Meyriez

Meyriez is a municipality in the district of See or du Lac in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French-speaking canton of Fribourg.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Murten/Morat railway station and Münchenwiler Castle.

Murten/Morat railway station

Railway station

Murten/Morat railway station

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Murten/Morat railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Murten, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is located at the southern junction of the standard gauge Fribourg–Ins and Palézieux–Lyss lines of Swiss Federal Railways.

Münchenwiler Castle

Castle

Münchenwiler Castle

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Münchenwiler Castle or Château de Villars-les-Moines is a castle and former Cluniac priory in the municipality of Münchenwiler of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Morat Castle

Castle

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Murten and Münchenwiler.

Murten

Photo: Badener, CC BY 3.0.

Murten is a predominately German speaking town located on the German/French language border in the Three Lakes area of Switzerland.

Münchenwiler

Village

Photo: Ch-info.ch, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Münchenwiler is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Courgevaux

Village

Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Courgevaux is a municipality in the district of See or district du Lac in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Meyriez

Type: Locality with 573 residents
Also known as: “CH2271”
Location: See, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.9233° or 46° 55′ 24″ north

Longitude

7.1068° or 7° 6′ 24″ east

Population

573

Elevation

443 metres (1,453 feet)

Open location code

8FR9W4F4+8P

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include freiburger spital HFR, Standort Meyriez-Murten and Lake Murten.

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