Mannens-Grandsivaz

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Freiburg (FR)

District :

Broye

Municipality :

Montagny (FR)

Postal code :

1775

former BFS no. :

XXXX

Coordinates :

563.97 thousand / 183313 coordinates: 46 ° 48 '0 " N , 6 ° 58' 0" O ; CH1903: five hundred and sixty-three thousand nine hundred and seventy / 183313

Height :

645 m above sea level M.

Residents:

485 (2002)

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2004

Mannens-Grandsivaz (officially called Mannens until 1953 ; Friborg Patois Manin ^?^/^I ) was an independent political municipality in the Broye district of the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . On January 1, 2004 it was incorporated into Montagny (FR) .

geography

Mannens lies at 645 m above sea level. M. , four kilometers southeast of Payerne (as the crow flies) on a high plateau east of the Broyetal , above the valley of the Ruisseau des Pelons (left side stream of the Arbogne ). Grandsivaz ( Great Forest ) is 624 m above sea level. M. , 5 km southeast of Payerne (straight line) on a plateau west of the Arbogne valley. The former municipality area was around 5.0 km². The area comprised a section of the Molasse hill country in the Freiburg Central Plateau. It extended from the Bois Girard ( 658 m above sea level ) southwards over the height of Carro des Planches ( 658 m above sea level ), the valley of the Ruisseau des Pelons to the plateau of Grandsivaz. The south-eastern border formed the wooded valley of the Arbogne, cut into the molasse layers.

population

With 485 inhabitants (2002), Mannens-Grandsivaz was one of the small communities in the canton of Friborg before the merger. Mannens-Grandsivaz has a number of individual farms.

economy

Mannens-Grandsivaz was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Even today, arable farming , fruit growing , dairy farming and cattle breeding play an important role in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. Gravel pits used to be exploited in Mannens-Grandsivaz, some of which have now been renatured. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Most of the gainfully employed are therefore commuters who mainly work in the Freiburg and Payerne regions.

traffic

Both places are on the main road from Freiburg to Payerne . The villages are connected to the public transport network by a Postbus course that runs from Cousset train station (on the Freiburg-Payerne railway line) via Montagny-la-Ville and Montagny-les-Monts to Grandsivaz.

history

The first documentary mention of Grandsivaz took place in 1183 under the Latinized name Grandis Silva in the meaning of large forest . Mannens was first mentioned as Magnens in 1184 . The names Mannens (1228) and Manens (1504) appeared later , and the current name has been handed down again since 1771. This place name is derived from the Burgundian personal name Manna and means with the suffix -ens as much as with the people of Manna.

Mannens and Grandsivaz had belonged to the Montagny rule since the Middle Ages and shared their fate. In 1478 they came under the sovereignty of Freiburg and were assigned to the Vogtei Montagny. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the villages belonged to the Montagny district during the Helvetic and subsequent periods before being incorporated into the Broye district in 1848.

In 1831 both localities merged to form the double municipality of Mannens-Grandsivaz. As part of the community mergers promoted by the canton of Friborg since 2000, Mannens-Grandsivaz was incorporated into Montagny with effect from January 1, 2004 .

Attractions

The parish church of Mannens was built between 1875 and 1879 after Mannens-Grandsivaz became a parish independent of Montagny.

Web links

Marianne Rolle: Mannens-Grandsivaz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Aerial views of Mannens
Aerial views of Grandsivaz