Corjolens

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Freiburg (FR)

District :

Saane

Municipality :

Avry

Postal code :

1754

former BFS no. :

XXXX

Coordinates :

570 322 / 181425 coordinates: 46 ° 47 '0 " N , 7 ° 3' 0" O ; CH1903: five hundred and seventy thousand three hundred twenty-two / 181425

Height :

660 m above sea level M.

Residents:

84 (2000)

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2001

Corjolens ( Friborg Patois Kordzolin ^?^/^I ) is a town and formerly an independent political municipality in the District de la Sarine (German: Saanebezirk) in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . On January 1, 2001, Corjolens merged with Avry-sur-Matran to form the new municipality of Avry .

geography

Corjolens is 660 m above sea level. M. , nine kilometers west-southwest of the canton capital Friborg (beeline). The village extends on a northern slope over the wide valley with the Lac de Seedorf , in the Molasse hill country of the Freiburg Central Plateau . The former municipality area was around 1.6 km². The area reached from Lac de Seedorf and its outflow Sonnaz southwards over the formerly boggy plain to the adjacent height of Corjolens (up to 700 m above sea level ).

population

With 84 inhabitants (2000), Corjolens was one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Friborg before the merger. In 1850 the community had 64 inhabitants, in 1900 81 inhabitants. The peak was reached in 1910 with 105 inhabitants. Corjolens has a few individual farms.

economy

Corjolens was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Even today, arable farming , fruit growing and animal husbandry have an important place in the income structure of the population. A few other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector, including in a mechanical engineering company.

traffic

The village has good transport links. It is just above the main road from Freiburg to Payerne . The closest connection to the A12 motorway (Bern-Vevey) is around 4 km from the town center. Corjolens is connected to the public transport network through the Postbus course that runs from Avry to Romont .

history

The area of Corjolens was settled very early, which was proven by the discovery of Roman baths. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1173 under the name Coriolens . Later the names Coriolains , Coriolans (1223), Corjollens (1445), Corjolin (1555), Coriolin (1577) and Corjollin (1668) appeared. The place name is composed of curtis Jolinus , meaning court of Jolinus .

Corjolens was part of the Montagny domain since the Middle Ages . The village came under the rule of Freiburg through purchase in 1485 and was assigned to the old landscape (Neustadtpanner). After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Corjolens belonged to the Friborg district during the Helvetic and the following period, before it was incorporated into the Saane district in 1848 with the new cantonal constitution. Corjolens does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Onnens .

As part of the community mergers promoted by the Canton of Friborg since 2000, the residents of Corjolens and Avry-sur-Matran decided to merge their communities. The new political municipality created with effect from January 1, 2001 was named Avry .

Attractions

Web links

Marianne Rolle: Corjolens. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Aerial views of the village