Sense District
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district in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
Key facts
- Country
- Switzerland
- Canton
- Fribourg
- Capital
- Tafers
- Total
- 265.3 km (102.4 sq mi)
- Density
- 168.1/km (435.3/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Website
- http://www.fr.ch/pref/de/pub/psi/index.cfm
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Sense District (German: Sensebezirk; French: District de la Singine [distʁi(kt) d(ə) la sɛ̃ʒin]; Arpitan: District de la Singena [diʃˈtʁi də la ʃɛ̃ˈdzəna] ) is one of the seven administrative districts of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland, and the only completely German-speaking one. It is named after the Sense river, which forms the majority of its eastern border with the canton of Bern.
History
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