Fribourg

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canton of Switzerland

Fribourg is a bilingual Swiss canton in western Switzerland known for its medieval capital city and location at the cultural boundary between French- and German-speaking regions.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Fribourg (canton) 3
Fribourg, Switzerland 3
Fribourg (city) 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canton of Switzerland ⓘ
borderedBy canton of Bern ⓘ
surface form: Canton of Bern

canton of Fribourg ⓘ
surface form: Canton of Fribourg (self-bordering not applicable; omit)

Canton of Neuchâtel NERFINISHED ⓘ
canton of Solothurn ⓘ
surface form: Canton of Solothurn

Canton of Vaud NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersCountry France ⓘ
capital Fribourg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fribourg (city)
contains Broye district (Fribourg) ⓘ
Glâne district ⓘ
Gruyère district ⓘ
Lac district ⓘ
Sarine district ⓘ
Sense district ⓘ
Singine district ⓘ
Veveyse district ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Abbey of Hauterive ⓘ
Gruyères Castle ⓘ
Fribourg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old City of Fribourg

Saint-Nicholas Cathedral, Fribourg ⓘ
hasLake Lake Neuchâtel ⓘ
surface form: Lac de Neuchâtel (partly)

Lake of Gruyère ⓘ
surface form: Lac de la Gruyère

Lake of Gruyère ⓘ
Murtensee (partly) ⓘ
highestPoint Vanil Noir ⓘ
isoCode CH-FR ⓘ
joinedSwissConfederation 1481 ⓘ
knownFor dairy and cheese production, especially Gruyère cheese ⓘ
location at the cultural boundary between French- and German-speaking regions of Switzerland ⓘ
medieval architecture in its capital city ⓘ
languageStatus bilingual canton ⓘ
largestCity Fribourg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fribourg (city)
locatedIn Romandie ⓘ
surface form: Romandy

Western Switzerland ⓘ
surface form: western Switzerland
locatedOn linguistic boundary between French- and German-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
memberOf Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Confederation
officialLanguage French ⓘ
German ⓘ
officialName Canton de Fribourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canton of Fribourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
canton of Fribourg ⓘ
surface form: Kanton Freiburg
partOf Prealps ⓘ
Swiss Plateau ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism (historically dominant) ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
traversedByRiver Broye ⓘ
Sarine ⓘ
Singine ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode FR ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Burgundian Wars → belligerent → Fribourg ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Fribourg
Fribourg → capital → Fribourg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fribourg (city)
Swiss Plateau → contains → Fribourg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fribourg, Switzerland
this entity surface form: Fribourg, Switzerland
Fribourg → hasHeritageSite → Fribourg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Fribourg
Romandie → hasMajorCity → Fribourg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fribourg, Switzerland
this entity surface form: Fribourg (German-speaking part)
Romandy → includesCanton → Fribourg ⓘ
Romandy → includesCanton → Fribourg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bern (French-speaking part)
Fribourg → largestCity → Fribourg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fribourg (city)
Romandy → majorCity → Fribourg ⓘ
Western Switzerland → majorCity → Fribourg ⓘ
subject surface form: Franco-Provençal
this entity surface form: Fribourg (canton)
Arpitan → spokenIn → Fribourg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fribourg (canton)
subject surface form: Franco-Provençal
this entity surface form: Fribourg (canton)