Fribourg - Education, Famous Fribourgeois, Miscellaneous

46°49N 7°09E, pop (2000e) 36 000. Mediaeval town and capital of Fribourg canton, W Switzerland; on a peninsula in the R Sarine, 27 km/17 mi SW of Bern; founded, 1178; persisted as a Catholic stronghold in the Reformation; bishopric; railway junction; university (1889); foodstuffs, beer, engineering; Cathedral of St Nicholas (13th–15th-c), Church of the Woodcutters (13th-c), town hall (16th-c).

Coordinates: 46°48′N 7°09′E

Fribourg/Freiburg
Canton	Fribourg/Freiburg
District	Saane/Sarine
Coordinates	46°48′N 7°09′E
Population	36,405   (January 2003)
Area	9.32 km²
Elevation	610 m
Postal code	1700
SFOS number	2196
Mayor	Jean Bourgknecht
Website	www.fr.ch/ville-fribourg
Fribourg

Fribourg (French;

Education

University of Fribourg

Schools at the compulsory and pre-university level are available in both French and German.

Famous Fribourgeois

David Aebischer, goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens Louis Agassiz, pioneering zoologist Johannes Bapst, SJ, president of Boston College from 1863-1869 Jean Bourgknecht - politician Petrus Canisius, saint Joseph Deiss - politician Hans Fries - painter Hans Gieng, sculptor Jo Siffert, F1 driver Jean Tinguely, painter and sculptor Philip Kennedy, Oxford theologian

Miscellaneous

The canton and the capital share the same name but have different coats of arms.