Estavayer-le-Lac
Estavayer-le-Lac | |
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Old City of Estavayer-le-Lac | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Estavayer-le-Lac | |
Estavayer-le-Lac Estavayer-le-Lac | |
| Coordinates: 46°51′00″N 6°50′50″E / 46.85000°N 6.84722°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Fribourg |
| District | Broye |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Albert Bachmann |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.41 km2 (2.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 459 m (1,506 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 489 m (1,604 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 429 m (1,407 ft) |
| Population (December 2020) | |
• Total | 6,208 |
| • Density | 968/km2 (2,510/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 1470 |
| SFOS number | 2015 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-FR |
| Surrounded by | Autavaux, Font, Gorgier (NE), Les Montets, Lully, Montbrelloz, Saint-Aubin-Sauges (NE), Sévaz, Vaumarcus (NE) |
| Website | estavayer-le-lac.ch |
Estavayer-le-Lac (French: [ɛstavaje l(ə) lak]; Arpitan: Estavalyér-le-Lèc, locally Thavalyi-le-Lé [θavaˈʎi lə ˈle] ⓘ) is a historical town and former Swiss municipality of the canton of Fribourg, situated on the south shore of Lake Neuchâtel. Estavayer-le-Lac is located between Yverdon and Bern. It is the capital of the district of Broye. The municipality of Font merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Estavayer-le-Lac. On 1 January 2017 Bussy, Morens, Murist, Rueyres-les-Prés, Vernay and Vuissens merged into the new municipality of Estavayer.