Ependes, Fribourg
Encyclopedia
Ependes is a municipality
in the district of Sarine
in the canton
of Fribourg in Switzerland
. Its former German
name was Spinz.
It was first recorded in 1140 as Spindes.
The municipality had 275 inhabitants in 1811, which increased to 277 in 1850 and 404 in 1900. It then declined to 347 in 1950 and 340 in 1970. Its territory was enlarged in 1977 with the formerly independent municipality Sales
. In 2000 the population was 1034.
The asteroid
129342 Ependes
is named in its honour.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Sarine
Sarine (district)
Sarine District is one of the seven districts of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is largely French-speaking, with a German-speaking minority. Its territory is drained by the Sarine river , and by its tributary, the Glâne...
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Fribourg in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. Its former German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
name was Spinz.
It was first recorded in 1140 as Spindes.
The municipality had 275 inhabitants in 1811, which increased to 277 in 1850 and 404 in 1900. It then declined to 347 in 1950 and 340 in 1970. Its territory was enlarged in 1977 with the formerly independent municipality Sales
Sales, Sarine
Sales is a village and former municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.It was first recorded in 1082 as Sala....
. In 2000 the population was 1034.
The asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
129342 Ependes
129342 Ependes
129342 Ependes is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1545.4214165 days .The asteroid was discovered on November 5, 2005....
is named in its honour.