Massonnens

Massonnens

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Friborg Freiburg (FR)
District :	Glanew
BFS no. :	2086i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	1692
Coordinates :	564 499 / 172347 coordinates: 46 ° 42 '5 " N , 6 ° 58' 28" O ; CH1903: five hundred and sixty-four thousand four hundred ninety-nine / 17234746.701388 6.974448 733
Height :	733 m above sea level M.
Height range :	670–913 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.29 km²
Residents:	527 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	123 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.massonnens.ch
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Massonnens ( Freiburger Patois Machounin ^?^/^I ) is a municipality in the Glane district in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland .

geography

Massonnens is 733 m above sea level. M. , 4 km east of the district capital Romont (linear distance). The farming village extends on a hill on the northwest slope of Mont Gibloux , above the Neirigue valley , west of the village stream Ruisseau du Planet , in the higher Freiburg Central Plateau .

The area of the 4.2 km² large municipal area includes a section of the Molasse hill country in the Freiburg Central Plateau. The western and northern borders run along the Neirigue, which has a 200 to 500 m wide valley floor. From here, the municipality extends southeast over the slope of Massonnens to the forest heights of Le Mont ( 865 m above sea level ) and Bois de Saulgy ( 877 m above sea level ) on the northwest slope of the Gibloux. In the southeast, below the height of La Berra , is 914 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Massonnens. The area is drained from the Ruisseau du Planet to the Neirigue. In 1997, 6% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 21% for forests and woodlands and 73% for agriculture.

The hamlet of Ferlens ( 790 m above sea level ) on a terrace on the western slope of Le Mont as well as several farm settlements and individual farms belong to Massonnens . Neighboring communities of Massonnens are Vuisternens-devant-Romont , Mézières , Villaz , Villorsonnens , Le Châtelard and Grangettes .

population

With 527 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Massonnens is one of the small communities in the canton of Friborg. 97.0% of the residents are French-speaking, 1.7% German-speaking and 0.5% speak Portuguese (as of 2000). The population of Massonnens was 377 in 1900. After a peak in 1930 with 421 inhabitants, the population decreased by almost 28% to 307 people by 1970 due to strong emigration. Since then, the population has grown again significantly.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Massonnens was a village dominated by agriculture . A mill used to be operated on the Neirigue. Even today, dairy farming , animal husbandry and, to a lesser extent, arable farming play an important role in the income structure of the population. Further 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 main thoroughfares on a connecting road from Villaz-Saint-Pierre to Grangettes . The village is connected to the public transport network by the TPF bus route 471, which runs from Romont via Sorens to Bulle .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1177 under the name Massenens . Later the names Massunens (1341), Massonens (1471) and Massonnens (since 1668) appeared. The place name goes back to the Germanic personal name Manzo and means with the suffix -ens as much as for the people of Manzo . Even before Massonnens, Ferlens was mentioned as Fredingis in 929 .

Since the Middle Ages , Massonnens and Ferlens formed two separate little lordships that were under the suzerainty of the House of Savoy . The de Massonnens aristocratic family is attested in the 13th and 14th centuries. When the Bernese conquered Vaud in 1536, the two villages came under the rule of Friborg and were assigned to the Bailiwick of Pont-Farvagny. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Massonnens and Ferlens belonged to the Romont district until 1803, then to the Farvagny district. In 1809 Ferlens was incorporated into Massonnens. When the new cantonal constitution came into force in 1848, Massonnens was incorporated into the Glâne district.

Massonnens, Grangettes and Le Châtelard were to be amalgamated as part of the municipal mergers that the canton has been promoting since 2000. After the residents of Massonnens rejected a merger in April 2005, the project was temporarily put on hold.

Attractions

Massonnens had a chapel since 1540. In 1672 a new church was built; today's church dates from 1846.

Web links

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

Official website of the municipality of Massonnens (French)
Aerial views of the village
Evelyne Maradan: Massonnens. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ 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 .
↑ RER brochure. (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: Route connections and network plan. RER Friborg | Freiburg, October 31, 2017, p. 9 , accessed on January 11, 2018 (Glanebezirk, page 5, or page 5 in the brochure).

[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 .

[2] RER brochure. (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: Route connections and network plan. RER Friborg | Freiburg, October 31, 2017, p. 9 , accessed on January 11, 2018 (Glanebezirk, page 5, or page 5 in the brochure).