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Gletterens
Reconstruction of a prehistoric house in Gletterens
Reconstruction of a prehistoric house in Gletterens
Coat of arms of Gletterens
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Gletterens is located in Switzerland
Gletterens
Gletterens
Location in Switzerland
Gletterens is located in Canton of Fribourg
Gletterens
Gletterens
Location in Canton of Fribourg
Country Switzerland
Canton Fribourg
District Broye
Area
 • Total 2.58 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Elevation
486 m (1,594 ft)
Population
 (Dec 2020 )
 • Total 1,094
 • Density 424.0/km2 (1,098.2/sq mi)
Postal code
1544
Surrounded by Boudry (NE), Chevroux (VD), Cortaillod (NE), Delley-Portalban, Grandcour (VD), Vallon

Gletterens is a municipality of the district Broye in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

It is home to the Les Grèves prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Images for kids

  • Picswiss FR-16-07

    Abandoned farm house in fields outside Gletterens

  • Picswiss FR-16-09

    Aerchological stilt house museum

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Gletterens para niños

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