Tafers
Tafers | |
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Location of Tafers | |
| Coordinates: 46°49′N 7°13′E / 46.817°N 7.217°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Fribourg |
| District | Sense |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gemeindeammann |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.37 km2 (3.23 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 651 m (2,136 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
• Total | 3,449 |
| • Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 1712 |
| SFOS number | 2306 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-FR |
| Surrounded by | Alterswil, Düdingen, Fribourg (Freiburg im Üechtland/Fribourg), Sankt Antoni, Sankt Ursen, Schmitten |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Tafers (French: Tavel [tavɛl]; Arpitan: Tavél [taˈvi] ⓘ) 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.