Marly

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Marly

Total population

7,919

WeatherAvg high 58.3°F

Coordinates46.77°, 7.16°

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

Overview

Marly is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Its German name is Mertenlach, but this is no longer common, although still in regional use. It was formed through the 1970 merger of Marly-le-Grand and Marly-le-Petit and the 1976 addition of the former municipality of Chésalles.

Geography

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

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Hans Fries

Swiss artist (c.1465-c.1520)

Jean-François Rime

Swiss politician

Jean Bourgknecht

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1902-1964)

M

Mia Aegerter

musician, singer, dancer

Urs Schwaller

Swiss politician

Jean-Baptiste Girard

Swiss Franciscan educator (1765-1850)

Erwin Jutzet

Swiss politician

Dan Vasella

Swiss businessperson and corporate director

Gonzague de Reynold

Swiss writer and historian (1880–1970)

Jorge Claraz

Swiss explorer and botanist (1832-1930)

Daniele Buetti

Swiss artist (born 1955)

Oskar Leimgruber

Swiss jurist and lawyer (1886-1976)

Louis d’Affry

Swiss politician and soldier (1743-1810)

Roger de Weck

Swiss television presenter, economy historian and media manager

Liliane Chappuis

Swiss politician (1955-2007)

Martine Brunschwig Graf

Swiss politician

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

Nearby places in Fribourg

• Villarsel
  0.9 mi away · pop. 87
• Ependes FR
  1.6 mi away · pop. 1,105
• Treyvaux
  3.5 mi away · pop. 1,248
• Corminboeuf
  3.6 mi away · pop. 3,029
• Tafers
  3.9 mi away · pop. 2,627
• Pensier
  4.9 mi away
• Düdingen
  5.4 mi away · pop. 7,504
• La Roche FR
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,859
• Nierlet-les-Bois
  6 mi away
• Plaffeien
  6.4 mi away · pop. 3,601
• Zumholz
  6.4 mi away · pop. 397
• Vuisternens-en-Ogoz
  6.8 mi away · pop. 975

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.

Recently spotted species

Queen of Spain Fritillary

Issoria lathonia

Seen 2026-10-15

Common Wall Lizard

Podarcis muralis

Seen 2026-10-15

Beaded Chestnut

Agrochola lychnidis

Seen 2026-10-14

The Delicate

Mythimna vitellina

Seen 2026-10-14

Box Tree Moth

Cydalima perspectalis

Seen 2026-10-14

The White-Point

Mythimna albipuncta

Seen 2026-10-14

Green-brindled Crescent

Allophyes oxyacanthae

Seen 2026-10-14

Beet Armyworm Moth

Spodoptera exigua

Seen 2026-10-14

Large Yellow Underwing

Noctua pronuba

Seen 2026-10-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers