Sorens
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Sorens (, ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Sorens
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- 1642 Sorens, Switzerland - panoramio.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Sorens in 2013
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Sorens-coat of arms.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Fribourg
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-FR
- Swiss town.district
- Gruyère
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1642
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2153
- Swiss town.area
- 8.74
- Swiss town.elevation
- 800
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Syndic
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Le Châtelard, Le Glèbe, Marsens, Pont-en-Ogoz, Villorsonnens
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Sorens
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Fribourg
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 1098
- Area
- 8.71
- Elevation
- 800
- Official website
- www.sorens.ch
- Dialing code
- 026
- Licence plate code
- FR
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- Commons category
- Sorens
- postal code
- 1642
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2153
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Points of interest
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- References
Sorens (, ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
==History== Sorens is first mentioned around 974-75 as Sotringus. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Soring, however, that name is no longer used.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sorens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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