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

Dent de Broc

Peak

Photo: Ludo29, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Dent de Broc is a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, overlooking Broc and the Lake of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg. It lies on the range north of the Vanil Noir, between the valleys of the Sarine and the Motélon.

Giger Museum

Museum

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gruyères and Bulle.

Gruyères

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Gruyères is a town in Switzerland and the capital of the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. 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.

Bulle

Town

Photo: Traumrune, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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

Morlon

Village

Photo: B.nehemie, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Morlon is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Broc

Categories: Municipality of Switzerland and locality
Location: Gruyère District, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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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

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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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Notable Places Nearby

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