Bellechasse Prison
The Bellechasse Prison is a Swiss penitentiary complex located in Sugiez, spanning the municipalities of Mont-Vully and Galmiz in the Canton of Fribourg.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: prison in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Bellechasse FR” and “Bellechasse prison”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bellechasse airfield and Sugiez railway station.
Bellechasse airfield
Aerodrome
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bellechasse airfield is an aerodrome.
Sugiez railway station
Railway station
Photo: Chrisaliv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sugiez railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Mont-Vully, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Fribourg–Ins line of Transports publics Fribourgeois.
Mont-Vully
Town hall
Photo: Vodimivado, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mont-Vully is a municipality in the district of See in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2016 when the former municipalities of Bas-Vully and Haut-Vully merged. Mont-Vully is situated 3 km southwest of Bellechasse Prison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Müntschemier and Galmiz.
Müntschemier
Village
Photo: Zenit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Müntschemier is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Müntschemier is situated 2½ km north of Bellechasse Prison.
Galmiz
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Galmiz is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Galmiz, Gempenach and Clavaleyres merged into the municipality of Murten. Galmiz is situated 3½ km southeast of Bellechasse Prison.
Praz
Village
Photo: Vodimivado, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Praz is a village, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Bellechasse Prison.
Bellechasse Prison
- Categories: prison and locality
- Location: Mont-Vully, See, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.9749° or 46° 58′ 30″ northLongitude
7.13279° or 7° 7′ 58″ eastElevation
431 metres (1,414 feet)Open location code
8FR9X4FM+X4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2722147415OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Bellechasse Prison from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Bellechasse Prison” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bellechasse”
- French: “Bellechasse”
- French: “EB”
- French: “établissements de Bellechasse”
- French: “Établissements de Bellechasse”
- French: “établissements pénitentiaires de Bellechasse”
- French: “établissements pénitentiaires fribourgeois”
- French: “pénitencier de Bellechasse”
- French: “prison de Bellechasse”
- German: “Bellechasse FR”
- German: “LSTB”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Grosses Moos and Lugnorremoos.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saint-Vincent de Paul church, of the penitentiary and Bellechasse.
Switzerland: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Zurich, Berne, Geneva, and Basel.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.