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The Canton of Fribourg is a canton
Cantons of Switzerland

File:Karte 13 Alte Orte.pngThe 26 cantons of Switzerland are the State s of the federation of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereignty state with its own borders, army and currency until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848....
 of Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
. It is located in the west of the country. The capital of the canton is Fribourg
Fribourg

Fribourg , is the capital of the Switzerland Cantons of Switzerland of Fribourg and the district of Sarine . It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss plateau, and is an important economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between German speaking part of Switzerland and French Switzerla...
. The name Fribourg is French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
, whereas is the German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 name for both the canton and the town.

he shores of Lake Neuchâtel
Lake Neuchâtel

Lake Neuch?tel is a lake in Western Switzerland . The lake lies mainly in the cantons of Switzerland of canton of Neuch?tel, but is also shared by the cantons of Vaud, of canton of Fribourg, and of canton of Berne....
 and Lake Morat significant traces of prehistoric settlements have been unearthed.

The canton of Fribourg joined the Swiss Confederation in 1481.






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The Canton of Fribourg is a canton
Cantons of Switzerland

File:Karte 13 Alte Orte.pngThe 26 cantons of Switzerland are the State s of the federation of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereignty state with its own borders, army and currency until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848....
 of Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
. It is located in the west of the country. The capital of the canton is Fribourg
Fribourg

Fribourg , is the capital of the Switzerland Cantons of Switzerland of Fribourg and the district of Sarine . It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss plateau, and is an important economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between German speaking part of Switzerland and French Switzerla...
. The name Fribourg is French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
, whereas is the German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 name for both the canton and the town.

History

On the shores of Lake Neuchâtel
Lake Neuchâtel

Lake Neuch?tel is a lake in Western Switzerland . The lake lies mainly in the cantons of Switzerland of canton of Neuch?tel, but is also shared by the cantons of Vaud, of canton of Fribourg, and of canton of Berne....
 and Lake Morat significant traces of prehistoric settlements have been unearthed.

The canton of Fribourg joined the Swiss Confederation in 1481. The area is made up of lands acquired by the capital Fribourg
Fribourg

Fribourg , is the capital of the Switzerland Cantons of Switzerland of Fribourg and the district of Sarine . It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss plateau, and is an important economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between German speaking part of Switzerland and French Switzerla...
. The present extent was reached in 1803 when Murten
Murten

Murten is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the See district of the Cantons of Switzerland of Fribourg in Switzerland.It is located on the southern shores of Lake Morat....
 (Morat) was acquired. The canton of Fribourg joined the separatist league of Catholic cantons in 1846 (Sonderbund). The following year, its troops surrendered to the federal army.

Geography

The canton of Fribourg lies in the west of Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
. It is bounded to the west by the Lake of Neuchâtel. To the west and the south of the canton lies the canton of Vaud
Vaud

The cantons of Switzerland of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne....
. To the east the canton of Fribourg is bounded by the canton of Bern. There are two enclaves within Vaud and one within the canton of Bern, as well as a large exclave
Exclave

An exclave is strip of land that belongs to a political entity but that is not connected to it by land . The strip of land is surrounded by other political entities....
 on the lake. The area of the canton of Fribourg is , including the small enclaves.

The canton lies on the elevated Swiss Plateau
Geography of Switzerland

Switzerland is a small, generally mountainous and landlocked country located in the center of Europe. It has a total area of about of which is land and is water....
. In the west the lands are flat, but towards the south east of the canton, the lands rise to a hilly region. This region is commonly called pre-Alps
Swiss Alps

The Swiss Alps are the portion of the Alps mountain mountain range that lies within Switzerland. Because of their central position with the entire Alpine range, they are also known as the Central Alps....
 but is part of the Bernese Alps
Bernese Alps

The Bernese Alps are a group of mountain ranges in the western part of the Alps, in Switzerland. Although the name suggests they are in the Bernese Oberland region of the canton of Bern, portions of the Bernese Alps are located in the adjacent cantons of Valais, Canton of Lucerne, Obwalden, Canton of Fribourg and Vaud....
. The highest elevation in the canton is the Vanil Noir
Vanil Noir

Vanil Noir is the highest mountain of the Fribourg Prealps in Switzerland. It forms the border between the Canton of Fribourg and Vaud.Vanil Noir is the List of highest points of the cantons of Switzerland....
 with .

The river Saane
Saâne

The Sa?ne is a river of Normandy, France, in length, flowing through the department of Seine-Maritime...
 (Sarine) flows from the south to the north of the canton. Together with its tributaries it drains most of the lands in the canton. The river Saane later joins the river Aare. The river Broye
Broye

The Broye is a 68km long river, in the cantons of Canton of Fribourg and Vaud, in Switzerland. It has a watershed area of 850 km?....
 drains the west of the canton and flows northeast into Lake Morat (Murtensee). The southwest part of the canton is drained by the river Veveyse which flows south into Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva or Lake L?man is the second largest freshwater lake in Central Europe in terms of surface area . 60% of it comes under the jurisdiction of Switzerland , and 40% under France ....
 .

