Lussy FR

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FR is the abbreviation for the canton of Friborg in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Lussyf .
Lussy
Coat of arms of Lussy
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of FriborgCanton of Friborg Freiburg (FR)
District : Glanew
Municipality : Villazi2
Postal code : 1690
former BFS no. : XXXX
Coordinates : 562 640  /  174057 coordinates: 46 ° 43 '0 "  N , 6 ° 57' 0"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and sixty-two thousand six hundred and forty  /  174057
Height : 723  m above sea level M.
Residents: 396 (2002)
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Lussy FR (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2005

Lussy (FR) ( Freiburger Patois Luchi ? / I ) is a town and formerly an independent political municipality in the Glane district of the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . Audio file / audio sample

geography

Lussy lies at 723  m above sea level. M. , three kilometers northeast of the district capital Romont (air line). The village extends on a south-facing slope above the broad valley of the Upper Glâne , on the Molasse plateau of the Freiburg Central Plateau . The former community area was around 4.5 km². The area comprised a section of the up to 1 km wide valley plain of the Glâne and extended to the northwest over the slope of Lussy into the forest area Au Bois and reached a height of 812  m above sea level at Sur la Montagne . M.

population

With 396 inhabitants (2002), Lussy was one of the small communities in the canton of Friborg before the merger. Especially since the 1970s (260 inhabitants) the village has seen a significant increase in population. Several small farm settlements to the west of the village belong to Lussy.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Lussy was a predominantly agricultural village. Today who have dairy industry , the livestock and agriculture an important role in the employment 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 thanks to its attractive location. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the Romont and Freiburg regions.

traffic

The village is off the main thoroughfares, but is easy to get to from the main road from Freiburg to Romont . The railway line from Lausanne via Romont to Friborg runs close to the village, but has no stop at Lussy. The nearest train station is in Villaz-Saint-Pierre , around 1.5 km from the center of Lussy. Lussy itself has no connection to the public transport network.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in the 12th century under the names Lussiei , Luciei and Lussie ; In 1260 the spelling Lussye also appeared . The place name goes back to the Roman personal name Lucius .

Since the Middle Ages , Lussy has been under the sovereignty of the House of Savoy . 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), Lussy 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 municipal mergers of the canton of Friborg, a merger of the three villages Lussy, Villarimboud and Villaz-Saint-Pierre was originally planned. However, since the residents of Villaz-Saint-Pierre resisted a merger, on January 1, 2005 only the previously independent municipalities of Lussy and Villarimboud were merged to form the new municipality of La Folliaz . On January 1, 2020, La Folliaz merged with Villaz-Saint-Pierre to form the new municipality of Villaz .

Attractions

The Saint-Jean-Baptiste chapel was built in 1649, restored in 1784 and enlarged in 1925. Ecclesiastically, Lussy belongs to the parish of Villaz-Saint-Pierre.

Web links

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