Canton of Fribourg
Sarine District
Cottens (FR)

Cottens

Cottens is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in . Its German name of Cottingen has now largely fallen out of use.
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  • Type: Village with 1,530 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Cottens FR”, “Cottens, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland”, and “Cottens, Fribourg”
  • Postal code: 1741

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chénens railway station and Vernex I (Châtillon).

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of . It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lausanne–Bern line of Swiss Federal Railways. is situated 2½ km west of Cottens.

Castle
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is a castle.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of . It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lausanne–Bern line of Swiss Federal Railways. is situated 3 km northeast of Cottens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Autigny and Lentigny.

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

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Cottens.

Cottens

Latitude
46.75211° or 46° 45′ 8″ north
Longitude
7.03267° or 7° 1′ 58″ east
Population
1,530
Elevation
714 metres (2,343 feet)
Open location code
8FR9Q22M+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240098319
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2661102
Wiki­data ID
Q67714
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Cottens” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Cottens”
  • Basque: “Cottens (FR)”
  • Basque: “Cottens”
  • Breton: “Cottens”
  • Catalan: “Cottens”
  • Cebuano: “Cottens (munisipyo sa Swisa, Canton de Fribourg, Sarine District, lat 46,75, long 7,04)”
  • Cebuano: “Cottens”
  • Chinese: “Cottens”
  • Chinese: “科唐”
  • Dutch: “Cottens”
  • Esperanto: “Cottens FR”
  • Esperanto: “Le Bimont”
  • Esperanto: “Le Grassu”
  • Esperanto: “Les Rialets”
  • French: “Cottens”
  • German: “Cottens FR”
  • German: “Cottens”
  • German: “Cottingen”
  • Hungarian: “Cottens (FR)”
  • Irish: “Cottens”
  • Italian: “Cottens”
  • Lombard: “Cottens”
  • Malay: “Cottens (FR)”
  • Malay: “Cottens, Fribourg”
  • Malay: “Cottens”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cottens”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cottens”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Cottens”
  • Persian: “کوتنس، فریبورگ”
  • Persian: “کوتنس”
  • Piemontese: “Cottens”
  • Polish: “Cottens”
  • Portuguese: “Cottens”
  • Romansh: “Cottens”
  • Spanish: “Cottens”
  • Swedish: “Cottens, Fribourg”
  • Swedish: “Cottens”
  • Swiss German: “Cottens”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Cottens FR”
  • Ukrainian: “Котанс”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Cottens”
  • Venetian: “Cottens (Friburgo)”
  • Venetian: “Cottens”
  • Vietnamese: “Cottens, Fribourg”
  • Vietnamese: “Cottens”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cottens, Fribourg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cottens”
  • Welsh: “Cottens”

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