Switzerland
Canton of Fribourg
Sense District

St. Silvester

St. Silvester is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in . 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 955 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH2303”, “St. Silvester / St. Sylvestre FR”, and “St. Silvester FR”
  • Postal code: 1736

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Martin parish church and Saint-Laurent parish church.

Church
Photo: Martin Sauter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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

Church
Photo: LuFiLa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3½ km northeast of St. Silvester.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Le Mouret and Giffers.

Village
Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. is situated 3½ km west of St. Silvester.

Village
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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.

Village
Photo: Badener, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Sense, in the canton of Fribourg in . It was known in French as Dirlaret, but this name is no longer used.

St. Silvester

Latitude
46.7411° or 46° 44′ 28″ north
Longitude
7.2193° or 7° 13′ 10″ east
Population
955
Elevation
823 metres (2,700 feet)
Open location code
8FR9P6R9+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240127525
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7287249
Wiki­data ID
Q68042
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“St. Silvester” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “St. Silvester”
  • Arpitan: “Chin-Chavithro”
  • Arpitan: “Sent-Savéthro”
  • Arpitan: “Sent-Savétro”
  • Basque: “St. Silvester”
  • Breton: “Sankt Silvester”
  • Cebuano: “St. Silvester”
  • Chinese: “St. Silvester”
  • Chinese: “圣锡尔韦斯特”
  • Chinese: “聖錫爾韋斯特”
  • Dutch: “Sankt Silvester”
  • Dutch: “St. Silvester”
  • Esperanto: “Chrachen”
  • Esperanto: “Flüeli”
  • Esperanto: “Goletta”
  • Esperanto: “Gomma”
  • Esperanto: “Grauschel”
  • Esperanto: “Hangried”
  • Esperanto: “Matta”
  • Esperanto: “Muschels”
  • Esperanto: “Nümatt”
  • Esperanto: “Sankt-Silvestro FR”
  • Esperanto: “Tschüpru”
  • French: “Saint-Sylvester”
  • French: “Saint-Sylvestre”
  • French: “Sankt Silvester”
  • French: “Sankt Sylvester”
  • French: “St. Silvester”
  • German: “Sankt Silvester FR”
  • German: “Sankt Silvester”
  • German: “St. Silvester FR”
  • Hungarian: “St. Silvester”
  • Irish: “St. Silvester”
  • Italian: “Sankt Silvester”
  • Lombard: “Sankt Silvester”
  • Malay: “St. Silvester”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “St. Silvester”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Silvester”
  • Piemontese: “Sankt Silvester”
  • Polish: “St. Silvester”
  • Portuguese: “Sankt Silvester”
  • Romansh: “St. Silvester”
  • Spanish: “Sankt Silvester”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Silvester”
  • Swedish: “St. Silvester”
  • Swiss German: “St. Silvester FR”
  • Tosk Albanian: “St. Silvester FR”
  • Turkish: “St. Silvester”
  • Ukrainian: “Санкт-Зільвестер”
  • Upper Sorbian: “St. Silvester”
  • Venetian: “Sankt Silvester”
  • Vietnamese: “St. Silvester”
  • Volapük: “St. Silvester”
  • Waray (Philippines): “St. Silvester”

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