Lossy formangueires

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Lossy formangueires
Coat of arms of Lossy-Formangueires
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of FriborgCanton of Friborg Freiburg (FR)
District : Saanew
Municipality : La Sonnazi2 w1
Postal code : 1782
Coordinates : 574821  /  187015 coordinates: 46 ° 50 '2 "  N , 7 ° 6' 31"  O ; CH1903:  574821  /  187015
Height : 609  m above sea level M.
Lossy formangueires

Lossy formangueires

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Lossy-Formangueires (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2004

Lossy-Formangueires is a former political municipality in the District de la Sarine (German: Saanebezirk) in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . It consisted of the villages of Lossy and Formangueires .

geography

Lossy-Formangueires is around 600 m above sea level. M., four kilometers northwest of the canton capital Friborg (beeline). The community extended in the broad valley of the Sonnaz and on the adjacent slopes, in the Molasse hill country of the Freiburg Central Plateau . The former community area was around 3.0 km². The area comprised a section of the Sonnaztals flanked by the forest heights Bois de la Faye (up to 640 m above sea level) in the south and Forêt Cantonale (up to 690 m above sea level) in the northwest.

population

With 447 inhabitants (2002), Lossy-Formangueires was one of the small communities in the canton of Friborg before the merger. The community was composed of Lossy (609 m above sea level) north and Formangueires (585 m above sea level) south of the Sonnaz and various individual farms. In the last few years in particular, the population has grown significantly due to the construction of new single-family houses.

history

As early as 1834, the two villages of Lossy and Formangueires worked closely together in different areas and were under a common administration. With effect from January 1, 1982, the merger to form the municipality of Lossy-Formangueires was carried out.

However, this community only lasted 22 years. In the context of the municipal mergers promoted by the canton of Friborg since 2000, the voters of Lossy-Formangueires decided on May 20, 2003 with a yes majority of 100% to merge with the municipalities of La Corbaz and Cormagens . The merger to form the new municipality of La Sonnaz came into effect on January 1, 2004 .

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