gibloux.
Rueyres-Saint-Laurent
Village
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Rueyres-Saint-Laurent is a village.
Marsens
Village
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Marsens is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2001 the former municipality of Vuippens merged into the municipality of Marsens.
Le Gibloux
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,204 metres
- Description: mountain of the Swiss Plateau
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Sorens, Gruyère District, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.68416° or 46° 41′ 3″ northLongitude
7.04027° or 7° 2′ 25″ eastElevation
1,204 metres (3,950 feet)Open location code
8FR9M2MR+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1389693347OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swiss German—“Le Gibloux” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لي غيبلوكس”
- Basque: “Gibloux”
- Cebuano: “Mont Gibloux”
- Chinese: “勒日布盧山”
- Dutch: “Le Gibloux”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل لى جيبلوكس”
- French: “Gibloux”
- French: “Le Gibloux”
- German: “Gibel”
- German: “Gibloux”
- Ladin: “Le Gibloux”
- Spanish: “Le Gibloux”
- Swedish: “Mont Gibloux”
- Swiss German: “Gibel”
- Swiss German: “Gibloux (Berg)”
- Swiss German: “Le Gibloux”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tour du Gibloux and Mont-Gibloux.
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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 “Le Gibloux”. Photo: Ludo29, CC BY-SA 3.0.