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Also known as Gibloux FR, Gibloux, Switzerland, Gibloux, Fribourg

Gibloux (; ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. The municipality was formed 1 January 2016, from the merger of Corpataux-Magnedens, Farvagny, Le Glèbe, Rossens and Vuisternens-en-Ogoz.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Gibloux
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Gibloux COA.svg
Swiss town.image_photo
Gibloux Farvagny 2025.jpg
Swiss town.canton
Fribourg
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-FR
Swiss town.district
Sarine
Swiss town.postal_code
1695-6, 1726-8
Swiss town.municipality_code
2236
Swiss town.area
3606
Swiss town.elevation
687
Swiss town.population
7025
Swiss town.populationof
Dec 2014
Swiss town.popofyear
2014
Swiss town.mayor_title
Syndic
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Autigny, Arconciel, Cottens, Hauterive, Le Glèbe, Pont-en-Ogoz

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Gibloux (; ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. The municipality was formed 1 January 2016, from the merger of Corpataux-Magnedens, Farvagny, Le Glèbe, Rossens and Vuisternens-en-Ogoz.

==History== The village of Rossens is first mentioned in 1162 as Rossens. It was formerly known by its German name Rossing, however, that name is no longer used.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gibloux” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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