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Plaffeien
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Also known as Plaffeien FR, Plaffeien (Oberschrot, Plaffeien)

Plaffeien (; ) is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Plaffeien
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.image_photo
Plaffeien.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption
Plaffeien village
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Plaffeien Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Plaffeien COA.svg
Swiss town.canton
Fribourg
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-FR
Swiss town.district
Sense
Swiss town.postal_code
1716 Plaffeien1716 Oberschrot1716 Schwarzsee1719 Zumholz
Swiss town.municipality_code
2299
Swiss town.area
66.53
Swiss town.elevation
856
Swiss town.website
www.plaffeien.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Daniel Bürdel
Swiss town.mayor_title
Ammann
Swiss town.places
Schwarzsee
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Brünisried, Giffers, Jaun, Plasselb, Rechthalten, Tafers and Val-de-Charmey in the canton of Fribourg, such as Boltigen, Guggisberg and Oberwil im Simmental in the canton of Bern.

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Plaffeien
Population
3594
Area
59.29
Elevation
1402
Official website
www.plaffeien.ch
Image
Plaffeien.jpg
Dialing code
026
Licence plate code
FR
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Commons category
Plaffeien
postal code
1716
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2299
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19 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Name
  • Brief history
  • The village fire
  • Merger
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Twin Town
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Climate
  • Education
  • Notable people
  • Crime
  • References
  • External links

Plaffeien (; ) is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

==History== Plaffeien is first mentioned in 1148 as Planfeiun. In 1339 it was mentioned as Blanfeyen.

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