Broc

Broc is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in . Broc has an elevation of 874 metres.
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  • Type: Village with 2,850 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Broc FR” and “CH2124”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Broc-Chocolaterie railway station and Dent de Broc.

Railway station
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, formerly known as Broc-Fabrique, is a railway station in the municipality of Broc, in the canton of . It takes its name from the adjacent Cailler chocolate factory.

Peak
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The is a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, overlooking Broc and the in the canton of . It lies on the range north of the , between the valleys of the and the Motélon.

Museum
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gruyères and Bulle.

Photo: WillYs Fotowerkstatt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in and the capital of the district of Gruyère in the canton of in . Its German name is Greyerz. This medieval town is an important tourist location in the upper valley of the Saane river, and gives its name to the well-known Gruyère cheese.

Town
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is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in . In January 2006 incorporated the formerly independent municipality of La Tour-de-Trême. is situated 3½ km northwest of Broc.

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

Broc

Latitude
46.6045° or 46° 36′ 16″ north
Longitude
7.099° or 7° 5′ 56″ east
Population
2,850
Elevation
874 metres (2,867 feet)
Open location code
8FR9J33X+QH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 355357952
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7285344
Wiki­data ID
Q67519
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Satellite Map

Discover Broc from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Broc” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Broc”
  • Arpitan: “Broc (Fribôrg)”
  • Arpitan: “Broc”
  • Basque: “Broc”
  • Breton: “Broc”
  • Catalan: “Broc”
  • Cebuano: “Broc (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Broc”
  • Chinese: “Broc”
  • Chinese: “布罗克”
  • Czech: “Broc”
  • Danish: “Broc”
  • Dutch: “Broc”
  • Esperanto: “Broc FR”
  • Esperanto: “Broc-Fabrique”
  • Esperanto: “Forcel”
  • Esperanto: “Le Pissot”
  • Finnish: “Broc”
  • French: “Broc”
  • German: “Broc FR”
  • German: “Broc”
  • Greek: “Μπρο”
  • Hebrew: “ברוק”
  • Hungarian: “Broc”
  • Indonesian: “Broc”
  • Irish: “Broc”
  • Italian: “Broc”
  • Japanese: “ブロック”
  • Latin: “Broc”
  • Lombard: “Broc”
  • Luxembourgish: “Broc”
  • Malay: “Broc”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Broc”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Broc”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Broc”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Broc”
  • Piemontese: “Broc”
  • Polish: “Broc”
  • Portuguese: “Broc”
  • Romansh: “Broc”
  • Russian: “Брок”
  • Slovak: “Broc”
  • Spanish: “Broc”
  • Swedish: “Broc, Fribourg”
  • Swedish: “Broc”
  • Swiss German: “Broc FR”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Broc FR”
  • Turkish: “Broc”
  • Ukrainian: “Брок”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Broc”
  • Venetian: “Broc”
  • Volapük: “Broc”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Broc”
  • Welsh: “Broc”

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