Sales
Sales is a village and former municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It was first recorded in 1082 as Sala. The municipality had 114 inhabitants in 1811, which went up and down to 191 in 1850, 160 in 1870, 226 in 1920, 175 in 1930, 213 in 1941 and 153 in 1970.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Sales, Sarine”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Observatory Naef Épendes and Saints-Pierre-et-Paul parish church.
Observatory Naef Épendes
Observatory
Photo: Martignoni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Observatory Robert A. Naef is an astronomical observatory located at Épendes, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland at 7.13938 degrees east of Greenwich and 46.76236 degrees north latitude.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Épendes and Villarsel-sur-Marly.
Épendes
Village
Photo: Mathieuclement, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Épendes is a former municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Its former German name was Spinz. In 1977, the former municipality of Sales merged into Épendes.
Villarsel-sur-Marly
Village
Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villarsel-sur-Marly is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Ferpicloz
Village
Ferpicloz is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Sales
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Bois d’Amont, Sarine District, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.75961° or 46° 45′ 35″ northLongitude
7.1545° or 7° 9′ 16″ eastElevation
711 metres (2,333 feet)Open location code
8FR9Q553+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 309172078OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Min Nan Chinese—“Sales” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Sales”
- French: “Sales”
- German: “Sales (Sarine)”
- German: “Sales”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sales (Sarine)”
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