Bösingen

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Bösingen

Total population

3,309

Coordinates46.89°, 7.23°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bösingen 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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Gonzague de Reynold

Swiss writer and historian (1880–1970)

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Adolphe Merkle

Swiss entrepreneur (1924-2012)

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Arnold Schnyder

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Ernst Schmid

Swiss politician (1899-1991)

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Paul Schaller

Swiss composer (1913-1989)

Hans Rudolf Herren

Swiss entomologist

Romano Riedo

Swiss photographer

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Fritz Augstburger

Swiss politician (1930-2005)

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Fritz Schori

Swiss composer, conductor and publisher (1887-1971)

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Georges Grolimund

Swiss bicycle racer (1894-1983)

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Heinz Stalder

Swiss writer

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Pius Emmenegger

(1887-1974)

Urs Kolly

Swiss Paralympic athlete

Alfons Roggo

Swiss politician (1898-1980)

Arnold Waeber

Swiss politician (1923-1988)

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Ernst Wilczek

Swiss botanist (1867-1948)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Fribourg

• Kleinbösingen
  1.1 mi away · pop. 595
• Elswil
  2.2 mi away
• Wünnewil
  2.6 mi away
• Ulmiz
  3 mi away · pop. 425
• Jeuss
  3 mi away · pop. 415
• Düdingen
  3.4 mi away · pop. 7,504
• Lurtigen
  3.6 mi away · pop. 181
• Gempenach
  3.6 mi away · pop. 291
• Cressier FR
  4.1 mi away · pop. 836
• Niedermettlen
  5 mi away
• Pensier
  5.4 mi away
• Essert/Wallenried
  5.4 mi away · pop. 455

Browse all places in Fribourg →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Official Identifiers