Switzerland
Canton of Fribourg
Sense District

Tafers

Tafers 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 2,630 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH2306”, “Tafers FR”, and “Tavel FR”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Château Maggenberg and Sensler Museum.

Castle
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is a castle.

Museum
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Castle
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is a castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fribourg and Düdingen.

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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 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. is situated 4½ km northwest of Tafers.

Village
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is a former 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. is situated 3½ km east of Tafers.

Tafers

Latitude
46.8153° or 46° 48′ 55″ north
Longitude
7.2168° or 7° 13′ 0″ east
Population
2,630
Elevation
654 metres (2,146 feet)
Open location code
8FR9R688+4P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240094190
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7287273
Wiki­data ID
Q66865
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Tafers” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Tafers”
  • Basque: “Tafers”
  • Breton: “Tafers”
  • Catalan: “Tavel”
  • Cebuano: “Tafers (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Tafers”
  • Chinese: “Tafers”
  • Chinese: “塔弗斯”
  • Czech: “Tafers”
  • Dutch: “Tafers”
  • Esperanto: “Klein-Schönberg”
  • Esperanto: “Rohr”
  • Esperanto: “Tafers”
  • French: “Tafers”
  • French: “Tavel”
  • German: “Bodenschrot”
  • German: “Tafers”
  • Hungarian: “Tafers”
  • Irish: “Tafers”
  • Italian: “Tafers”
  • Lombard: “Tafers”
  • Malay: “Tafers”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tafers”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tafers”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tafers”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tavel”
  • Piemontese: “Tafers”
  • Polish: “Tafers”
  • Portuguese: “Tafers”
  • Romansh: “Tafers”
  • Spanish: “Tafers”
  • Swedish: “Tafers”
  • Swiss German: “Tafers”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Tafers”
  • Turkish: “Tafers”
  • Ukrainian: “Таферс”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Tafers”
  • Venetian: “Tafers”
  • Vietnamese: “Tafers”
  • Volapük: “Tafers”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Tafers”
  • Welsh: “Tafers”

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