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 | 459 m (1,506 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 |
ISO 3166 code | CH-FR |
Surrounded by | Autavaux, Font, Gorgier (NE), Les Montets, Lully, Montbrelloz, Saint-Aubin-Sauges (NE), Sévaz, Vaumarcus (NE) |
Website | estavayer-le-lac SFSO statistics |
Estavayer-le-Lac (French: [ɛstavaje l(ə) lak];[2] Arpitan: Estavalyér-le-Lèc, locally Thavalyi-le-Lé[3] [θavaˈʎi lə ˈle] ) is a former Swiss municipality of the canton of Fribourg, situated on the south shore of Lake Neuchâtel. Estavayer-le-Lac is located between Yverdon and Bern. It is the capital of the district of Broye. The municipality of Font merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Estavayer-le-Lac.[4] On 1 January 2017 Bussy, Morens, Murist, Rueyres-les-Prés, Vernay and Vuissens merged into the new municipality of Estavayer.