Valbroye

Valbroye is a municipality in the district of in the canton of in . The villages of , , , , , , and merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Valbroye.
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  • Type: Locality with 3,300 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
  • Also known as: CH5831” and “Valbroye VD

Places of Interest

Highlights include Baillival Castle and Henniez railway station.

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

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.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of . It is located at the junction of the standard gauge Lausanne–Bern line of Swiss Federal Railways and the Bulle–Romont line of Transports publics Fribourgeois. is situated 4 km southeast of Valbroye.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lucens and Romont.

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
is a municipality and capital of the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in . is situated 4 km southeast of Valbroye.

Village
is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the , . In January 2005 incorporated the formerly independent municipality of Praratoud, in January 2017 incorporated and in January 2021 it incorporated .

Valbroye

Latitude
46.7249° or 46° 43′ 30″ north
Longitude
6.892° or 6° 53′ 31″ east
Population
3,300
Elevation
684 metres (2,244 feet)
Open location code
8FR8PVFR+XR
Geo­Names ID
8260343
Wiki­data ID
Q70689
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In Other Languages

From Arpitan to Venetian—“Valbroye” goes by many names.
  • Arpitan: Vâlbrouye
  • Basque: Valbroye
  • Breton: Valbroye
  • Bulgarian: Валбройе
  • Catalan: Valbroye
  • Cebuano: Valbroye
  • Chinese: 瓦勒布罗瓦
  • Dutch: Valbroye
  • Esperanto: Valbroye
  • French: Valbroye VD
  • French: Valbroye
  • German: Valbroye VD
  • German: Valbroye
  • Irish: Valbroye
  • Italian: Valbroye VD
  • Italian: Valbroye
  • Lombard: Valbroye
  • Macedonian: Валброј
  • Malay: Valbroye
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Valbroye
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Valbroye
  • Occitan (post 1500): Valbroye
  • Polish: Valbroye
  • Portuguese: Valbroye
  • Russian: Валброии
  • Spanish: Valbroye
  • Swedish: Valbroye
  • Swiss German: Valbroye
  • Tosk Albanian: Valbroye
  • Turkish: Valbroye
  • Ukrainian: Вальбруа
  • Upper Sorbian: Valbroye
  • Venetian: Valbroye
  • Valbroye
  • Valbroye VD

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Le Château and hôpital fribourgeois HFR, Site de Billens.

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