Pierrafortscha
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Pierrafortscha (; , locally ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.area
- 5.06
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Pierrafortscha
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Pierrafortscha-coat of arms.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Fribourg
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-FR
- Swiss town.district
- Sarine
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1723
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2216
- Swiss town.elevation
- 751
- Swiss town.website
- www.pierrafortscha.ch
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Syndic
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Fribourg (Fribourg/Freiburg im Üechtland), Marly, Sankt Ursen, Tentlingen, Villarsel-sur-Marly
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Pierrafortscha
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Fribourg
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 156
- Area
- 5.06
- Elevation
- 751
- Body of water
- Saane/Sarine
- Shares border with
- Fribourg
- Official website
- www.pierrafortscha.ch
- Image
- Pierrafortscha.jpg
- Dialing code
- 026
- Licence plate code
- FR
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- Commons category
- Pierrafortscha
- postal code
- 1723
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2216
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- References
Pierrafortscha (; , locally ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
==History== Pierrafortscha (Fribourg dialect for Pierre Forchue, forked rock) is first mentioned in 1267 as Pierraforchia. In 1277 it was mentioned as Bevrechie. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Perfetschied, however, that name is no longer used.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pierrafortscha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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