Grangettes FR

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

Grangettes
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Freiburg (FR)
District :	Glane
BFS no. :	2079
Postal code :	1686
Coordinates :	563 527  /  169790 coordinates: 46 ° 40 '42 "  N , 6 ° 57' 43"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred sixty-three thousand five hundred and twenty-seven  /  169790
Height :	783  m above sea level M.
Height range :	729–1000 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.31  km²
Residents:	212 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	64 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.grangettes-pres-romont.ch
Location of the municipality

Grangettes ( Freiburger Patois Grandzètè ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Glane district in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland .

geography

Grangettes is 783  m above sea level. M. , 4 km east-southeast of the district capital Romont (air line). The farming village extends on the western slope of Mont Gibloux , on the Mausson brook , above the Neirigue valley , in the higher Freiburg Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 3.4 km² municipal area comprises a section of the Molasse hill country in the Freiburg Central Plateau. In the west the area extends almost to the course of the Neirigue, which flows between the heights of Les Brévires and Gibloux to the north to the Glâne . From this valley, the communal soil extends south-east up the slope of the Gibloux range of hills. A narrow strip south of the erosion valley of the Mausson with the Plan de la Cuva ( 922  m above sea level ) and the height adjoining the Derbali to the west, at 999  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Grangettes is reached, also belongs to the municipality. In 1997, 4% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 26% for forests and woodlands and 70% for agriculture.

Some farm settlements and individual farms belong to Grangettes. Neighboring municipalities of Grangettes are Vuisternens-devant-Romont , Massonnens , Le Châtelard , Marsens and Sâles .

population

With 212 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Grangettes is one of the smallest communities in the canton of Friborg. 97.5% of the residents speak French, 1.9% speak Spanish and 0.6% speak German (as of 2000). The population of Grangettes was 190 in 1850 and 186 in 1900. After a peak in 1920 with 206 inhabitants, the population decreased by almost 50% to 107 people by 1980 due to strong emigration. Since then a slight population growth has been recorded again.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Grangettes was a predominantly agricultural village. Even today, dairy farming , animal husbandry and, to a lesser extent, arable farming play an important role in the income structure of the population. Some other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the Romont and Freiburg regions.

traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares on a connecting road from Vuisternens-devant-Romont to Massonnens . Grangettes is connected to the public transport network by a bus from the Transports publics Fribourgeois , which runs from Romont to Bulle .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1147 under the name de Grangetes . In the Middle Ages , Grangettes formed its own small lordship, which also included the surrounding villages of La Neirigue , Estévenens and Villariaz as well as parts of Le Châtelard. The noble family of Grangettes has been attested since the 12th century, but became extinct in the 14th century. After that, the rule experienced numerous changes of ownership. The castle of the Lords of Grangettes was destroyed by flames in 1476 and later completely demolished, so that nothing of it is visible today.

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), Grangettes belonged to the Romont district during the Helvetic and the following period and was incorporated into the Glâne district in 1848.

As part of the community mergers promoted by the canton since 2000, Grangettes, Massonnens and Le Châtelard were to be merged. After the residents of Massonnens rejected a merger in April 2005, the project was temporarily put on hold.

Attractions

See also : List of Cultural Assets in Grangettes

The Saint-Maurice church originally dates from 1430 and was rebuilt after a fire in 1773.

Web links

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

• Evelyne Maradan: Grangettes. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Official website of the municipality of Grangettes

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 .