Alterswil
Sign in to saveAlterswil 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.
Key facts
- 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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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.