Canton of Fribourg
Broye District
Estavayer

Estavayer-le-Lac

Estavayer-le-Lac is a historical town and former municipality of the , situated on the south shore of . Estavayer-le-Lac is located between Yverdon and .
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  • Type: Village with 6,290 residents
  • Description: village and former municipality in Estavayer in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Estavayer”, “Estavayer (former municipality)”, “Estavayer (town)”, and “Estavayer-le-Lac FR”
  • Postal code: 1470

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of Estavayer-le-Lac and Chenaux Castle.

Museum
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The and its frogs is located in the town of Estavayer-le-Lac, in the , where it has occupied the Maison de la Dîme since 1927.

Castle
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is a castle in the municipality of Estavayer-le-Lac of the in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the city of Estavayer-le-Lac, within the municipality of , in the canton of . It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Fribourg–Yverdon line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lully and Font.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the , . On 1 January 2006 incorporated the formerly independent municipalities of and as a result of boundary changes by the cantonal authorities.

Village
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is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the , Switzerland. The municipality of merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Estavayer-le-Lac.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg in .

Estavayer-le-Lac

Latitude
46.84964° or 46° 50′ 59″ north
Longitude
6.84774° or 6° 50′ 52″ east
Population
6,290
Elevation
453 metres (1,486 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH ELL
Open location code
8FR8RRXX+V3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1446080765
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2660851
Wiki­data ID
Q67516
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Estavayer-le-Lac” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Arpitan: “Estavalyér-le-Lèc”
  • Arpitan: “Estavalyér-lo-Lèc”
  • Basque: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Catalan: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Cebuano: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Chinese: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Chinese: “埃斯塔瓦耶”
  • Chinese: “埃斯塔瓦耶勒拉克”
  • Czech: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Dutch: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Esperanto: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • French: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • German: “Estavaie”
  • German: “Estavaiel”
  • German: “Estavaier”
  • German: “Estavayacum”
  • German: “Estavaye”
  • German: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • German: “Stäffies”
  • German: “Stäffis am See”
  • German: “Stavaiel”
  • German: “Stavail”
  • German: “Staviaco”
  • German: “Staviolo”
  • German: “Steviols”
  • Hungarian: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Irish: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Italian: “Estavayer le Lac”
  • Italian: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Italian: “Estavayer”
  • Kurdish: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Lombard: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Malay: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Portuguese: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Romansh: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Russian: “Эставайе-ле-Лак”
  • Slovak: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Spanish: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Swedish: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Swiss German: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Turkish: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Ukrainian: “Еставає-ле-Лак”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Vietnamese: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Volapük: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • Welsh: “Estavayer-le-Lac”
  • “Estavayer-le-Lac”

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