Gletterens

Also known as Gletterens FR

Gletterens (; Arpitan: Glléterens) is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Gletterens
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Picswiss FR-16-10.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Reconstruction of a prehistoric house in Gletterens
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Gletterens COA.svg
Swiss town.canton: Fribourg
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-FR
Swiss town.district: Broye
Swiss town.postal_code: 1544
Swiss town.municipality_code: 2022
Swiss town.area: 3.02
Swiss town.elevation: 486

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Gletterens (; Arpitan: Glléterens) is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.

It is home to the Les Grèves prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.