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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  • Town with about 39,200 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 610 metres (2,000 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code ZHF
  • Description: capital of the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Postal code: 1700
  • Also known as
    “Freiburg”
    “Freiburg i.U.”
    “Freiburg i.Ue.”
    “Freiburg im Üechtland”
    “Freiburg, Switzerland”
    “Fribourg FR”
    “Fribourg-en-Nuithonie”
    “Fribourg, Suisse”
    “Fribourgrad”
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Places of Interest

Discover Cathedral of St Nicholas and BCF Arena.
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Church
Fribourg Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Fribourg, Switzerland.
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Stadium
is an indoor sporting arena in Fribourg, Switzerland.
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Railway station
serves the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Granges-Paccot and Marly.
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Village
(; Arpitan: Granges-Pacot…
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Village
is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
3½ km south of Fribourg
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Town
is a municipality in the district…
4 km southwest of Fribourg

Fribourg

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Latitude
46.8056° or 46° 48′ 20″ north
Longitude
7.1613° or 7° 9′ 41″ east
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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.
FribourgAlbanian
FriburguAlbanian
ፍሪቡርግAmharic
فريبورArabic
فريبورغArabic
فريبورغ (سويسرا)Arabic
FriburgoAragonese
ՖրիբուրArmenian
FribôrgArpitan
FribouaArpitan
FriburguAsturian
FriburAzerbaijani
FreiburgBasque
Freiburg im ÜechtlandBasque
FribourgBasque
FriburgoBasque
ФрайбургBelarusian
ФрыбурBelarusian
ФрыбургBelarusian
ফ্রিবুর্গBengali
FribourgBreton
ФрибурBulgarian
FriburgCatalan
FribourgCebuano
ФрибурChechen
佛立堡Chinese
弗里堡Chinese
ФрибурChuvash
FriburguCorsican
FreiburgCroatian
FribourgCroatian
Freiburg im ÜechtlandCzech
FribourgCzech
FribourgDanish
Freiburg im ÜechtlandDutch
FribourgDutch
فريبورجEgyptian Arabic
Freiburg im ÜechtlandEsperanto
FribourgEsperanto
FriburgoEsperanto
FribourgEstonian
FribourgFinnish
FribourgFrench
Fribourg-en-NuithonieFrench
FreiburgGalician
FribourgGalician
FriburgoGalician
Friburgo, SuízaGalician
ფრიბურიGeorgian
FreiburgGerman
Freiburg i.Ü.German
Freiburg i.Üe.German
Freiburg im ÜchtlandGerman
Freiburg im ÜechtlandGerman
Friburg in NuechtlandGerman
ΦριμπούρGreek
FribourgHausa
פריבורHebrew
פריבורגHebrew
פרייבורגHebrew
फ़्राइबर्गHindi
फ्रिबर्गHindi
फ़्रिबुरHindi
FribourgHungarian
FreiburgIcelandic
FribourgIcelandic
FriburgoIloko
Freiburg im ÜechtlandIndonesian
FribourgIndonesian
FribourgInterlingue
FribourgIrish
FriborgoItalian
FriburgoItalian
フライブルクJapanese
フリブールJapanese
Canton FribourgJavanese
FribourgJavanese
Frébùrg/FribourgKashubian
ФрибурKazakh
ФрибурKirghiz
프라이부르크Korean
프리부르Korean
FribourgKurdish
FriburgumLatin
Friburgum NuithonumLatin
FribūraLatvian
FriburgaLatvian
FribūrasLithuanian
FriburgasLithuanian
FriburgLombard
FriburghLombard
FreiburgLuxembourgish
Freiburg im UechtlandLuxembourgish
FribourgLuxembourgish
ФрајбургMacedonian
ФрибурMacedonian
FribourgMalay
FribourgMin Nan Chinese
ფრიბურიMingrelian
FriburgoNeapolitan
FreiburgNorthern Frisian
FribourgNorthern Frisian
FribourgNorwegian
FribourgNorwegian Bokmål
FribourgNorwegian Nynorsk
FribourgOccitan (post 1500)
FribourgOromo
ਫ਼੍ਰੀਬਰਗPanjabi
فریبورPersian
فریبورگPersian
FriborghPiemontese
FriburgPiemontese
Freiburg im ÜechtlandPolish
FryburgPolish
FribourgPortuguese
FriburgoPortuguese
فریبورگPushto
Freiburg im ÜechtlandRomanian
FribourgRomanian
FreiburgRomansh
FribourgRomansh
FriburgRomansh
ФрибурRussian
ФрибургRussian
FribourgScots
FribourgScottish Gaelic
FribourgSerbian
ФрибурSerbian
Фрибур/ФрајбургSerbian
ФрибургSerbian
FribourgSerbo-Croatian
FriburguSicilian
FribourgSlovak
FreibourgSlovenian
FribourgSlovenian
FribourgSomali
فریبورگSouth Azerbaijani
FreiburgSpanish
Freiburg im ÜechtlandSpanish
FribourgSpanish
Fribourg en NuithonieSpanish
FriburgSpanish
FriburgoSpanish
Friburgo im ÜechtlandSpanish
FribourgSwahili
Freiburg im ÜchtlandSwedish
Freiburg im ÜechtlandSwedish
FribourgSwedish
Freiburg im ÜechtlandSwiss German
FribourgSwiss German
Frybùrg im ÜechtlandSwiss German
FribourgTagalog
ФрибурTajik
ФрибурTatar
ฟรีบูร์Thai
FribourgTurkish
Fribourg/FreiburgTurkish
ФрібурUkrainian
FribourgUpper Sorbian
فریبرگUrdu
فریبورگUrdu
FriburUzbek
FriburgoVenetian
Friburgo (Svisara)Venetian
FribourgVietnamese
FreiburgVolapük
Freiburg im ÜechtlandVolapük
FribourgWaray (Philippines)
FribourgWelsh
فریبرگWestern Panjabi
弗里堡Wu Chinese
弗里堡（弗里堡州）Wu Chinese

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