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GPS FRIDLEY: St. Imier Drive NE and Saint-Imier, Switzerland

Virtually visit faraway places that parts of Fridley are named for.

Fridley has a short, curving street called St. Imier Drive. A town by the same name, Saint-Imier, is in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

Take a quick trip over Saint-Imier, Switzerland, in the YouTube video above.

Saint-Imier is where Longines watches are made (). The population is about one-sixth of Fridley's: 4,771 people live there.

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Thanks to , who suggested St. Imier Drive at the Fridley Patch Facebook page.

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