Surpierre

Surpierre is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the , . In January 2005 Surpierre incorporated the formerly independent municipality of Praratoud, in January 2017 Surpierre incorporated and in January 2021 it incorporated .
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  • Type: Village with 1,230 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH2044” and “Surpierre FR”
  • Postal code: 1528

Places of Interest

Highlights include Baillival Castle and Granges-Marnand railway station.

Castle
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is a bailiff's castle in the municipality of Surpierre of the in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Railway stop
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is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lucens and Henniez.

Photo: Papillon124, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in the Jura region of . It has its place in Swiss history as the location of an experimental nuclear reactor which was destroyed in a partial meltdown in 1969, Switzerland's most serious nuclear accident to date.

Village
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is a municipality in the canton of , located in the district of .

Village
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is a former municipality in the district of in the in . In 2021 the municipality of merged into the municipality of Surpierre.

Surpierre

Latitude
46.7446° or 46° 44′ 41″ north
Longitude
6.8608° or 6° 51′ 39″ east
Population
1,230
Elevation
659 metres (2,162 feet)
Open location code
8FR8PVV6+R8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240026591
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7287267
Wiki­data ID
Q68606
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Surpierre” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Surpierre”
  • Basque: “Surpierre”
  • Breton: “Surpierre”
  • Bulgarian: “Сурпиере”
  • Catalan: “Surpierre”
  • Cebuano: “Surpierre”
  • Chinese: “Surpierre”
  • Chinese: “叙皮尔”
  • Chinese: “敘皮爾”
  • Dutch: “Surpierre”
  • Esperanto: “Surpierre”
  • Esperanto: “Überstein”
  • French: “Praratoud”
  • French: “Surpierre”
  • German: “Le Sensuis”
  • German: “Soreperra”
  • German: “Super Petram”
  • German: “Superpetra”
  • German: “Suprapetra”
  • German: “Surpierre”
  • German: “Überstein”
  • Hungarian: “Surpierre”
  • Irish: “Surpierre”
  • Italian: “Surpierre”
  • Lombard: “Surpierre”
  • Malay: “Surpierre”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Surpierre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Surpierre”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Surpierre”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Surpierre”
  • Polish: “Surpierre”
  • Portuguese: “Surpierre”
  • Romansh: “Surpierre”
  • Spanish: “Surpierre”
  • Swedish: “Surpierre”
  • Swiss German: “Surpierre”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Surpierre”
  • Turkish: “Surpierre”
  • Ukrainian: “Сюрп’єр”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Surpierre”
  • Venetian: “Surpierre”
  • Vietnamese: “Surpierre”
  • Volapük: “Surpierre”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Surpierre”
  • Welsh: “Surpierre”

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