Chapelle
Chapelle is a village and former municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It was first recorded in 1363 as Cappella.Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: former municipality and village in Surpierre in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Chapelle (Broye)”, “Chapelle (Broye) FR”, “Chapelle (Cheiry)”, and “Chapelle, Broye”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Baillival Castle and Granges-Marnand railway station.
Baillival Castle
Castle
Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Baillival Castle is a bailiff's castle in the municipality of Surpierre of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Baillival Castle is situated 3 km south of Chapelle.
Granges-Marnand railway station
Railway station
Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Granges-Marnand railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Valbroye, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss line of Swiss Federal Railways. Granges-Marnand railway station is situated 3½ km east of Chapelle.
La Molière, medieval castle and fortress ruins
Castle
Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Molière, medieval castle and fortress ruins is situated 4 km northwest of Chapelle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sassel and Nuvilly.
Sassel
Village
Photo: Christophe95, CC0.
Sassel is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The villages of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Valbroye.
Nuvilly
Village
Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nuvilly is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Cheiry
Village
Photo: Christophe95, CC0.
Cheiry is a former municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. In 2021 the municipality of Cheiry merged into the municipality of Surpierre. Cheiry is situated 2½ km southwest of Chapelle.
Chapelle
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland, Ortsteil, and locality
- Location: Surpierre, Broye District, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.77013° or 46° 46′ 13″ northLongitude
6.85198° or 6° 51′ 7″ eastElevation
622 metres (2,041 feet)Open location code
8FR8QVC2+3QOpenStreetMap ID
node 4326623904OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Upper Sorbian—“Chapelle” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Chapelle”
- Dutch: “Chapelle”
- French: “Chapelle”
- German: “Chapelle (Cheiry)”
- German: “Chapelle-près-Surpierre”
- German: “Chapelle”
- Irish: “Chapelle”
- Italian: “Chapelle (Cheiry)”
- Italian: “Chapelle”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chapelle”
- Spanish: “Chapelle”
- Swedish: “Chapelle (Broye)”
- Swedish: “Chapelle, Broye”
- Swedish: “Chapelle”
- Upper Sorbian: “Chapelle”
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