Le Saulgy

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Freiburg (FR)

District :

Glane

Municipality :

Siviriez

Postal code :

1678

former BFS no. :

XXXX

Coordinates :

554 939 / 166699 coordinates: 46 ° 39 '0 " N , 6 ° 51' 0" O ; CH1903: five hundred fifty-four thousand nine hundred thirty-nine / 166699

Height :

841 m above sea level M.

Residents:

60 (1970)

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 1978

Le Saulgy is a village and formerly an independent political municipality in the Glane district of the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . On January 1, 1978, Le Saulgy was incorporated into Siviriez .

geography

Le Saulgy is 841 m above sea level. M. , seven kilometers southwest of the district capital Romont (linear distance ). The village extends from a promising location on a slope inclined slightly to the south-east in the Molasse hills of the western Freiburg Central Plateau , on the ridge between the valleys of Broye in the west and Glâne in the east. The former municipality area was around 1.2 km². The area reached from the basin of the Ruisseau de Jogne (left side stream of the Glâne) to the northwest over the slope of Le Saulgy to the subsequent ridge ( 860 m above sea level ) and into the headwaters of the Ruisseau des Vaux (tributary of the Broye) .

population

With around 60 inhabitants (1970), Le Saulgy was one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Friborg before the merger. Some individual farms also belonged to Le Saulgy.

economy

Le Saulgy still makes a living today from agriculture , in particular from dairy and cattle breeding, as well as fruit growing . Thanks to the attractive location, families who are mainly employed outside of the village have moved into the village in the last two decades.

traffic

The village is off the main thoroughfares, but is easily accessible from Siviriez on the main road Romont - Moudon . Le Saulgy has no direct connection to the public transport network. The next stop on the Transports publics Fribourgeois bus route , which runs from Romont via Ursy and Oron-la-Ville to Palézieux-Gare , is in Siviriez, around 1 km from the town center.

history

Since the Middle Ages , Le Saulgy was oriented towards Kastlanei Rue , which was under the sovereignty of Savoy . When the Bernese conquered Vaud in 1536, the village came under the rule of Friborg and was assigned to the Vogtei Rue. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Le Saulgy was part of the Rue district during the Helvetic and the following period, before being incorporated into the Glâne district in 1848. With effect from January 1, 1978, the small community was incorporated together with Villaranon to Siviriez .