Coussiberlé

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Freiburg (FR)

District :

See / Lac

Municipality :

Murten

Postal code :

1795

former BFS no. :

XXXX

Coordinates :

575467 / 194 372 coordinates: 46 ° 54 '0 " N , 7 ° 7' 0" O ; CH1903: 575467 / 194 372

Height :

580 m above sea level M.

Residents:

51 (1970)

Coussiberlé

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Parish before the merger on February 15, 1974

Coussiberlé is a town and formerly an independent political municipality in the lake district (French: District du Lac) in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . Despite the predominantly German-speaking population, the German names Guschubürli and Cussiberle are rarely used. On February 15, 1974, Coussiberlé was incorporated into Courlevon . The village has been part of the Murten municipality since 2016 .

geography

Coussiberlé lies at 580 m above sea level. M. , four kilometers south of the district capital Murten (linear distance ). The village extends on a high plateau east of Courlevon, in the Molasse hill country between Lake Murten and the Saane Valley , in the northern Freiburg Central Plateau . The former municipal soil comprised the plateau of Coussiberlé, which is bounded in the south by the Oberholz ( 628 m above sea level ) and in the northeast by the forest height Boulary ( 630 m above sea level ).

population

With 51 inhabitants (1970), Coussiberlé was one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Friborg before the merger. In 1850 the community had 63 inhabitants, in 1900 80 inhabitants. The place was originally French-speaking, but the majority situation reversed in favor of the German language in the course of the 18th century.

economy

Coussiberlé still lives today from agriculture , especially from agriculture , fruit growing and cattle breeding .

traffic

The place is on a road connecting Courlevon to Cressier . Coussiberlé has no connection to the public transport network.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1415 under the name Cursibellay . Later the names Corsibellay (1425) and Cursiberlex (1558) appeared. Since the Middle Ages , Coussiberlé belonged to the rule of Murten. In 1475, the village came under the joint administration of the estates of Bern and Freiburg as part of the bailiwick of Murten. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Coussiberlé came to the canton of Friborg. During the Helvetic Republic and the following period it belonged to the Murten district before it was incorporated into the lake district in 1848 with the new cantonal constitution.

Coussiberlé also belonged to Courlevon until 1717, after which it formed its own municipality, was united with Courgevaux from 1832 to 1871 and then independent again. Coussiberlé and Courlevon had shared administration since 1871. On February 15, 1974, Coussiberlé was finally incorporated into Courlevon. Coussiberlé belongs to the parish of Meyriez .

Attractions

Web links

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

Marianne Rolle: Coussiberlé. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .