Alterswil
Alterswil | |
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Hotel Alpenrose in Alterswil village | |
Location of Alterswil | |
| Coordinates: 46°48′N 7°16′E / 46.800°N 7.267°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Fribourg |
| District | Sense |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gemeindeammann |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.1 km2 (6.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 758 m (2,487 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
• Total | 2,028 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 1715 |
| SFOS number | 2291 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-FR |
| Surrounded by | Brünisried, Guggisberg (BE), Sankt Antoni, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Wahlern (BE), Plaffeien |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Alterswil is a former 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.