Alterswil | |
|---|---|
 Hotel Alpenrose in Alterswil village | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Alterswil  | |
  Alterswil  Alterswil | |
| Coordinates: 46°48′N 7°16′E / 46.800°N 7.267°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Fribourg |
| District | Sense |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gemeindeammann |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.1 km2 (6.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 758 m (2,487 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,028 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 1715 |
| SFOS number | 2291 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-FR |
| Surrounded by | Brünisried, Guggisberg (BE), Sankt Antoni, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Wahlern (BE), Plaffeien |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Alterswil is a former municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of St. Antoni and Alterswil merged into the municipality of Tafers.[3]
- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "Applikation der Schweizer Gemeinden". bfs.admin.ch. Swiss Federal Statistical Office. 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.