Western Switzerland
Canton of Fribourg
Gruyère District

Gruyères

Gruyères is a town in and the capital of the district of Gruyère in the canton of in . Its German name is Greyerz. This medieval town is an important tourist location in the upper valley of the Saane river, and gives its name to the well-known Gruyère cheese.
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  • Type: Village with 2,090 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Greyerz”, “Gruyère”, “Gruyeres”, “Gruyeres FR”, and “Gruyères FR”
  • Postal code: 1663

Places of Interest

Highlights include Giger Museum and Gruyères railway station.

Museum
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Railway station
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, is a railway station in the municipality of Gruyères, in the canton of . It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Palézieux–Bulle–Montbovon railway line of Transports publics Fribourgeois.

Castle
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is a castle in the municipality of Gruyères of the in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Broc and Le Pâquier.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in .

Town
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is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in . In January 2006 incorporated the formerly independent municipality of La Tour-de-Trême. is situated 4½ km northwest of Gruyères.

Gruyères

Latitude
46.5837° or 46° 35′ 1″ north
Longitude
7.0816° or 7° 4′ 54″ east
Population
2,090
Elevation
805 metres (2,641 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH GYS
Open location code
8FR9H3MJ+FJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 338285282
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2660463
Wiki­data ID
Q69600
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Gruyères” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Gruyères”
  • Arabic: “gruyere”
  • Aragonese: “Gruyères (Suiza)”
  • Aragonese: “Gruyères”
  • Armenian: “Գրյուեր”
  • Arpitan: “Gruviéres”
  • Asturian: “Gruyères”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qruyer”
  • Basque: “Gruyères”
  • Breton: “Gruyères”
  • Catalan: “Gruyères”
  • Cebuano: “Gruyères”
  • Chinese: “Gruyères”
  • Chinese: “格吕耶尔”
  • Czech: “Gruyères”
  • Dutch: “Gruyères”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جرويير”
  • Esperanto: “Epagny”
  • Esperanto: “Grejerco”
  • Esperanto: “Greyerz”
  • Esperanto: “Gruyère”
  • Esperanto: “Moléson-Village”
  • Esperanto: “Pringy”
  • Esperanto: “Saussivue”
  • Finnish: “Gruyères (Sveitsi)”
  • Finnish: “Gruyères”
  • French: “Greyerz”
  • French: “Gruyeres”
  • French: “Gruyères”
  • German: “Epagny FR”
  • German: “Eppenach”
  • German: “Greyerz FR”
  • German: “Greyerz”
  • German: “Gruyères FR”
  • German: “Gruyères”
  • German: “Moléson-Village”
  • German: “Saussivue”
  • Greek: “Γκρυγιέρ”
  • Hebrew: “גרוייר”
  • Hungarian: “Gruyères”
  • Irish: “Gruyères”
  • Italian: “Gruyères”
  • Japanese: “グリュイエール”
  • Korean: “그뤼예르”
  • Kurdish: “Gruyères”
  • Latin: “Grueria”
  • Latin: “Gruyères”
  • Lombard: “Gruyères”
  • Malay: “Gruyères”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gruyères”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gruyères”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gruyères”
  • Norwegian: “Gruyères”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gruyères”
  • Persian: “گرویر”
  • Piemontese: “Gruyères”
  • Polish: “Gruyères”
  • Portuguese: “Gruyères”
  • Romansh: “Gruyères”
  • Russian: “Грюйер”
  • Slovenian: “Greyerz”
  • Slovenian: “Gruyères”
  • Spanish: “Gruyeres”
  • Spanish: “Gruyères”
  • Swedish: “Gruyères”
  • Swiss German: “Greyerz”
  • Swiss German: “Gruyères FR”
  • Thai: “กรุยแยร์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Greyerz FR”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Greyerz”
  • Turkish: “Gruyères”
  • Ukrainian: “Граєрц”
  • Ukrainian: “Грюєр”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Gruyères”
  • Venetian: “Gruyères (Svisara)”
  • Venetian: “Gruyères”
  • Volapük: “Gruyères”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gruyères”
  • Welsh: “Gruyères”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Gruyères”. Photo: WillYs Fotowerkstatt, CC BY-SA 3.0.