Switzerland
Canton of Fribourg
Sense District

Giffers

Giffers is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.
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  • Type: Village with 1,470 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH2294” and “Giffers FR”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. German parish church and Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption chapel.

Church
Photo: LuFiLa, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chapel
Photo: Matutinho, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fribourg and Marly.

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is a city in that is also the canton's capital and economic centre. The city was founded in 1157 by Herzog Berthold IV of Zaehringen.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Its German name is Mertenlach, but this is no longer common, although still in regional use. is situated 4 km west of Giffers.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in . It was created on January 1, 2003 from the union of the former municipalities of Bonnefontaine, Essert, Montévraz, Oberried, , and Zénauva.

Giffers

Latitude
46.7615° or 46° 45′ 41″ north
Longitude
7.21° or 7° 12′ 36″ east
Population
1,470
Elevation
822 metres (2,697 feet)
Open location code
8FR9Q666+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240120859
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7285914
Wiki­data ID
Q66476
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Giffers” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Giffers”
  • Basque: “Giffers”
  • Breton: “Giffers”
  • Catalan: “Giffers”
  • Cebuano: “Giffers (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Giffers”
  • Chinese: “Giffers”
  • Chinese: “吉弗斯”
  • Dutch: “Giffers”
  • Esperanto: “Färtschera”
  • Esperanto: “Gauchetli”
  • Esperanto: “Giffers”
  • Esperanto: “Matte”
  • Esperanto: “Neustatt”
  • Esperanto: “Popplera”
  • Esperanto: “Vorsatz”
  • French: “Chevrilles”
  • French: “Giffers”
  • German: “Chevrilles”
  • German: “Giffers”
  • Hungarian: “Giffers”
  • Irish: “Giffers”
  • Italian: “Giffers”
  • Lombard: “Giffers”
  • Malay: “Giffers”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Giffers”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Giffers”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Giffers”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Giffers”
  • Piemontese: “Giffers”
  • Polish: “Giffers”
  • Portuguese: “Giffers”
  • Romansh: “Giffers”
  • Spanish: “Giffers”
  • Swedish: “Giffers”
  • Swiss German: “Güfersch”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Giffers”
  • Turkish: “Giffers”
  • Ukrainian: “Гіфферс”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Giffers”
  • Venetian: “Giffers”
  • Volapük: “Giffers”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Giffers”
  • Welsh: “Giffers”
  • Western Frisian: “Giffers”

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