Western Switzerland
Canton of Fribourg
Sarine District

Fribourg

Fribourg 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.
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  • Type: Town with 37,500 residents
  • Description: capital of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Freiburg”, “Freiburg i.U.”, “Freiburg i.Ue.”, “Freiburg im Uechtland”, “Freiburg im Üechtland”, “Freiburg, Switzerland”, “Fribourg FR”, “Fribourg-en-Nuithonie”, and “Fribourg, Suisse”
  • Postal code: 1700
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Cathedral of St Nicholas and BCF Arena.

Church
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Fribourg Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Fribourg, Switzerland, built in the Gothic style, on a rocky outcrop 50 metres above the river , dominating the medieval town below.

Stadium
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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.

Railway station
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serves the municipality of Fribourg, capital of the canton of , Switzerland. Opened in 1862, it is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Granges-Paccot and Marly.

Village
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(; Arpitan: Granges-Pacot is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Its German name is Mertenlach, but this is no longer common, although still in regional use. is situated 3½ km south of Fribourg.

Town
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is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in . is situated 4 km southwest of Fribourg.

Fribourg

Latitude
46.8056° or 46° 48′ 20″ north
Longitude
7.1613° or 7° 9′ 41″ east
Population
37,500
Elevation
610 metres (2,001 feet)
IATA airport code
ZHF
United Nations Location Code
CH FRB
Open location code
8FR9R546+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1685926271
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2660718
Wiki­data ID
Q36378
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Fribourg” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Fribourg”
  • Albanian: “Friburgu”
  • Arabic: “فريبورغ (سويسرا)”
  • Arabic: “فريبورغ”
  • Aragonese: “Friburgo”
  • Armenian: “Ֆրիբուր”
  • Arpitan: “Fribôrg”
  • Arpitan: “Friboua”
  • Asturian: “Friburgu”
  • Basque: “Freiburg im Uechtland”
  • Basque: “Freiburg im Üechtland”
  • Basque: “Freiburg”
  • Basque: “Fribourg”
  • Basque: “Friburgo”
  • Belarusian: “Фрайбург”
  • Belarusian: “Фрыбур”
  • Belarusian: “Фрыбург”
  • Bengali: “ফ্রিবুর্গ”
  • Breton: “Fribourg”
  • Bulgarian: “Фрибур”
  • Catalan: “Friburg”
  • Cebuano: “Fribourg”
  • Chechen: “Фрибур”
  • Chinese: “Fribourg”
  • Chinese: “佛立堡”
  • Chinese: “弗里堡”
  • Chuvash: “Фрибур”
  • Corsican: “Friburgu”
  • Croatian: “Freiburg”
  • Croatian: “Fribourg”
  • Czech: “Freiburg im Üechtland”
  • Czech: “Fribourg”
  • Danish: “Fribourg”
  • Dutch: “Freiburg im Uechtland”
  • Dutch: “Freiburg im Üechtland”
  • Dutch: “Fribourg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فريبورج”
  • Esperanto: “Freiburg im Üechtland”
  • Esperanto: “Fribourg”
  • Esperanto: “Friburgo”
  • Estonian: “Fribourg”
  • Finnish: “Fribourg”
  • French: “Fribourg en Nuithonie”
  • French: “Fribourg-en-Nuithonie”
  • French: “Fribourg”
  • Galician: “Freiburg”
  • Galician: “Fribourg”
  • Galician: “Friburgo, Suíza”
  • Galician: “Friburgo”
  • Georgian: “ფრიბური”
