Estavayer-le-Lac
village and former municipality in Estavayer in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland
Estavayer-le-Lac [estavaje l(ə) lak][2] (Arpitan: 
Thavalyi-le-Lé (help·info)[3]) was a municipality of the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It is on the south shore of Lake Neuchâtel and is between Yverdon and Bern. It was the capital of the district of Broye.
Estavayer-le-Lac | |
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 Old City of Estavayer-le-Lac | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Estavayer-le-Lac  | |
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| Coordinates: 46°51′00″N 6°50′50″E / 46.85000°N 6.84722°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Fribourg |
| District | Broye |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Albert Bachmann |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.93 km2 (3.45 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 448 m (1,470 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 489 m (1,604 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 429 m (1,407 ft) |
| Population (December 2020) | |
| • Total | 6,208 |
| • Density | 700/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 1470 |
| SFOS number | 2015 |
| Surrounded by | Autavaux, Font, Gorgier (NE), Les Montets, Lully, Montbrelloz, Saint-Aubin-Sauges (NE), Sévaz, Vaumarcus (NE) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
History
changeOn 1 January 2012, the former municipality of Font merged into the municipality of Estavayer-le-Lac.[4] On 1 January 2017, the former municipalities of Bussy, Estavayer-le-Lac, Morens, Murist, Rueyres-les-Prés, Vernay and Vuissens merged into the new municipality of Estavayer.[4]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ Florence Cattin/Andres Kristol, Estavayer-le-Lac FR (La Broye) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS|LSG), Centre de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld/Stuttgart/Wien 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 und Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3, S. 339–340.
- ↑ Dictionnaire-Dikchenéro: Français-Patois/Patê-Franché. Société cantonale des patoisans fribourgeois. Fribourg: 2013. p. 170
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 17 February 2011
Other websites
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Media related to Estavayer-le-Lac at Wikimedia Commons
- Estavayer-le-Lac – official website (in French)
- Estavayer-le-Lac in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Broye Aeropole aeronautics center
- Estavenir technology park
- The Frog Museum
- Grande Cariçaie nature reserve
- Estavayer-le-Lac Rowing Club
