Bionnens

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Bionnens
Bionnens coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of FriborgCanton of Friborg Freiburg (FR)
District : Glanew
Municipality : Ursyi2
Postal code : 1670
former BFS no. : XXXX
Coordinates : 554 925  /  164846 coordinates: 46 ° 38 '0 "  N , 6 ° 51' 0"  O ; CH1903:  554 925  /  164846
Height : 848  m above sea level M.
Residents: 71 (2000)
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Bionnens (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2001

Bionnens ( Friborg Patois Byounin ? / I ) used to be an independent political municipality in the Glane district of the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . The former German name Bionning is no longer used today. On January 1, 2001, Bionnens was incorporated into Ursy . Audio file / audio sample

geography

Bionnens is 848  m above sea level. M. , 1.5 km east of Ursy and 8.5 km southwest of the district capital Romont (air line). The scattered settlement extends on the high plateau Champ de la Croix between the upper Broyetal in the west and the upper reaches of the Glâne in the east, in the southwestern Freiburg Central Plateau . The former municipality area was around 1.1 km². The area included the Molasse plateau , which is on average 850  m above sea level. M. and reached in the south into the forest of Le Meylan .

population

With 71 inhabitants (2000), Bionnens was one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Friborg before the merger. Bionnens consists of the hamlet of Pré du Château and a few individual farms.

economy

Bionnens still lives from agriculture today , especially from dairy farming and cattle breeding , and there are also smaller arable areas . In the 19th century , straw weaving was done at home in the village.

traffic

The village is located off the main thoroughfares, but is easily accessible from Ursy . It is not connected to the public transport network. The next stop on the Transportc publics fribourgeois TPF bus route from Romont via Ursy and Oron-la-Ville to Palézieux-Gare is at Vursia, around 800 m from Pré du Château.

history

The area of ​​Bionnens was settled very early, which could be confirmed by some finds from the Roman period. The first written mention of the place took place in 1369 under the name Byonens ; In 1394 the spelling of Bionens appeared .

The Bionnens, which had been under the sovereignty of the Counts of Savoy since it was first mentioned , formed its own small lordship that lasted until the 16th century. When the Bernese conquered Vaud in 1536, the village came under the rule of Friborg and was assigned to the Vogtei Rue. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Bionnens belonged to the Rue district during the Helvetic and the following period and was incorporated into the Glâne district in 1848. Bionnens does not have its own church, it belongs to the Ursy-Morlens parish.

As part of the municipal mergers funded by the canton of Friborg since 2000, Bionnens was incorporated into Ursy together with Vauderens and Mossel with effect from January 1, 2001 .

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