Sty

A sty or pigsty is a small-scale outdoor enclosure for raising domestic pigs as livestock. Pigsties are generally fenced areas of bare dirt and/or mud.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
  • Type: Building
  • Description: enclosure for pigs
  • Also known as: pig enclosure”, “pig sties”, “pig sty”, “piggeries”, “piggery”, “pigpen”, “pigpens”, “pigsties”, “pigsty”, “sties for pig”, “sty”, “sty for pigs”, “swineries”, and “swinery

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stable and Chicken coop.

Photo: The Royal Library, Denmark, No restrictions.
A is a building in which working animals are kept, especially horses or oxen. The building is usually divided into stalls, and may include storage for equipment and feed. is situated 100 metres north of Sty.

Poultry farming is the form of animal husbandry which breeds domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese to produce meat or eggs for food.

A stall is an enclosure housing one or a few animals. A building with multiple stalls for horses is called a . A stable or barn which houses livestock is subdivided into stalls or pens. is situated 160 metres east of Sty.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines and Thannenkirch.

Village
is a commune in the department in in north-eastern . It is part of the arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé. Coal mines were operating in the village until 1849. is situated 3 km west of Sty.

Village
is a commune and tourist destination in the northeastern French department of . is situated 4 km southeast of Sty.

is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of .

Sty

Latitude
48.26054° or 48° 15′ 38″ north
Longitude
7.26498° or 7° 15′ 54″ east
Open location code
8FW97767+6X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1190614150
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­sty
Wiki­data ID
Q1651566
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yakut—“Sty” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: خنزارة
  • Aragonese: zolle
  • Aragonese: Zolle
  • Armenian: խոզանոց
  • Armenian: Խոզանոց
  • Armenian: սիգալա
  • Basque: txerritegi
  • Basque: Txerritegi
  • Belarusian: сьвінарнік
  • Belarusian: сьвінарня
  • Belarusian: сьвінтух
  • Breton: kraou
  • Breton: Kraou
  • Breton: krevier
  • Bulgarian: кочина
  • Bulgarian: Кочина
  • Bulgarian: свинарник
  • Burmese: ဝက်ခြံ
  • Catalan: porcellera
  • Catalan: Porcellera
  • Chinese: 豬圈
  • Czech: prasečák
  • Czech: vepřín
  • Czech: Vepřín
  • Danish: grisesti
  • Danish: svinesti
  • Dutch: beddenstal
  • Dutch: Beddenstal
  • Dutch: varkensstal
  • Dutch: varkenstal
  • Esperanto: porkejo
  • Esperanto: porkostalo
  • Estonian: sigala
  • Estonian: Sigala
  • Finnish: emakkosikala
  • Finnish: lihasikala
  • Finnish: sikala
  • Finnish: Sikala
  • French: porcherie
  • French: Porcherie
  • German: Saustall
  • German: Schweinestall
  • Hebrew: דיר חזירים
  • Igbo: Sty
  • Indonesian: kandang babi
  • Indonesian: Kandang babi
  • Italian: porcilaia
  • Italian: porcilaie
  • Italian: porcile
  • Italian: Porcile
  • Italian: porcili
  • Korean: 돼지우리
  • Latvian: cūkkūts
  • Latvian: cūku kūtis
  • Latvian: cūku kūts
  • Lithuanian: Kiaulidė
  • Lithuanian: tvartas
  • Macedonian: кочина
  • Macedonian: свињарник
  • Manipuri: ꯑꯣꯛꯀꯣꯟ
  • Narom: cotte
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grisehus
  • Norwegian: Grisehus
  • Polish: chlew
  • Polish: Chlew
  • Polish: chlewnia
  • Polish: świniarnia
  • Portuguese: chiqueiro
  • Portuguese: Chiqueiro
  • Russian: свинарник
  • Russian: Свинарник
  • Samogitian: kūtė
  • Samogitian: stalds
  • Shan: ၶွၵ်ႈမူ
  • Sicilian: purcili
  • Sicilian: Purcili
  • Sicilian: zaccanu
  • Spanish: pocilga
  • Spanish: Pocilga
  • Spanish: porqueriza
  • Spanish: zahurda
  • Spanish: zahúrda
  • Swedish: svinstia
  • Swedish: Svinstia
  • Turkish: domuzluk
  • Ukrainian: свинарник
  • Ukrainian: Свинарник
  • Ukrainian: хлів
  • Venetian: stia
  • Venetian: Stia
  • Welsh: cwt mochyn
  • Yakut: хотон
  • Yakut: Хотон
  • Kiaulėninks

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