Franex
Franex is a village and former municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It was first recorded in 1242 as Frasnei. The municipality had 84 inhabitants in 1811, which increased to 131 in 1850.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sinenomine2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include La Molière, medieval castle and fortress ruins and Cheyres railway station.
Cheyres railway station
Railway stop
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Cheyres railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Cheyres, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Fribourg–Yverdon line of Swiss Federal Railways. Cheyres railway station is situated 4 km northwest of Franex.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Murist and Nuvilly.
Murist
Village
Photo: Christophe95, CC0.
Murist is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. Its territory was enlarged in 1981 with the formerly independent municipalities La Vounaise and Montborget, and in 1992 with Franex.
Nuvilly
Village
Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nuvilly is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.
La Vounaise
Hamlet
La Vounaise is a village and former municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. In 1981 the municipality was incorporated into the larger, neighboring municipality Murist.
Franex
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village and former municipality in Fribourg, Switzerland
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Estavayer, Broye District, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.79249° or 46° 47′ 33″ northLongitude
6.82232° or 6° 49′ 20″ eastElevation
597 metres (1,959 feet)Open location code
8FR8QRRC+XWOpenStreetMap ID
node 9170030520OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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