Pensier
Pensier is a village in Courtepin, See, Canton of Fribourg. Pensier is situated nearby to the hamlet La Sonnaz, as well as near Wittenbach.Places of Interest
Highlights include Pensier railway station and BCF Arena.
Pensier railway station
Railway station
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pensier railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Courtepin, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Fribourg–Ins line of Transports publics Fribourgeois.
BCF Arena
Stadium
Photo: Stynn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
BCF Arena is an indoor sporting arena in Fribourg, Switzerland. Built in 1983 and then completely rebuilt from 2018 to 2020, the capacity of the arena is 9,262 spectators. BCF Arena is situated 3 km southeast of Pensier.
Barberêche Castle
Castle
Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barberêche Castle is a castle in the former municipality of Barberêche in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is a Swiss Heritage Site of National Significance. It is located on the edge of the nearby plateau, above the Schiffenensee lakeshore. Barberêche Castle is situated 2½ km northeast of Pensier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cormagens and La Sonnaz.
La Sonnaz
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Sonnaz is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. The municipality was created in 2004 through the merger of Cormagens, La Corbaz and Lossy-Formangueires.
Barberêche
Village
Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barberêche is a former municipality in the district of Lac in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It lies on the "language boundary" between the French- and German-speaking parts of Switzerland.
Pensier
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Courtepin, See, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.84372° or 46° 50′ 37″ northLongitude
7.13924° or 7° 8′ 21″ eastElevation
550 metres (1,804 feet)Open location code
8FR9R4VQ+FMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1578223507OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7669840
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