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Canton of Fribourg

Index Canton of Fribourg

The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Friburg (canton de Fribourg, Freiburg) is located in western Switzerland. [1]

75 relations: A1 motorway (Switzerland), Aare, Alemannic German, Bern, Bernese Alps, Broc, Broye, Broye District, Bulle, Byte, Canton of Bern, Canton of Vaud, Cantons of Switzerland, Catholic Church, Châtel-Saint-Denis, Christian democracy, Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland, Christian right, Christian Social Party (Switzerland), Christian socialism, Classical liberalism, Conservatism, Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland, Dairy farming, Düdingen, Enclave and exclave, Estavayer-le-Lac, Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland, FDP.The Liberals, Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland, Feminist political theory, Franco-Provençal language, French language, Fribourg, Geneva, German language, Glâne District, Grand Council of Fribourg, Green Liberal Party of Switzerland, Green liberalism, Green Party of Switzerland, Green politics, Gruyère cheese, Gruyère District, Historiography of Switzerland, Lake Geneva, Lake Morat, Lake Neuchâtel, Lausanne, List of castles and fortresses in Switzerland, ..., Multilingualism, Municipalities of the canton of Fribourg, Murten, National conservatism, Protestantism, Romandy, Romont, Saane/Sarine, Sarine District, See District, Fribourg, Sense District, Social democracy, Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, Socialism, Sonderbund War, Swiss Alps, Swiss Democrats, Swiss Party of Labour, Swiss People's Party, Switzerland, Tafers, Vanil Noir, Veveyse District, Villars-sur-Glâne, Zürich. Expand index (25 more) »

A1 motorway (Switzerland)

The A1 is a motorway in Switzerland.

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Aare

The Aare or Aar is a tributary of the High Rhine and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland.

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Alemannic German

Alemannic (German) is a group of dialects of the Upper German branch of the Germanic language family.

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Bern

Bern or Berne (Bern, Bärn, Berne, Berna, Berna) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) Bundesstadt, or "federal city".

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Bernese Alps

The Bernese Alps (Berner Alpen, Alpes bernoises, Alpi bernesi) are a mountain range of the Alps, located in western Switzerland.

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Broc

Broc (Bro) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Broye

The Broye (La Brouye) is a 68 km long river, in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud, in Switzerland.

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Broye District

Broye District is one of the seven districts of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, lying in the vicinity of Lake Neuchâtel.

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Bulle

Bulle (Bulo) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Byte

The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits, representing a binary number.

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Canton of Bern

The canton of Bern (Bern, canton de Berne) is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population.

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Canton of Vaud

The canton of Vaud is the third largest of the Swiss cantons by population and fourth by size.

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Cantons of Switzerland

The 26 cantons of Switzerland (Kanton, canton, cantone, chantun) are the member states of the Swiss Confederation.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Châtel-Saint-Denis

Châtel-Saint-Denis (Tsathi or Tsathi-Chin-Dèni) is a municipality and district capital of the district of Veveyse in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Christian democracy

Christian democracy is a political ideology that emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching, as well as Neo-Calvinism.

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Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland

The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz, CVP; Parti Démocrate-Chrétien, PDC; Partito Popolare Democratico, PPD; Partida cristiandemocratica Svizra, PCD) is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland.

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Christian right

Christian right or religious right is a term used mainly in the United States to label conservative Christian political factions that are characterized by their strong support of socially conservative policies.

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Christian Social Party (Switzerland)

The Christian Social Party (CSP) (Christlich-soziale Partei, Parti chrétien-social) is a political party in Switzerland.

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Christian socialism

Christian socialism is a form of religious socialism based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.

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Classical liberalism

Classical liberalism is a political ideology and a branch of liberalism which advocates civil liberties under the rule of law with an emphasis on economic freedom.

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Conservatism

Conservatism is a political and social philosophy promoting traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization.

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Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland

The Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (Bürgerlich-Demokratische Partei Schweiz, BDP; Parti bourgeois démocratique suisse, PBD; Partito Borghese Democratico Svizzero, PBD; Partida burgais democratica Svizra PBD, PBD; all translations mean literally Citizens' Democratic Party of Switzerland) is a conservative political party in Switzerland.

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Dairy farming

Dairy farming is a class of agriculture for long-term production of milk, which is processed (either on the farm or at a dairy plant, either of which may be called a dairy) for eventual sale of a dairy product.

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Düdingen

Düdingen (Guin, Dyin) is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Enclave and exclave

An enclave is a territory, or a part of a territory, that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state.

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Estavayer-le-Lac

Estavayer-le-Lac 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, und Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005,, S. 339–340.

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Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland

The Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland (Evangelische Volkspartei der Schweiz, Parti évangelique suisse, Partito Evangelico Svizzero, Partida evangelica da la Svizra) is a Protestant Christian-democratic political party in Switzerland, active mainly in the Cantons of Bern, Basel-Land, Basel-Stadt, Aargau and Zürich.

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FDP.The Liberals

FDP.The Liberals (FDP.Die Liberalen, PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux, PLR.I Liberali, PLD.Ils Liberals) is a liberal political party in Switzerland.

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Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland

The Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland (German: Eidgenössisch-Demokratische Union, EDU; French: Union Démocratique Fédérale, UDF; Italian: Unione Democratica Federale, UDF; Romansch: Uniun Democrata Federala, UDF) is a Christian-right, national conservative political party in Switzerland.

