Chandon FR

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FR is the abbreviation for the canton of Friborg in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Chandonf .
Chandon
Chandon Coat of Arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of FriborgCanton of Friborg Freiburg (FR)
District : Broyew
Municipality : Léchellesi2
Postal code : 1773
former BFS no. : XXXX
Coordinates : 570 350  /  186 984 coordinates: 46 ° 50 '0 "  N , 7 ° 3' 0"  O ; CH1903:  570 350  /  one hundred eighty-six thousand nine hundred and eighty-four
Height : 525  m above sea level M.
Residents: 95 (1990)
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Chandon FR (Switzerland)
Chandon FR
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Parish before the merger on September 1, 1994

Chandon is a town and formerly an independent political municipality in the Broye district of the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . On September 1, 1994, Chandon was incorporated into Léchelles . Since 2016 the village belongs to the municipality of Belmont-Broye .

geography

Chandon lies at 525  m above sea level. M. , 2.5 km east-northeast of Léchelles and 10 km west-northwest of the canton capital Friborg . The farming village extends in the Chandon valley , at the mouth of the Riaux stream , east of the Grand Belmont , in the Molasse hills of the north-western Freiburg Central Plateau . The former municipality area was around 3.2 km². The area comprised a section of the Chandon valley, which has a flat valley floor 200 to 400 m wide. In the east the valley is flanked by the plateau of Grolley, in the northwest by the forest height of the Grand Belmont ( 658  m above sea level ).

population

With 95 inhabitants (1990), Chandon was one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Friborg before the merger. In 1888 the community had 210 inhabitants. Chandon also includes the hamlet of Vuaty ( 598  m above sea level ) on a terrace on the south- eastern slope of the Grand Belmont above the Chandon valley.

economy

Chandon still lives from agriculture , especially from agriculture , dairy farming and cattle breeding .

traffic

The place is away from the larger thoroughfares, but has connections with the neighboring villages of Léchelles, Grolley and Oleyres . Chandon itself has no connection to the public transport network.

history

The area of ​​Chandon was settled very early, which has been proven by the remains of a Roman villa and a Burgundian burial ground (6th to 7th centuries). The first written mention of the place took place in 1123 under the name Candone . Later the names Chandone (1155), Chandun (1228) and Chandon (1509) appeared. The place name has Celtic roots and is derived from Cambo-dunum (fortifications on the meander), meaning a valley arch of the Chandon.

Chandon probably formed a parish as early as the 10th century, which was dependent on the Cluniac priory Payerne . Chandon was part of the Montagny dominion since the Middle Ages . With this rule the village came under the suzerainty of Freiburg in 1478 and was assigned to the Bailiwick of Montagny. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Chandon was part of the Montagny district during the Helvetic and subsequent periods before being incorporated into the Broye district in 1848. After the residents of Chandon had agreed to a merger on April 12, 1994, the place was incorporated into Léchelles with effect from September 1, 1994.

Attractions

The current church of Saint-Gengon dates from 1872. Chandon was the seat of the parish until 1859, which was then moved to Léchelles.

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