Editing Fribourg (section)

===Topography===
Fribourg has an elevation of {{convert|581|m}} (in the Old City), and is situated {{convert|28|km}} southwest of Bern. It is located on the Swiss plateau, and extends on both sides of the Sarine, which, in the vicinity of Fribourg, has cut deeply into the [[molasse]]. The Old City is located on a hill, only about {{convert|100|m}} wide, which rises about {{convert|40|m}} above the valley floor. Most quarters of the city are located on the High Plateau and the surrounding hills, which have an average elevation of {{convert|620|m}}. The valley floor is only settled in the area immediately around the Old City.

Fribourg has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{convert|9.3|km2|mi2|sp=us}}. Of this area, {{convert|1.25|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 13.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|1.58|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 17.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, {{convert|5.89|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 63.3% is settled (buildings or roads), {{convert|0.53|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 5.7% is either rivers or lakes and {{convert|0.07|km2|acre|abbr=on}} or 0.8% is unproductive land.<ref name=BFS_land>[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] 2009 data {{in lang|de}} accessed 25 March 2010</ref>
[[File:Fribourg Saane.jpg|thumb|right|Valley of the Sarine in Fribourg]]
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 34.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 15.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.6% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 7.5%. Out of the forested land, 14.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 6.9% is used for growing crops and 6.0% is pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 1.7% is in lakes and 4.0% is in rivers and streams.<ref name=BFS_land/>

The area of the municipality, which is relatively small for a city, covers an area of Molasse in the central part of [[Canton of Fribourg]]. The area is cut through from south to north by the tightly wound Saane/La Sarine, which has eroded a valley, in some places, to a depth of {{convert|100|m}} below the surrounding Plateau. In general, the valley floor is between {{convert|200|and|500|m}} wide. Le [[Pérolles-See|Lac de Pérolles]], formed as a reservoir by [[Maigrauge Dam]], the first [[Dam|Gravity Dam]] in Europe, in 1872, is located south of the city. The head of the [[Schiffenensee]] is located just {{convert|1|km}} north of the city. At both of these artificial lakes, La Sarine covers nearly the entire valley floor.

The hills flanked on both sides by steep, largely wooded, slopes. To the east, the municipality reaches up the slopes of Mount Schönberg, which, with an elevation of {{convert|702|m}}, is the highest point in Fribourg. The river Galtera, also deeply cut into the plateau, flows between the mountain and the river, emptying into the Saane/La Sarine near the Old City.

The former village of [[Bourguillon]] lies within the municipality. Fribourg borders on [[Düdingen]] and [[Tafers]] to the east, [[Pierrafortscha]] to the southeast, [[Marly, Fribourg|Marly]] to the south, [[Villars-sur-Glâne]] and [[Givisiez]] to the west, and [[Granges-Paccot]] to the north.