Estavayer

Estavayer
Municipality
Old City of Estavayer-le-Lac
Coat of arms
Location of Estavayer
Estavayer Show map of Switzerland Estavayer Show map of Canton of Fribourg
Coordinates: 46°50′N 6°50′E / 46.833°N 6.833°E / 46.833; 6.833
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Fribourg
District	Broye
Government
• Mayor	André Losey
Area
• Total	40.36 km2 (15.58 sq mi)
Lowest elevation (Lake Neuchâtel)	429 m (1,407 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[1]
• Total	9,712
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	1470
SFOS number	2054
ISO 3166 code	CH-FR
Surrounded by	Les Montets, Cheyres, Payerne (VD), Gorgier (NE), Lully, Saint-Aubin-Sauges (NE), Sévaz, Vaumarcus (NE), Grandcour (VD), Châbles, Chavannes-le-Chêne (VD)
Website	www.estavayer.ch SFSO statistics

Estavayer (French pronunciation: [ɛstavaje]) is a municipality of the canton of Fribourg, situated on the south shore of Lake Neuchâtel. Estavayer is located between Yverdon and Bern. It is the capital of the district of Broye. It was created on 1 January 2017 when the former municipalities of Bussy, Estavayer-le-Lac, Morens, Murist, Rueyres-les-Prés, Vernay and Vuissens merged to form Estavayer.^[2]