Tafers

Tafers
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Tafers is located in Switzerland
Tafers
Tafers
Tafers is located in Canton of Fribourg
Tafers
Tafers
Coordinates: 46°49′N 7°13′E / 46.817°N 7.217°E / 46.817; 7.217
CountrySwitzerland
CantonFribourg
DistrictSense
Government
 • MayorGemeindeammann
Area
 • Total8.37 km2 (3.23 sq mi)
Elevation
651 m (2,136 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total3,449
 • Density410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
1712
SFOS number2306
ISO 3166 codeCH-FR
Surrounded byAlterswil, Düdingen, Fribourg (Freiburg im Üechtland/Fribourg), Sankt Antoni, Sankt Ursen, Schmitten
Websitewww.tafers.ch
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Tafers (French: Tavel [tavɛl]; Arpitan: Tavél [taˈvi] ) is a 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]

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Applikation der Schweizer Gemeinden". bfs.admin.ch. Swiss Federal Statistical Office. 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.