Tafers
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Tafers ( ; ) is a 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
- Tafers
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Tafers FR Schulhaus.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Tafers COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Tafers Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Fribourg
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-FR
- Swiss town.district
- Sense
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1712
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2306
- Swiss town.area
- 8.37
- Swiss town.elevation
- 651
- Swiss town.website
- www.tafers.ch
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Gemeindeammann
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Alterswil, Düdingen, Fribourg (Freiburg im Üechtland/Fribourg), Sankt Antoni, Sankt Ursen, Schmitten
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Alterswil
- St. Antoni
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Historic Population
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- References
- External links
Tafers ( ; ) is a 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=== Alterswil is first mentioned in 1148 as Alterihcwilere. In 1228 it was mentioned as Vilar Altri.
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