Fétigny FR

FR is the abbreviation for the canton of Friborg in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Fétigny .

Fétigny
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Freiburg (FR)
District :	Broye
BFS no. :	2016
Postal code :	1532
Coordinates :	559981  /  182906 coordinates: 46 ° 47 '46 "  N , 6 ° 54' 52"  O ; CH1903:  559981  /  182906
Height :	458  m above sea level M.
Height range :	446-510 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.10  km²
Residents:	1060 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	259 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.fetigny.ch
Fétigny
Location of the municipality

Fétigny ( Freiburger Patois Fethenyi ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Broye district in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . The former German name Fetenach is no longer used today.

geography

Fétigny lies at 458  m above sea level. M. , 3 km southwest of Payerne (linear distance) in the Friborg exclave Estavayer-le-Lac . The former street lines village stretches along the western edge of the Broyetals , shortly before the opening of the valley to Broyeebene, in the northwestern Freiburg Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 4.1 km² municipal area includes a section of the central Broye valley. The eastern border runs along the straightened Broye. From here, the communal soil extends westward over the flat valley floodplain (around 500 m wide) and onto the adjacent gravel terrace, which is around 20 m higher than the valley floor and is subdivided by some hollows that lead to the Broye. At 510  m above sea level M. the highest point of Fétigny is reached near the hamlet of Grange des Bois, which belongs to Cugy (FR). To the south the area extends to the Ruisseau de Monteman , the village stream of Ménières. In 1997, 9% of the municipal area was in settlements, 9% in forests and woodlands, 81% in agriculture and a little more than 1% was unproductive land.

Some individual farms belong to Fétigny. Neighboring municipalities of Fétigny are Cugy and Ménières in the canton of Friborg and Valbroye , Trey and Payerne in the canton of Vaud .

population

With 1,060 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Fétigny is one of the smaller communities in the canton of Friborg. 97.3% of the residents speak French, 2.1% speak German and 0.3% speak Portuguese (as of 2000). The population of Fétigny was 310 inhabitants in 1850 and 390 inhabitants in 1900. In the course of the 20th century the population fluctuated in the range of 390 to 460 inhabitants. Only since 1990 (465 inhabitants) has there been significant population growth.

economy

Fétigny was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Even today, arable farming (sugar beet), fruit growing , tobacco cultivation and cattle breeding play an important role in the income structure of the population. Valuable cultivated land was gained by draining the Broye floodplain in several phases since 1924. Other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector, including in companies in the construction and transport industries. The Payerne SA brick factory, founded in 1897 and closed since 1967, is located in the municipality. In the last few decades Fétigny has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the Payerne and Freiburg regions.

traffic

The community is located off the main thoroughfares on a connecting road from Payerne to Ménières . The closest connection to the A1 motorway (Lausanne-Bern) is around 5 km from the town center. Fétigny is connected to the public transport network via the Postbus course , which runs from Payerne to Combremont-le-Petit .

history

The municipality of Fétigny was settled very early, which was proven by the discovery of a grave from the Bronze Age , the remains of a Roman villa and a Burgundian cemetery. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1142 under the name Festignei . Later the names Fistignier , Fitigny and Fitignier (1380), Fetignie (1577) and Fettigny (1755) appeared. The place name is derived from the Gallo-Roman personal name Festinus .

Fétigny has belonged to the Cugy domain since the Middle Ages . Part of the village was bought in 1490 by the Romont Hospital , which sold its property to Freiburg in 1507. After Bern had conquered the Vaud in 1536, Fétigny was assigned to the Estavayer Bailiwick. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village belonged to the Estavayer district during the Helvetic and subsequent periods and to the Surpierre district from 1817, before being incorporated into the Broye district in 1848.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Fétigny

The current parish church of Fétigny was consecrated in 1948. The village had had a place of worship since the 14th century. Several stately farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved along the Dorfstrasse.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Fétigny (French)
• Marianne Rolle: Fétigny. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial views of the village

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 .