Riaz
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Riaz (; , or ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Riaz
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Riaz-coat of arms.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Fribourg
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-FR
- Swiss town.district
- Gruyère
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1632
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2148
- Swiss town.area
- 7.78
- Swiss town.elevation
- 720
- Swiss town.website
- www.riaz.ch
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Syndic
- Swiss town.demonym
- Riazois
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Bulle, Vaulruz, Sâles, Marsens, Echarlens
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Riaz
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Fribourg
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 2780
- Area
- 7.76
- Elevation
- 726
- Shares border with
- Bulle
- Official website
- www.riaz.ch
- Dialing code
- 026
- Licence plate code
- FR
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- Commons category
- Riaz
- postal code
- 1632
- P8168
- Patrick Gaillard
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2148
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- References
Riaz (; , or ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
==History== Riaz is first mentioned in 900 as Villa Roda. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Zum Rad, however, that name is no longer used.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Riaz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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