Botterens

Botterens
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Freiburg (FR)
District :	Gruyère
BFS no. :	2123
Postal code :	1652
Coordinates :	575041  /  163401 coordinates: 46 ° 37 '17 "  N , 7 ° 6' 46"  O ; CH1903:  575041  /  163401
Height :	744  m above sea level M.
Height range :	674–1479 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.27  km²
Residents:	577 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	135 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.botterens.ch
Location of the municipality

Botterens ( Freiburger Patois Botèrin ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Gruyère district of the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . The former German name Botteringen is no longer used today. With effect from January 1, 2006, the previously independent community of Villarbeney was incorporated into Botterens.

geography

Botterens lies at 744  m above sea level. M. , 4 km east of the district capital Bulle (linear distance). The former street line village extends on a terrace over the southern end of Lake Gruyère , at the foot of the Freiburg Alps.

The area of ​​the 4.2 km² municipal area covers a section of the pre-Alpine area in the Gruyère region. In the west, Botterens has a small share of the lake area of ​​Lake Gruyère in the area of ​​the mouth of the Jaunbach (French: Jogne). At the shallow confluence there are several sand islands that are constantly changing over time. To the east, the municipality extends over the terrace of Botterens and Villarbeney and the steep forest slope up to the Mont Bifé and its ridge tapering to the southwest. On the Mont Bifé is 1483  m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Botterens. The mountain ridge has several rocky outcrops, including the Herbause ( 1152  m above sea level ). In 1997, 9% of the municipal area was in settlements, 50% in forests and woodlands, 38% in agriculture and a little more than 3% was unproductive land.

The village of Villarbeney and some individual farms belong to Botterens . The neighboring communities of Botterens are Broc , Morlon , Corbières , Val-de-Charmey and Châtel-sur-Montsalvens .

population

With 577 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Botterens is one of the small communities in the canton of Friborg. 93.8% of the residents are French-speaking, 3.8% German-speaking and 0.8% Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Botterens was 182 inhabitants in 1850, 196 inhabitants in 1900 (including Villarbeney). Since 1960 (219 inhabitants) there has been rapid population growth with the number of inhabitants doubling within 40 years.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Botterens was a predominantly agricultural village. Even today, livestock and dairy farming and, to a lesser extent, arable farming play a certain role in the income structure of the population. Thanks to its proximity to the Cailler chocolate factory in Broc, Botterens became a residential community early on. Companies in the food industry (meringues factory, production of goat cheese) and a plastic injection molding plant are located here. Botterens is also the location of a network station for the Freiburg electricity works.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on the main road from Freiburg to Broc . Botterens is connected to the public transport network by the Transports publics Fribourgeois bus routes , which run from Freiburg to Jaun and from Bulle to Corbières or Boltigen .

history

The area of ​​Botterens was already settled in Roman times, as evidenced by the discovery of Gallo-Roman graves. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1227 under the name Bothereyn . The spellings Bosthereyn (1403), Bocterens (1490) and Boterens (1668) appeared later . The place name is probably derived from the Burgundian personal name Bolterius and means with the suffix -ens as much as for the people of Bolterius .

Botterens has been part of the Corbières rule since the Middle Ages , which came under the sovereignty of Freiburg in 1553. In 1779, numerous houses fell victim to a fire. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village belonged to the sub-prefecture of Corbières during the Helvetic period , which was raised to the status of a district in 1803. In 1848, Botterens and Corbières were incorporated into the Gruyère district. On January 1, 2006, the merger with the previously politically independent municipality of Villarbeney was completed. The new community still bears the name Botterens.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Botterens

After Botterens broke away from the Broc parish in 1871, the classicist construction of the Saint-Claude church began. The church was consecrated in 1878.

Web links

Commons : Botterens  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Botterens (French)
• Marianne Rolle: Botterens. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial views of the village

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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 .