Nuvilly

Nuvilly
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Freiburg (FR)
District :	Broye
BFS no. :	2035
Postal code :	1485
Coordinates :	553607  /  181440 coordinates: 46 ° 46 '57 "  N , 6 ° 49' 52"  O ; CH1903:  553607  /  181440
Height :	629  m above sea level M.
Height range :	550–746 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.98  km²
Residents:	426 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	107 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.nuvilly.ch
Nuvilly
Location of the municipality

Nuvilly ( Freiburger Patois Nuviyi ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Broye district in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland .

geography

Nuvilly is 629  m above sea level. M. , 9 km west-southwest of Payerne (air line) in the Friborg exclave Estavayer-le-Lac . The clustered village extends on a ledge on the eastern slope of the Petite Glâne , in the Molasse hills of the north-western Freiburg Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 4.0 km² municipal area covers a section of the Molasse hill country between Lake Neuchâtel and the central Broyetal . The area is bounded in parts by the Petite Glâne to the west, a small part is also to the left of the stream. The parish extends from the Petite Glâne to the Nuvilly plateau and the Haut d'Aumont ( 656  m above sea level ) to the north . In the southeast the area extends to the forest height of Aclex and reaches in Bois Mounet with 745  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Nuvilly. In 1997, 5% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 19% for forests and trees and 76% for agriculture.

Nuvilly has a number of individual farms. Neighboring communities of Nuvilly are Estavayer and Les Montets in the canton of Friborg and Valbroye and Treytorrens (Payerne) in the canton of Vaud .

population

With 426 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Nuvilly is one of the small communities in the canton of Friborg. 95.2% of the residents are French-speaking, 3.4% German-speaking and 0.7% speak Portuguese (as of 2000). The population of Nuvilly was 389 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century, the population decreased continuously by almost 40% to 238 inhabitants due to strong emigration until 1970. Since then a slight population growth has been recorded again.

economy

Nuvilly was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . A mill used to be operated by the hydropower of the Petite Glâne. Even today, agriculture and fruit growing, as well as dairy farming and cattle breeding, have an important place in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector, including in a construction company. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Many employed people are therefore commuters who mainly work in the Estavayer-le-Lac and Payerne regions.

traffic

The community is located off the main thoroughfares on a connecting road from Payerne to Combremont-le-Grand . Nuvilly is connected to the public transport network by a bus from the Transports publics Fribourgeois , which operates a circular route from Estavayer-le-Lac to the hinterland.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1242 under the name Nuovillie . Later the names Nuvilie (1317), Nuvillye (1343), Nuuilli (1665) and Nuiullie (1668) appeared. The etymology of the place name is not clear. Nuvilly is either derived from the Gallo-Roman personal name Novellius or goes back to the Latin words Novelli (fundi) (newly reclaimed areas).

Nuvilly has been owned by the lords of Chenaux (Estavayer) since the 14th century, but the lords of La Molière also owned land in the municipality. After Bern had conquered Vaud in 1536, Nuvilly came under the rule of Friborg and was assigned to the Estavayer Bailiwick. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village belonged to the Estavayer district during the Helvetic and subsequent periods and to the Surpierre district from 1817, before being incorporated into the Broye district in 1848.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Nuvilly

The parish church of Saint-Jacques was built in 1690.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Nuvilly (French)
• Marianne Rolle: Nuvilly. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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 .