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Feminist political theory

Feminist political theory is a diverse subfield of feminist theory working towards three main goals.

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Franco-Provençal language

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Fribourg

Fribourg (Fribôrg or Friboua) or Freiburg (German, or Freiburg im Üechtland, Swiss German pronunciation:; Friborgo or Friburgo; Friburg) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and the district La Sarine.

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Geneva

Geneva (Genève, Genèva, Genf, Ginevra, Genevra) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of the Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

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German language

German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe.

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Glâne District

Glâne District (Glânebezirk French: District de la Glâne) is one of seven districts in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Grand Council of Fribourg

The Grand Council of Fribourg (Grand Conseil de Fribourg) is the legislature of the canton of Fribourg, in Switzerland.

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Green Liberal Party of Switzerland

The Green Liberal Party of Switzerland (Grünliberale Partei der Schweiz, glp; Parti vert'libéral, pvl), abbreviated to glp, is a centrist Green liberal political party in Switzerland.

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Green liberalism

Green liberalism, or liberal environmentalism, is liberalism that includes green politics in its ideology.

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Green Party of Switzerland

The Green Party of Switzerland (Grüne Partei der Schweiz; Les vertsParti écologiste suisse; I VerdiPartito ecologista svizzero; La VerdaPartida ecologica svizra; "The GreensSwiss ecological party") is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.

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Green politics

Green politics (also known as ecopolitics) is a political ideology that aims to create an ecologically sustainable society rooted in environmentalism, nonviolence, social justice and grassroots democracy.

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Gruyère cheese

Gruyère (or;, German: Greyerzer) is a hard yellow cheese that originated in the cantons of Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Jura, and Bern in Switzerland.

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Gruyère District

Gruyère (French: District de la Gruyère) is one of seven districts of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Historiography of Switzerland

The historiography of Switzerland is the study of the history of Switzerland.

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Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva (le lac Léman or le Léman, sometimes le lac de Genève, Genfersee) is a lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France.

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Lake Morat

Lake Morat or Lake Murten (French: Lac de Morat; German: Murtensee) is a lake located in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud in the west of Switzerland.

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Lake Neuchâtel

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Lausanne

Lausanne (Lausanne Losanna, Losanna) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and the capital and biggest city of the canton of Vaud.

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List of castles and fortresses in Switzerland

This list includes castles and fortresses in Switzerland.

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Multilingualism

Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers.

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Municipalities of the canton of Fribourg

There are 136 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.

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Murten

Murten (German) or Morat (French) is a municipality in the See district of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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National conservatism

National conservatism is a variant of conservatism that concentrates more on national interests and upholding cultural or ethnic identity than most other conservatives.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.

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Romandy

Romandy (la Romandie)Before World War I, the term French Switzerland (Suisse française) was. is the French-speaking part of western Switzerland. In 2010, about 1.9 million people, or 24.4% of the Swiss population, lived in Romandy. The bulk of romand population lives in the Arc Lémanique region along Lake Geneva, connecting Geneva, Vaud and the Lower Valais.

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Romont

Romont is a municipality and capital of the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Saane/Sarine

The Sarine (in French) or Saane (in German) is a major river of Switzerland.

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Sarine District

Sarine District (Saanebezirk, French: District de la Sarine) is one of the seven districts of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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See District, Fribourg

See or Lac District (Seebezirk, French: District du Lac) is one of the seven districts of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Sense District

Sense District (Sensebezirk, French: District de la Singine) is one of the seven administrative districts of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland, and the only completely German-speaking one.

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Social democracy

Social democracy is a political, social and economic ideology that supports economic and social interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a liberal democratic polity and capitalist economy.

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Social Democratic Party of Switzerland

The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (also rendered as Swiss Socialist Party; Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz, SP; Parti socialiste suisse, PS; Partito Socialista Svizzero; Partida Socialdemocrata de la Svizra) is a political party in Switzerland.

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Socialism

Socialism is a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production as well as the political theories and movements associated with them.

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Sonderbund War

The Sonderbund War (Sonderbundskrieg) of November 1847 was a civil war in Switzerland, then still a relatively loose confederacy of cantons (states).

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Swiss Alps

The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps (Schweizer Alpen, Alpes suisses, Alpi svizzere, Alps svizras), represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.

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Swiss Democrats

The Swiss Democrats (Schweizer Demokraten; Démocrates Suisses; Democratici Svizzeri; Democrats Svizers) are a right-wing political party in Switzerland.

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Swiss Party of Labour

The Swiss Party of Labour (Partei der Arbeit der Schweiz; Parti Suisse du Travail - Parti Ouvrier et Populaire; Partito Comunista; Partida svizra da la lavur) is a communist party in Switzerland.

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Swiss People's Party

The Swiss People's Party (Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (Union démocratique du centre, UDC; Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Switzerland.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Tafers

Tafers (Tavel) is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Vanil Noir

The Vanil Noir is a mountain of the Fribourg Prealps, located on the border between the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud in western Switzerland.

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Veveyse District

Veveyse District (Bezirk Vivisbach, District de la Veveyse) is one of seven districts in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Villars-sur-Glâne

Villars-sur-Glâne is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Zürich

Zürich or Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_of_Fribourg

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