municipality of Fribourg

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The municipality of Fribourg is a historic Swiss city and cantonal capital known for its well-preserved medieval old town, bilingual French-German culture, and location along the Sarine River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
canton canton of Fribourg ⓘ
capitalOf canton of Fribourg ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 610 metres ⓘ
foundedBy House of Zähringen ⓘ
hasBridge Bern Bridge ⓘ
Zaehringen Bridge ⓘ
linked to: Zähringen Bridge
hasCathedral St Nicholas Cathedral ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Catholic tradition ⓘ
hasDemonym Freiburger ⓘ
Fribourgeois ⓘ
linked to: Fribourg
hasFrenchName Fribourg ⓘ
hasGermanName Freiburg im Üechtland ⓘ
linked to: Freiburg
hasHeritageStatus Swiss heritage site of national significance (old town) ⓘ
hasHistoricBridges true ⓘ
hasHistoricCenterStatus one of the best-preserved medieval towns in Switzerland ⓘ
hasHistoricCityWalls true ⓘ
hasHistoricName Freiburg im Üechtland ⓘ
linked to: Freiburg
hasLocalRiverName La Sarine ⓘ
linked to: river Sarine

Saane ⓘ
hasMunicipalGovernmentType Swiss communal government ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage French ⓘ
German ⓘ
hasOldTownOn rocky promontory above Sarine River gorge ⓘ
hasPart medieval old town ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix 1700 ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguagesGroup Romance and Germanic ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Fribourg railway station ⓘ
hasRegionCode CH-FR ⓘ
hasTransportConnection railway line between Bern and Lausanne ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Fribourg ⓘ
hasUniversityLanguageProfile bilingual French-German ⓘ
hasUrbanAreaType medium-sized Swiss city ⓘ
isBilingual true ⓘ
isCantonalCapital true ⓘ
isRegionalEconomicCenter true ⓘ
knownFor bilingual French-German culture ⓘ
historic city center ⓘ
well-preserved medieval architecture ⓘ
locatedIn western Switzerland ⓘ
linked to: Western Switzerland
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Sarine River ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sarine district → contains → municipality of Fribourg ⓘ
Sarine valley → locatedNear → city of Fribourg ⓘ
linked to: municipality of Fribourg
Grand Council of Fribourg → headquartersLocation → city of Fribourg ⓘ
linked to: municipality of Fribourg
Vacherin Fribourgeois → nameElement → “Fribourgeois” refers to Fribourg ⓘ
subject linked to: Vacherin Fribourgeois cheese
linked to: municipality of Fribourg
Saane District → hasUrbanCenter → city of Fribourg ⓘ
subject linked to: Saane district
linked to: municipality of Fribourg
Saane → passesThrough → city of Fribourg ⓘ
linked to: municipality of Fribourg
Givisiez → locatedNear → city of Fribourg ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Givisiez
linked to: municipality of Fribourg
Granges-Paccot → locatedNorthOf → city of Fribourg ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Granges-Paccot
linked to: municipality of Fribourg
Marly (Fribourg) → locatedNear → city of Fribourg ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Marly
linked to: municipality of Fribourg
Neyruz → locatedNear → city of Fribourg ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Neyruz
linked to: municipality of Fribourg
Neyruz → hasUrbanProximity → city of Fribourg ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Neyruz
linked to: municipality of Fribourg
Posieux → isNear → city of Fribourg ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Posieux
linked to: municipality of Fribourg
Ecuvillens → locatedNear → city of Fribourg ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Ecuvillens
linked to: municipality of Fribourg
Ependes (FR) → locatedNear → city of Fribourg ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Ependes (FR)
linked to: municipality of Fribourg
Freiburg → governingBody → Conseil communal de Fribourg ⓘ
linked to: municipality of Fribourg
Fribourg agglomeration → centeredOn → city of Fribourg ⓘ
linked to: municipality of Fribourg
Sarine → flowsThrough → city of Fribourg ⓘ
subject linked to: river Sarine
linked to: municipality of Fribourg