Car fund

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Freiburg (FR)

District :

Saane

Municipality :

Belfaux

Postal code :

1782

former BFS no. :

2172

Coordinates :

572 459 / 184.75 thousand coordinates: 46 ° 48 '48 " N , 7 ° 4' 40" O ; CH1903: five hundred seventy-two thousand four hundred fifty-nine / one hundred and eighty-four thousand seven hundred and fifty

Height :

656 m above sea level M.

Area :

2.43 km²

Residents:

71 (December 31, 2015)

Population density :

29 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.belfaux.ch

former Autafond municipal administration in Chenaleyres

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2016

Until December 31, 2015, Autafond was a municipality in the District de la Sarine (German: Saanebezirk) in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . On January 1, 2016, it merged with Belfaux .

geography

Autafond is at 656 m above sea level. M. , 6 km west of the canton capital Friborg (beeline). The village extends from a panoramic location on the south-eastern slope of the Bois de Combes forest , above the Sonnaz valley , in the Molasse hills of the Freiburg Central Plateau .

The area of the 2.4 km² former municipal area comprises a section of the Molasse Heights between the Broye plain and the Saane valley . The area is bounded in the east by the Sonnaz and in the south by its left side stream Ruisseau du Moulin . To the west, the former municipality extends over the gently sloping slope of Autafond to the forest heights of Les Dailles (at 734 m above sea level, the highest point of Autafond) and Bois de Combes ( 732 m above sea level ). To the north, the area extends to the edge of the forest of the Bois des Dévins . In 1997, 2% of the former municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 32% for forests and woodlands and 66% for agriculture.

Autafond includes the hamlet Combes ( 669 m above sea level ) on a plateau east of the Bois de Combes and the farm settlement Chenaleyres ( 618 m above sea level ) on the western slope of the Sonnaz. Autafond's neighboring communities were Belfaux , Chésopelloz , Ponthaux and Grolley .

population

With 71 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2015), Autafond was one of the smallest communities in the canton of Friborg. 94.7% of the residents are French-speaking and 5.3% German-speaking (as of 2005). The population of Autafond was 101 people in 1850 and 113 people in 1900. In the course of the 20th century, the population decreased by over 30% to 78 inhabitants by 1970. Since then, the population has fluctuated between 70 and 90 people.

economy

Autafond still lives from agriculture , especially from agriculture , dairy farming and cattle breeding . There are no other jobs in the village outside of the primary sector.

traffic

The former community is located away from the larger thoroughfares. The main access is from Belfaux. Autafond has no connection to the public transport network.

history

The four tumuli from the Hallstatt period , which were found at Autafond, bear witness to an early settlement of the community area. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1236 under the name Auta-fonz . The place name is derived from the Latin words alta fons (high source).

In Autafond, the Bishop of Lausanne and the Payerne Priory had basic and tithe rights in the Middle Ages . The village came under the rule of Freiburg through purchase in 1442 and was assigned to the old landscape (Spitalpanner). After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Autafond belonged to the Friborg district during the Helvetic and the following period, before it was incorporated into the Saane district with the new cantonal constitution in 1848.

Attractions

The Chenaleyres country estate was built in 1716 by the architect André-Joseph Rossier for himself and his wife Marie-Hélène Castella de Delley and has a castle chapel. It belonged temporarily to the commander of the Swiss Guard Jules Repond . Two other mansions from the 18th century are in the hamlet of Combes; The first owner of the larger one, known as Manoir de Gottrau de Pensier dit de Combes, is proven to be the de Montenach family , the construction of the smaller one can be traced back to the extinct patrician branch of the Progin family. Autafond does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Belfaux.

Chenalreyres, Autafond Parish
Farmhouse in Autafond
Combes estate

Web links

Commons : Autafond - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Marianne Rolle / AA: Car fund. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Aerial photos of Autafond and its hamlets
History of Mansions Car Fund