Estévenens

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Freiburg (FR)

District :

Glane

Municipality :

Vuisternens-devant-Romont

Postal code :

1687

former BFS no. :

XXXX

Coordinates :

562 605 / 168499 coordinates: 46 ° 40 '0 " N , 6 ° 57' 0" O ; CH1903: 562 605 / 168499

Height :

779 m above sea level M.

Residents:

145 (2002)

Estévenens

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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2003

Estévenens ( Friborg Patois Ethèvenin ^?^/^I ) is a town and formerly an independent political municipality in the Glane district of the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . On January 1, 2003, Estévenens was incorporated into Vuisternens-devant-Romont together with a number of other municipalities .

geography

Estévenens lies at 779 m above sea level. M. , two and a half kilometers northeast of Vuisternens-devant-Romont and 4 km southeast of the district capital Romont (beeline). The village extends on the eastern flank of the Neirigue valley , on the western slope of the Mont Gibloux hill range , in the Molasse hill country of the higher Freiburg Central Plateau . The former municipality area was around 3.4 km². The area extended from the course of the Neirigue eastwards over the valley and the slope of Estévenens and in a narrow strip up to the forest height Les Verraux ( 976 m above sea level ) and on the slope of the Derbali (up to 970 m above sea level). ), both belonging to the hill area of the Gibloux.

population

With 145 inhabitants (2002), Estévenens was one of the small communities in the canton of Friborg before the merger. In 1870 the community still had 235 inhabitants. The place consists of the two settlement centers Estévenens-Dessous ( 779 m above sea level ) and Estévenens-Dessus ( 848 m above sea level ).

economy

Estévenens still lives mainly from agriculture , in particular from dairy (for cheese production) and cattle breeding .

traffic

The place is away from the larger thoroughfares on a connecting road from Vuisternens-devant-Romont to Massonnens . Estévenens is connected to the public transport network by the Transports publics Fribourgeois bus service , which runs from Romont to Bulle .

history

The municipality of Estévenens was settled very early, which has been proven by the remains of a Gallo-Roman settlement. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1403 under the name Estevenens .

Estévenens formed together with Grangettes their own small rule, which was under the sovereignty of the Counts of Savoy . When the Bernese conquered Vaud in 1536, the village came under the rule of Friborg and was assigned to the Bailiwick of Romont. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Estévenens belonged to the Romont district during the Helvetic and subsequent periods and was incorporated into the Glâne district in 1848. Estévenens does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Vuisternens-devant-Romont.

As part of the community mergers promoted by the canton of Friborg since 2000, Estévenens was incorporated into Vuisternens-devant-Romont with Lieffrens , Sommentier , La Magne , Les Ecasseys , La Joux and Villariaz with effect from January 1, 2003 , after the community had already been incorporated in 2000 had been placed under cantonal administration.

Attractions

Web links

Evelyne Maradan: Estévenens. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .