Canton of Fribourg
Sarine District
Bois d’Amont

Épendes

Épendes is a former municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in . Its former German name was Spinz. In 1977, the former municipality of merged into Épendes.
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  • Type: Village with 1,110 residents
  • Description: village and former municipality in Bois-d’Amont in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Ependes”, “Ependes FR”, and “Épendes, Fribourg”
  • Postal code: 1731

Places of Interest

Highlights include Observatory Naef Épendes and Illens Castle.

Observatory
Photo: Martignoni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Observatory Robert A. Naef is an astronomical located at Épendes, , at 7.13938 degrees east of and 46.76236 degrees north latitude.

Castle
Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle in the municipality of of the in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. is situated 3 km southwest of Épendes.

Church
Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sales and Ferpicloz.

Hamlet
is a village and former municipality in the district of Sarine in the , . It was first recorded in 1082 as Sala. The municipality had 114 inhabitants in 1811, which went up and down to 191 in 1850, 160 in 1870, 226 in 1920, 175 in 1930, 213 in 1941 and 153 in 1970.

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

Village
Photo: Leblaze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in . On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of , Ependes and merged to form the new municipality of Bois-d'Amont.

Épendes

Latitude
46.75422° or 46° 45′ 15″ north
Longitude
7.14588° or 7° 8′ 45″ east
Population
1,110
Elevation
751 metres (2,464 feet)
Open location code
8FR9Q43W+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240056125
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2660881
Wiki­data ID
Q66922
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Épendes” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ependes”
  • Albanian: “Ependes”
  • Aragonese: “Ependes”
  • Arpitan: “Ependes”
  • Asturian: “Ependes”
  • Basque: “Ependes (FR)”
  • Basque: “Ependes”
  • Bavarian: “Ependes”
  • Breton: “Ependes”
  • Catalan: “Ependes”
  • Cebuano: “Ependes (munisipyo sa Swisa, Canton de Fribourg, Sarine District, lat 46,76, long 7,15)”
  • Cebuano: “Ependes”
  • Chinese: “Épendes”
  • Chinese: “埃庞德”
  • Chinese: “埃龐德”
  • Corsican: “Ependes”
  • Croatian: “Ependes”
  • Czech: “Ependes”
  • Danish: “Ependes”
  • Dutch: “Ependes”
  • Dutch: “Épendes”
  • Esperanto: “Ependes FR”
  • Esperanto: “Épendes FR”
  • Esperanto: “Petit Epandes”
  • Esperanto: “Sales”
  • Estonian: “Ependes”
  • Finnish: “Ependes”
  • French: “Ependes”
  • French: “Épendes”
  • Friulian: “Ependes”
  • Galician: “Ependes”
  • German: “Ependes FR”
  • German: “Ependes”
  • German: “Espindis”
  • German: “Espines”
  • German: “Ispindes”
  • German: “Petit Ependes”
  • German: “Pindes”
  • German: “Sales FR”
  • German: “Sales”
  • German: “Spindes”
  • German: “Spindis”
  • German: “Spintz”
  • German: “Spinz”
  • Hungarian: “Ependes”
  • Icelandic: “Ependes”
  • Ido: “Ependes”
  • Indonesian: “Ependes”
  • Interlingua: “Ependes”
  • Interlingue: “Ependes”
  • Irish: “Ependes”
  • Italian: “Ependes”
  • Kongo: “Ependes”
  • Ligurian: “Ependes”
  • Limburgan: “Ependes”
  • Lombard: “Ependes”
  • Lombard: “Épendes”
  • Low German: “Ependes”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ependes”
  • Malagasy: “Ependes”
  • Malay: “Ependes”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Épendes”
  • Minangkabau: “Ependes”
  • Narom: “Ependes”
  • Neapolitan: “Ependes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ependes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ependes”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ependes”
  • Picard: “Ependes”
  • Piemontese: “Ependes”
  • Piemontese: “Épendes”
  • Polish: “Ependes”
  • Portuguese: “Ependes”
  • Romanian: “Ependes”
  • Romansh: “Ependes”
  • Sardinian: “Ependes”
  • Scots: “Ependes”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ependes”
  • Serbian: “Ependes”
  • Sicilian: “Ependes”
  • Slovak: “Ependes”
  • Slovenian: “Ependes”
  • Spanish: “Ependes”
  • Spanish: “Spinz”
  • Swahili: “Ependes”
  • Swedish: “Ependes, Fribourg”
  • Swedish: “Ependes”
  • Swiss German: “Ependes”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Ependes FR”
  • Turkish: “Ependes”
  • Ukrainian: “Епанд”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Ependes”
  • Venetian: “Ependes”
  • Vietnamese: “Ependes”
  • Vlaams: “Ependes”
  • Volapük: “Ependes”
  • Walloon: “Ependes”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ependes, Fribourg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ependes”
  • Welsh: “Ependes”
  • Wolof: “Ependes”
  • Zulu: “Ependes”

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