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

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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.