Remaufens

Remaufens
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Freiburg (FR)
District :	Vivisbach
BFS no. :	2333
Postal code :	1617
UN / LOCODE :	CH RMF
Coordinates :	557073  /  153003 coordinates: 46 ° 31 '37 "  N , 6 ° 52' 45"  O ; CH1903:  557073  /  153003
Height :	789  m above sea level M.
Height range :	720–902 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.91  km²
Residents:	1140 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	193 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.remaufens.ch
Location of the municipality

Remaufens ( Freiburger Patois Remôfin ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the district of Veveyse (German: Vivisbach district) in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland .

geography

Remaufens lies at 789  m above sea level. M. , 8 km north-northeast of Vevey (air line). The street village extends on a gently sloping slope to the west over the lowlands of Tatrel and Broye , in the extreme southwest of the Freiburg Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 5.9 km² municipal area covers a section of the Molasse high plateau in the Alpine foothills near Châtel-Saint-Denis . The area is crossed from east to west by the valley of the Tatrel , a left tributary of the Broye. To the south of this brook, the community soil extends to the ridge of Mont Vuarat , on which at 887  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Remaufens is reached. To the north, the municipality extends over a gently undulating highland, which is in the Bois de la Couta with 871  m above sea level. M. culminates in the forest valley of the upper Broye. This forms the northern border of Remaufens. In 1997, 5% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 26% for forests and woodlands and 69% for agriculture.

Remaufens has numerous individual farms scattered across the area. Neighboring municipalities of Remaufens are Châtel-Saint-Denis and Attalens in the canton of Friborg and Corsier-sur-Vevey and Maracon in the canton of Vaud .

population

With 1140 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Remaufens is one of the smaller communities in the canton of Friborg. 94.8% of the residents are French-speaking, 1.3% English-speaking and 1.1% speak German (as of 2000). The population of Remaufens was 411 in 1900. During the 20th century, the population hovered between 410 and 470 people until 1970. Since then a significant increase in population has been recorded.

economy

Remaufens was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . In the past, several mills were operated by the water power of the Tatrel. Even today, livestock and dairy farming 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, including a company that manufactures agricultural machinery. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Châtel-Saint-Denis and the Vevey-Montreux region.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of transport. It is located near the road from Châtel-Saint-Denis to Oron-la-Ville . The next connection to the A12 motorway , which has been open continuously from Bern to Vevey since 1981, is around 4 km from the town center. On April 29, 1901, the narrow-gauge railway line from Palézieux-Gare to Châtel-Saint-Denis was opened with two stops at Remaufens.

history

The area of ​​Remaufens was probably already settled in Roman times. Several stone slab graves date from the Merovingian period . The place was first mentioned in a document in the 13th century under the name Romulfens . The names Remofens , Remoufens (1309), Remuffens (1367), Remouffens (1462), Roudmonffens (1584) and Rémaufens (1808) appeared later . The place name is derived from the Burgundian personal name Hrômulf and means with the suffix -ens as much as for the people of Hrômulf .

In the Middle Ages , Remaufens first belonged to the Fruence lordship. When this came under the direct rule of the House of Savoy in 1296, the village came as a fief to the Lords of Bossonnens. In 1513 Remaufens came under the rule of Freiburg and in 1536 was assigned to the area of ​​the later Bailiwick Châtel-Saint-Denis. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village belonged to what was then the Châtel-Saint-Denis district during the Helvetic and the following period before being incorporated into the Veveyse district in 1848. In the years 1896 and 1910, numerous houses were badly damaged in village fires.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Remaufens

The Saint-Maurice chapel was built in 1416. After Remaufens had become its own parish in 1835 (previously part of the parish of Attalens), the new parish church was inaugurated in 1843.

Web links

• Official website of the municipality of Remaufens (French)
• Jean-Claude Vial / AHB: Remaufens. 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 .