Granges-de-Vesin

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Freiburg (FR)

District :

Broye

Municipality :

Les Montets

Postal code :

1484

former BFS no. :

XXXX

Coordinates :

555 078 / 185226 coordinates: 46 ° 49 '0 " N , 6 ° 51' 0" O ; CH1903: five hundred fifty-five thousand and seventy-eight / 185226

Height :

515 m above sea level M.

Residents:

154 (2002)

Granges-de-Vesin

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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2004

Granges-de-Vesin is a town and formerly an independent political municipality in the Broye district in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . On January 1, 2004, Granges-de-Vesin merged with Montet (Broye) , Frasses and Aumont to form the new municipality of Les Montets .

geography

Granges-de-Vesin is 515 m above sea level. M. , 4.5 km south of the district capital Estavayer-le-Lac (air line). The small farming village extends on the northern side of the Petite Glâne valley , at the foot of the La Lovataire height , in the Molasse hill country between Lake Neuchâtel and the Broyetal , in the north-western Freiburg Central Plateau . The former municipality area was around 1.2 km². The area comprised the left slope of the valley ( La Côte ) on the middle reaches of the Petite Glâne and extended to the edge of the plateau of La Lovataire (up to 600 m above sea level ).

population

With 154 inhabitants (2002), Granges-de-Vesin was one of the small municipalities of the canton of Friborg before the merger. In 1850 the village had 204 inhabitants, in 1980 only 88 inhabitants. A few individual farms belong to Granges-de-Vesin.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Granges-de-Vesin was predominantly an agricultural village. Even today, arable farming , fruit growing and animal husbandry have an important place in the income structure of the population. A few other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector, including in a construction company. A gravel pit is being exploited northeast of Granges-de-Vesin. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Many employed people are therefore commuters who mainly work in the Estavayer-le-Lac and Payerne regions.

traffic

The village is located off the main thoroughfares on a connecting road from Montet (Broye) to Franex . The nearest connection to the A1 motorway (Lausanne – Bern), which opened in 2001, is around 4 km from the town center. Granges-de-Vesin is connected to the public transport network by a bus line operated by Transports publics Fribourgeois , which serves the hinterland on a circular route from Estavayer-le-Lac .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1311 under the name Grangi de Visins . Since the Middle Ages, Granges-de-Vesin has been under the rule of Estavayer. After Bern had conquered the Vaud in 1536, the village came under the rule of Friborg and was assigned to the Estavayer Bailiwick. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Granges-de-Vesin belonged to the Estavayer district during the Helvetic and subsequent periods before being incorporated into the Broye district in 1848. It was not until 1804 that the village became an independent municipality after being separated from Aumont. Granges-de-Vesin does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Aumont.

As part of the community mergers supported by the canton of Friborg since 2000, the residents of Granges-de-Vesin, Montet (Broye) , Frasses and Aumont spoke out in favor of a merger. With effect from January 1, 2004, the new municipality of Les Montets was created .

Attractions

Web links

Marianne Rolle: Granges-de-Vesin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .