Bossonnens
Bossonnens | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Freiburg (FR) |
District : | Vivisbach |
BFS no. : | 2323 |
Postal code : | 1615 |
Coordinates : | 554 703 / 152434 |
Height : | 751 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 643–806 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 4.12 km² |
Residents: | 1505 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 365 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.bossonnens.ch |
Location of the municipality | |
Bossonnens ( Freiburger Patois ) is a municipality in the district of Veveyse (German Vivisbach ) in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . The former German name Bossum is no longer used today.
geography
Bossonens is located in the very south of the canton on the border with the canton of Vaud . The neighboring communities are Granges (Veveyse) and Attalens on the Freiburg side and Oron on the Vaud side.
- Highest point: 802 m
- Lowest point: 654 m
population
With a population of over 1,100 as of the year 2000, the majority of the population is Roman Catholic (approx. 70%) and French-speaking (approx. 90%). About 20% of the population are Protestant.
government
A community assembly takes place several times a year and forms the legislature. A local council of 7 people provides the executive.
economy
Two thirds of the employed work in the service sector. Almost a further third work in the industrial sector. Agriculture employs less than five percent.
history
The first traces of settlement are caves carved into erratic blocks. In 1829 a Roman villa with underground baths was discovered. The building was built in the 1st century and destroyed around 260. It seems that around this time the first Alemanni settled in the region. It is also the Alemanni who gave the place its name. The place name is mentioned for the first time around the year one thousand (between 971 and 1011) under the form of Bucenens .
In the second half of the 12th century, Bossonnens Castle was built by the Blonay family. The heyday of Bossonnens Castle was short-lived, and the city of Freiburg took over the estate as early as 1536. Today the castle is in ruins and Bossonnens is a small village in the hinterland of the city of Vevey .
Attractions
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Bossonnens (French)
- Marianne Rolle: Bossonnens. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Castle world: Château de Bossonnens
Individual evidence
- ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .