Marsens
Sign in to saveMarsens (; Arpitan: Machin) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2001 the former municipality of Vuippens merged into the municipality of Marsens.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Marsens
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Marsens COA.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Fribourg
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-FR
- Swiss town.district
- Gruyère
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1633
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2140
- Swiss town.area
- 7.79
- Swiss town.elevation
- 722
- Swiss town.website
- www.marsens.ch
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Syndic
- Swiss town.places
- Marsens, Vuippens
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Corbières, Echarlens, Grangettes, Hauteville, Le Châtelard, Pont-en-Ogoz, Riaz, Sâles, Sorens
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Marsens (; Arpitan: Machin) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2001 the former municipality of Vuippens merged into the municipality of Marsens.
==History== thumb|left|Aerial view (1952) Marsens derives its name from the god Mars. Archaeology in the village uncovered a Gallo-Roman temple dedicated to the god, which was destroyed in 260. The site of the temple can be seen today. Marsens is first mentioned in 851 as Curtis marsingus. In 929 it was mentioned as Marsingis and in 1668 it was Marcens. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Marsing, however, that name is no longer used.