  • German: “Freiburg i.U.”
  • German: “Freiburg i.Ü.”
  • German: “Freiburg i.Ue.”
  • German: “Freiburg i.Üe.”
  • German: “Freiburg im Uchtland”
  • German: “Freiburg im Üchtland”
  • German: “Freiburg im Uechtland”
  • German: “Freiburg im Üechtland”
  • German: “Freiburg”
  • German: “Friburg in Nuechtland”
  • Greek: “Φριμπούρ”
  • Hebrew: “פריבור”
  • Hebrew: “פריבורג”
  • Hebrew: “פרייבורג”
  • Hungarian: “Fribourg”
  • Icelandic: “Freiburg”
  • Icelandic: “Fribourg”
  • Iloko: “Friburgo”
  • Indonesian: “Freiburg im Üechtland”
  • Indonesian: “Fribourg”
  • Irish: “Fribourg”
  • Italian: “Friborgo”
  • Italian: “Friburgo”
  • Japanese: “フライブルク”
  • Japanese: “フリブール”
  • Javanese: “Canton Fribourg”
  • Javanese: “Fribourg”
  • Kashubian: “Frébùrg/Fribourg”
  • Korean: “프라이부르크”
  • Korean: “프리부르”
  • Kurdish: “Fribourg”
  • Latin: “Friburgum Nuithonum”
  • Latin: “Friburgum”
  • Latvian: “Fribūra”
  • Latvian: “Friburga”
  • Lithuanian: “Fribūras”
  • Lithuanian: “Friburgas”
  • Lombard: “Friburg”
  • Lombard: “Friburgh”
  • Luxembourgish: “Fribourg”
  • Macedonian: “Фрајбург”
  • Macedonian: “Фрибур”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Fribourg”
  • Mingrelian: “ფრიბური”
  • Neapolitan: “Friburgo”
  • Northern Frisian: “Freiburg”
  • Northern Frisian: “Fribourg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fribourg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fribourg”
  • Norwegian: “Fribourg”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Fribourg”
  • Persian: “فریبورگ”
  • Piemontese: “Friborgh”
  • Piemontese: “Friburg”
  • Polish: “Freiburg im Üechtland”
  • Polish: “Fryburg”
  • Portuguese: “Fribourg”
  • Portuguese: “Friburgo”
  • Romanian: “Fribourg”
  • Romansh: “Freiburg”
  • Romansh: “Fribourg”
  • Romansh: “Friburg”
  • Russian: “Фрибур”
  • Russian: “Фрибург”
  • Scots: “Fribourg”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Fribourg”
  • Serbian: “Fribourg”
  • Serbian: “Фрибур/Фрајбург”
  • Serbian: “Фрибур”
  • Serbian: “Фрибург”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fribourg”
  • Sicilian: “Friburgu”
  • Slovak: “Fribourg”
  • Slovenian: “Freibourg”
  • Slovenian: “Fribourg”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فریبورگ”
  • Spanish: “Freiburg im Uechtland”
  • Spanish: “Freiburg im Üechtland”
  • Spanish: “Freiburg”
  • Spanish: “Fribourg en Nuithonie”
  • Spanish: “Fribourg”
  • Spanish: “Friburg”
  • Spanish: “Friburgo im Uechtland”
  • Spanish: “Friburgo im Üechtland”
  • Spanish: “Friburgo”
  • Swahili: “Fribourg”
  • Swedish: “Freiburg im Uchtland”
  • Swedish: “Freiburg im Üchtland”
  • Swedish: “Freiburg im Uechtland”
  • Swedish: “Freiburg im Üechtland”
  • Swedish: “Fribourg”
  • Swiss German: “Fribourg”
  • Swiss German: “Frybùrg im Üechtland”
  • Tagalog: “Fribourg”
  • Tatar: “Фрибур”
  • Thai: “ฟรีบูร์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Freiburg im Üechtland”
  • Turkish: “Fribourg/Freiburg”
  • Turkish: “Fribourg”
  • Ukrainian: “Фрібур”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Fribourg”
  • Venetian: “Friburgo (Svisara)”
  • Venetian: “Friburgo”
  • Vietnamese: “Fribourg”
  • Volapük: “Freiburg im Üechtland”
  • Volapük: “Freiburg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Fribourg”
  • Welsh: “Fribourg”
  • Western Panjabi: “فریبرگ”
  • Wu Chinese: “弗里堡（弗里堡州）”
  • Wu Chinese: “弗里堡”
  • “Fribourg”

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