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Alterswil
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Also known as Alterswil FR

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.

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Swiss town.subject_name
Alterswil
Swiss town.municipality_type
former
Swiss town.image_photo
Alterswil Hotel Alpenrose 1.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption
Hotel Alpenrose in Alterswil village
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Alterswil COA.svg
Swiss town.canton
Fribourg
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-FR
Swiss town.district
Sense
Swiss town.postal_code
1715
Swiss town.municipality_code
2291
Swiss town.area
16.1
Swiss town.elevation
758
Swiss town.population
2050
Swiss town.populationof
2019
Swiss town.website
www.alterswil.ch
Swiss town.mayor_title
Gemeindeammann
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Brünisried, Guggisberg (BE), Sankt Antoni, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Wahlern (BE), Plaffeien

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Alterswil
Population
2028
Area
16.14
Elevation
743
Image
Alterswil Hotel Alpenrose 1.jpg
Dialing code
026
Licence plate code
FR
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postal code
1715
Commons category
Alterswil
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2291
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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.

==History== Alterswil is first mentioned in 1148 as Alterihcwilere. In 1228 it was mentioned as Vilar Altri.

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