Location: Fribourg
Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
Country: Switzerland
Canton: Fribourg
District: La Sarine
Government• Executive: Conseil communal / Gemeinderat
with 5 members
• Mayor: Syndic/Ammann (list)
Thierry Steiert SPS/PSS
(as of 2016)
• Parliament: Conseil général / Generalrat
with 80 members
Area• Total: 9.28 km (3.58 sq mi)
Elevation: 610 m (2,000 ft)
Highest elevation (Schönberg): 702 m (2,303 ft)
Lowest elevation (La Sarine (river)): 531 m (1,742 ft)
Population (Dec 2016)• Total: 38,829
• Density: 4,200/km (11,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s): French: Fribourgois(e)
German: Freiburger(in)
Postal code: 1700
SFOS number: 2196
Localities: Bourg, Beauregard, Jura, Pérolles, Neuveville, Auge, Schoenberg, Places, Bourguillon (Bürglen)
Surrounded by: Düdingen, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Marly, Pierrafortscha, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Villars-sur-Glâne
Twin towns: Rueil-Malmaison (France)
Website: www.ville-fribourg.ch
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Fribourg (French pronunciation: [fʁibuʁ]; Arpitan: Fribôrg or Friboua, pronounced [fʁibwa] ( listen)) or Freiburg (German, or Freiburg im Üechtland, Swiss German pronunciation: [ˈfrib̥ʊrɡ]; Italian: Friborgo or Friburgo; Romansh: Friburg) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and the district La Sarine. It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss Plateau, and is a major economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between German and French Switzerland (Romandy). Its Old City, one of the best-maintained in Switzerland, sits on a small rocky hill above the valley of the Sarine.
Restaurants in Fribourg
1. Abbaye de la Maigrauge
2. Eglise St-Jean
3. Eglise Des Cordeliers
rue de Morat 6, Fribourg 1700 Switzerland +41 26 347 11 60 [email protected] https://www.fribourgtourisme.ch/fr/P20905/eglise-des-cordeliers
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4. Basilique Notre-Dame de Fribourg
5. Cure catholique romaine du Christ-Roi
route du Comptoir 2, Fribourg 1700 Switzerland +41 26 425 42 00 http://www.christ-roi.ch/wp/
6. Eglise Saint Pierre
chemin de Jolimont 2, Fribourg 1700 Switzerland http://theodia.org/?place=48&language=fr
