Canton of Fribourg
Also known as Freiburg, Switzerland, Canton de Fribourg, Kanton Freiburg, Freiburg, Fribourg, FR
canton of Switzerland
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Canton of Fribourg is one of Switzerland's 26 cantons (administrative divisions), located in the western part of the country. It is notable for straddling the linguistic and cultural boundary between French-speaking and German-speaking regions of Switzerland, making it an important area of cultural and linguistic diversity in the country.
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- Official name
- Canton de Fribourg
- Demonym
- fribourgeoises
- Population
- 341537
- Area
- 1671.36
- Elevation
- 643
- Official website
- www.fr.ch
- Licence plate code
- FR
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- Commons category
- Canton of Fribourg
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- Canton of Fribourg
- inception
- 1481-00-00
- native label
- Friburg
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The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg, is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by more than two thirds of the citizens and German by a little more than a quarter. Both are official languages in the canton. The canton takes its name from its capital city of Fribourg.
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