Economics

Agriculture
Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
 is important in the canton of Fribourg. The main agricultural activities are cattle breeding and dairy farming
Dairy farming

Dairy farming is a class of agriculture, or an animal husbandry, enterprise, for long-term production of milk, which may be either processed on-site or transported to a dairy factory for processing and eventual retail sale....
. Cheese
Cheese

Cheese is a food consisting of proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cattle, Water Buffalo, goats, or sheep's milk. It is produced by Coagulation of the milk protein casein....
-making is established, in particular in the district of La Gruyère, home of the cheese
Gruyère (cheese)

Gruy?re is a hard yellow cheese made from cattle milk, named after the town of Gruy?res in Switzerland, and made in the cantons of Switzerland of Canton of Fribourg, Vaud, Canton of Neuch?tel, Canton of Jura, and Canton of Berne....
 with the same name. Other agricultural produces include tobacco
Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as an organic pesticide, and in the form of nicotine tartrate it is used in some medicines....
, fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
 and cereals. Agriculture is predominant in the north of the canton where the most fertile lands lie.

There is light industry concentrated around the capital Fribourg
Fribourg

Fribourg , is the capital of the Switzerland Cantons of Switzerland of Fribourg and the district of Sarine . It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss plateau, and is an important economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between German speaking part of Switzerland and French Switzerla...
. Other centres of light industry are Bulle
Bulle

Bulle is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Gruy?re in the Cantons of Switzerland of Fribourg in Switzerland. In January 2006 Bulle incorporated the formerly independent municipality of La Tour-de-Tr?me....
, Villars-sur-Glâne
Villars-sur-Glâne

Villars-sur-Gl?ne is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Sarine in the Cantons of Switzerland of Fribourg in Switzerland....
, Düdingen
Düdingen

D?dingen is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Sense in the Cantons of Switzerland of Fribourg in Switzerland....
 (Guin), Murten
Murten

Murten is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the See district of the Cantons of Switzerland of Fribourg in Switzerland.It is located on the southern shores of Lake Morat....
 (Morat) and Estavayer-le-Lac
Estavayer-le-Lac

Estavayer-le-Lac is a municipalities of Switzerland of the canton of Fribourg, situated on the south shore of Lake Neuch?tel. Estavayer-le-Lac is located between Yverdon and Berne....
. These five centers have also a large number of established small and medium sized businesses, many of which are in the service sector. Forests are important in the La Gruyère
Gruyère (district)

Gruy?re is a Districts of Switzerland of the Cantons of Switzerland of Fribourg in Switzerland. Its capital is Bulle....
 (Greyerz) district.

The district of La Sarine is home to electric power plants used for home use as well as export. The mountain areas attract tourists all year round. The lake regions are frequented by tourists - mainly families - in summer and autumn.

Transport

The canton of Fribourg is well connected to other areas of Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
 with motorways A1
A1 (Switzerland)

|-|colspan="3" style="color:#ffffff;background-color:green; text-align: center;"|Autobahn part A1a |-|colspan="3"||-|colspan="3" style="color:#ffffff;background-color:green; text-align: center;"|Autobahn part A1a ...
, A12 and fast rail links. The main railway between Geneva
Geneva

Geneva is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie . Situated where the Rh?ne River exits Lake Geneva , it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva....
 and Lausanne
Lausanne

Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French language-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva , and facing ?vian-les-Bains and with the Jura mountains to its north-west....
 in the south west to Bern and Zürich
Zürich

Z?rich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Z?rich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne....
 connects Fribourg with other centres of the country.

Demographics

The canton is predominantly Roman Catholic (70%) with a Protestant
Protestantism

Protestantism is a movement within Christianity that originated in the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. It is considered to be one of the three principal traditions of Christianity, together with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy....
 minority (15%). There are a number of monasteries as well as convents. The canton is situated on the Swiss linguistic frontier. Two thirds of the population speak French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
, one third speaks Alemannic
Alemannic German

Alemannic German is a group of dialects of the Upper German branch of the Germanic language. It is spoken by approximately ten million people in six countries, including southern Germany, Switzerland, France, Austria, Liechtenstein, and Italy....
 dialects of German. The French speaking areas are in the west of the canton, whereas the Alemannic speaking areas are in the east. There are a number of bilingual towns, a fact that has attracted some businesses, such as telesales. The population (as of 2007) is 263,241 of which 43,838 (or 16.65%) are foreigners.

Districts


Municipalities

There are 168 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg
Municipalities of the canton of Fribourg

There are 168 Municipalities of Switzerland in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, . The municipalities are located in 7 districts....
 . The number is decreasing as the canton subsidizes mergers between municipalities.

See also

  • Fribourg
    Fribourg

    Fribourg , is the capital of the Switzerland Cantons of Switzerland of Fribourg and the district of Sarine . It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss plateau, and is an important economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between German speaking part of Switzerland and French Switzerla...
     - Capital city of the canton.
  • German language
    German language

    German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
  • French language
    French language

    French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
  • Franco-Provençal language
    Franco-Provençal language

    Franco-Proven?al or Arpitan is a Romance languages with several distinct dialects that form a linguistic sub-group separate from O?l languages and Occitan language....


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