Sense District

Sense District is one of the seven administrative districts of the in , and the only completely German-speaking one. It is named after the Sense river, which forms the majority of its eastern border with the .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Niklaus parish church with rectory and chaplaincy and St. Urs Chapel.

Church

Church
is a church.

Castle
is a castle, which is situated 3½ km west of Sense District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tafers and Alterswil.

Village
is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in . It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg. is situated 3½ km northwest of Sense District.

Village
is a former municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in . It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

Village
is a former municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in . It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

Sense District

Latitude
46.8013° or 46° 48′ 5″ north
Longitude
7.2603° or 7° 15′ 37″ east
Population
44,600
Elevation
770 metres (2,526 feet)
Open location code
8FR9R726+G4
Geo­Names ID
6458898
Wiki­data ID
Q645585
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Sense District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سينس (سويسرا)
  • Arabic: سينس
  • Arpitan: District de la Singena
  • Asturian: Distritu de Sense
  • Basque: Sense barrutia
  • Catalan: Districte de la Singine
  • Cebuano: Sense District
  • Chinese: Sense Koān
  • Chinese: 森瑟区
  • Chinese: 森瑟县
  • Czech: Okres Sense
  • Czech: Okres Singine
  • Dutch: Sense
  • Esperanto: disktrikto Sinĝino
  • Esperanto: Sinĝino
  • French: district de la Singine
  • French: District de la Singine
  • French: Singine
  • German: Sensebezirk
  • Italian: distretto della Sense
  • Italian: Distretto della Sense
  • Japanese: ゼンゼ地区
  • Latin: Sense
  • Latin: Sensuna
  • Lombard: Sense
  • Luxembourgish: Bezierk Sense
  • Min Nan Chinese: Sense Koān
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Sense
  • Polish: Okręg Sense
  • Romansh: District da la Sense
  • Romansh: Sense
  • Russian: Сенс
  • Spanish: distrito de Sense
  • Spanish: Distrito de Sense
  • Swedish: Sense District
  • Swedish: Sense
  • Swiss German: Seisebezirk
  • Tosk Albanian: Sensebezirk
  • Ukrainian: Зензе
  • Venetian: Distreto de ła Sense
  • Vietnamese: Sense
  • Waray (Philippines): Sense

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include freiburger spital HFR, Standort Tafers and Fofenhubel.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sense District”. Photo: Michael D. Schmid, CC BY-SA 4.0.