Estavayer-le-Lac

Estavayer-le-Lac
Old City of Estavayer-le-Lac
Location of Estavayer-le-Lac
Estavayer-le-Lac
Estavayer-le-Lac
Coordinates: 46°51′00″N 6°50′50″E / 46.85000°N 6.84722°E / 46.85000; 6.84722
CountrySwitzerland
CantonFribourg
DistrictBroye
Government
  MayorAlbert Bachmann
Area
  Total
8.93 km2 (3.45 sq mi)
Elevation
459 m (1,506 ft)
Highest elevation
489 m (1,604 ft)
Lowest elevation429 m (1,407 ft)
Population
 (December 2020)
  Total
6,208
  Density700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
1470
SFOS number2015
ISO 3166 codeCH-FR
Surrounded byAutavaux, Font, Gorgier (NE), Les Montets, Lully, Montbrelloz, Saint-Aubin-Sauges (NE), Sévaz, Vaumarcus (NE)
Websiteestavayer-le-lac.ch
SFSO statistics

Estavayer-le-Lac (French: [ɛstavaje l(ə) lak]; Arpitan: Estavalyér-le-Lèc, locally Thavalyi-le-Lé [θavaˈʎi ˈle] ) is a historical town and former Swiss municipality of the canton of Fribourg, situated on the south shore of Lake Neuchâtel. Estavayer-le-Lac is located between Yverdon and Bern. It is the capital of the district of Broye. The municipality of Font merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Estavayer-le-Lac. On 1 January 2017 Bussy, Morens, Murist, Rueyres-les-Prés, Vernay and Vuissens merged into the new municipality of Estavayer.