Courtepin

Courtepin
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Freiburg (FR)
District :	lake
BFS no. :	2254
Postal code :	1583 Villarepos 1783 Barberêche 1784 Courtepin 1784 Wallenried
Coordinates :	575897  /  190881 coordinates: 46 ° 52 '7 "  N , 7 ° 7' 21"  O ; CH1903:  575897  /  190881
Height :	578  m above sea level M.
Height range :	444–671 m above sea level M.
Area :	21.87  km²
Residents:	5454 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	249 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.courtepin.ch
Location of the municipality

Courtepin is a municipality in the lake district (French: District du Lac ) in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . The Germanized form of the name Curtepy is only used in dialect today. The formerly independent community Courtaman was incorporated into Courtepin on January 1, 2003. On January 1, 2017, the former municipalities of Barberêche , Wallenried and Villarepos merged with Courtepin to form the new municipality of Courtepin.

geography

Courtepin is 578  m above sea level. M. , 7 km north-northwest of the canton capital Friborg (linear distance). The village extends in a wide hollow of a brook that flows into the Schiffenensee , in the Molasse heights in the northern Freiburg Central Plateau .

The area of 4.1 square kilometers large municipal area comprises a portion of the glacial Rhonegletscher overmolded Molassehöhen between the Morat and Saanen valley . The central part of the area is taken up by the up to 700 m wide valley of the village stream of Courtepin, to which the Bois de l'Hôpital forest area (up to 660  m above sea level ) connects in the south . To the north, the community soil extends over a flat saddle into the headwaters of the Biberen (French: La Bibera) and to the Bois de la Râpe . To the east of this valley zone, the area extends to the adjacent heights and to the edge of the Bouleywald and into the Monterschuwald , in which at 670  m above sea level. M. the highest point is reached by Courtepin. In 1997, 20% of the municipal area was in settlements, 27% in forests and woodlands, 52% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

Courtepin includes the village of Courtaman ( 591  m above sea level ), the districts of Vieux-Quartier ( 570  m above sea level ) at the foot of the Bois de l'Hôpital and Quartier Neuf ( 578  m above sea level ) on the saddle between the Biberen and the village stream of Courtepin as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Courtepin are Gurmels , Düdingen , La Sonnaz , Misery-Courtion , Courgevaux , Murten and Cressier in the canton of Friborg , Avenches and Faoug in the canton of Vaud and Clavaleyres in an exclave of the canton of Bern .

population

With 5454 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Courtepin is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Friborg. 1649 of them live in the actual village of Courtepin. 57.7% of the residents are French-speaking, 26.3% German-speaking and 8.0% speak Portuguese (as of 2000). Courtepin's population was 316 in 1850 and 443 in 1900 (including Courtaman, which is now incorporated). During the 20th century the population increased steadily until 1960 (818 inhabitants). During the 1960s there was a rapid growth of 115% to 1754 inhabitants in 1970. Even afterwards, the population continued to grow rapidly. The settlement areas of the villages Courtepin and Courtaman have now grown together seamlessly. At the end of 2015, before the incorporation of Barberêche , Villarepos and Wallenried , the population of Courtepin was 3,681.

economy

Courtepin was a predominantly agricultural village until the first half of the 20th century . Today, however, arable farming , fruit growing and cattle breeding only play a marginal role in the income structure of the population.

The industrial boom began in 1903 with the founding of the Sadem metal factory in the Neuf district. Another milestone in the development of the village is the branch of Micarna AG (belongs to the Federation of Migros Cooperatives and produces fresh meat, charcuterie goods and poultry), which led to the population explosion during the 1960s. In addition to these companies, there are now numerous other small and medium-sized companies in the construction and transport industry, heating system construction, food processing and precision engineering. Courtepin is the location of the Center de formation professional spécialisé (CFPS), a specialized vocational training center. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Numerous new quarters were built on the slope east of Courtepin. Many employed people are therefore commuters who mainly work in the Freiburg and Murten regions.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of transport. It is located on the main road from Freiburg to Murten . The closest connection to the A12 motorway (Bern-Vevey) is around 5 km from the town center. On August 23, 1898, the railway line from Murten to Freiburg with a train station in Courtepin was put into operation. The Transports publics fribourgeois bus line , which runs on the route from Courtepin to Gurmels , takes care of the fine distribution in public transport .

history

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1964

Courtaman

Courtepin (old)

The municipality of Courtepin was settled very early. The earliest evidence of human presence are the barrows in the Bois de l'Hôpital, which date from the Hallstatt period. During the construction of streets and houses, some important finds that can be attributed to Roman times were discovered. These include a warrior statuette, a Venus statuette and coin finds from the time of the emperors Augustus and Trajan. A Roman villa was probably located on the site of today's Vieux-Quartier.

The first written mention of the place took place in 1259 under the name Courtipin . Later the names Curtipin (1343), Curtilpin (1390) and Curtelpin (1436) appeared. Earlier Germanized place names were Curtepy , Curtepih and Curtepin . The etymology of the place name is not clear. Courtepin could go back to the court (late Latin cortis ) of a Hilpan or a Tulpin .

Courtepin was part of the possession of the Counts of Thierstein in the Middle Ages . In 1442 the village came under the rule of Freiburg through purchase and from then on belonged to the Old Landscape (Spitalpanner). After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Courtepin belonged to the district of Freiburg during the Helvetic and the following period and from 1831 to the German district of Freiburg, before it was incorporated into the lake district in 1848 with the new cantonal constitution.

While the Vieux-Quartier forms the old village center, after the construction of the railway from around 1900, the Neuf district was created at the train station, which has now developed into an extensive commercial and industrial zone. Courtaman was incorporated into Courtepin with effect from January 1, 2003 as part of the community mergers promoted by the canton of Friborg since 2000 .

Through the merger with Courtaman in 2003, the new municipality also received a new coat of arms.

Attractions

See also : List of Cultural Property in Courtepin

Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire Church was built between 1949 and 1951 and has been Courtepin's Catholic parish church since 1975.

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  Community administration

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  Station tpf

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  Partial view of the school complex

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  Festisport sports hall

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  Catholic Church

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  Landi silo towers

literature

• Hermann Schöpfer: Les monuments d'art et d'histoire du Canton de Friborg, Tome IV: Le District du lac (I). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1989 (Art Monuments of Switzerland, Volume 81). ISBN 3-909158-21-8 . Pp. 133-141.

Web links

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

• Official website of the Municipality of Courtepin
• Marianne Rolle: Courtepin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Marianne Rolle: Courtaman. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial views of Courtepin

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 .