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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.1564,Lat: 46.8046
Elevation	614 meter above sea level
Local time	7:43:12am
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	La Sarine
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Fribourg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Givisiez	2.5 km	WestNorthWest
2 Granges-Paccot	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Villars-sur-Glâne	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
4 Pierrafortscha	3 km	SouthEast
5 Marly	3.1 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	27 km	NorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	184 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	321 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 292 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aare, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Schiffenensee (4.3 km² at a height of around 531 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.7 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Murtensee with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 15.5 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 43.2 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 60 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Stadtlandschaft -- Paysage urbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 92 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.6 km2

16%

Nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

44.4 km2

56.4%

Urban area

19.1 km2

24.3%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fribourg in country Switzerland

Fribourg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	27 km	EastNorthEast
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	41 km	NorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	45 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fribourg

Type of weather in Fribourg	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:43 Europe/Amsterdam