Rueyres-Saint-Laurent

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Freiburg (FR)

District :

Saane

Municipality :

Gibloux

Postal code :

1695

former BFS no. :

XXXX

Coordinates :

569011 / 174021 coordinates: 46 ° 43 '0 " N , 7 ° 2' 0" O ; CH1903: 569011 / 174021

Height :

756 m above sea level M.

Residents:

268 (2002)

Saint Laurent Chapel

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2003

Rueyres-Saint-Laurent ( Friborg Patois Ruêre-Chin-Lorin ^?^/^I ) is a town and formerly an independent political municipality in the District de la Sarine (German: Saanebezirk) in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . On January 1, 2003, Rueyres-Saint-Laurent merged with Estavayer-le-Gibloux , Villarlod and Villarsel-le-Gibloux to form the new municipality of Le Glèbe . The village has been part of the Gibloux community since 2016 .

geography

Rueyres-Saint-Laurent lies at 756 m above sea level. M. , 13 kilometers southwest of the canton capital Friborg (beeline). The farming village extends on a ledge on the lower northern slope of Mont Gibloux , south of the Glâne valley and east of the Glèbe valley cut , in the Molasse hill country of the Freiburg Central Plateau . The former municipality area was around 2.9 km². The area reached from the Longivue brook southwards over the slope of Rueyres-Saint-Laurent to the meadow height of Le Chapy ( 850 m above sea level ), the western border running in the valley of the Glèbe. In a narrow corner, the area extended southward to the northern flank of the Gibloux, where at 1080 m above sea level. M. the highest point has been reached.

population

With 268 inhabitants (2002), Rueyres-Saint-Laurent was one of the small municipalities of the canton of Friborg before the merger. Rueyres-Saint-Laurent includes the La Perrause settlement ( 794 m above sea level ) in a side valley of the Glèbe on the northern slope of the Gibloux, as well as several individual farms.

economy

Rueyres-Saint-Laurent was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Agriculture , dairy farming and cattle breeding still play an important role in the income structure of the population today . Other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector, including in a heat pump company and in a precision engineering workshop. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who mainly work in the Freiburg region.

traffic

The village is located away from the major thoroughfares on a connecting road from Farvagny to Villargiroud . The village is connected to the public transport network by a bus from the Transports publics Fribourgeois , which runs from Freiburg to Rueyres-Saint-Laurent.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in the 12th century under the name Rivorium ; in the 13th century the names Rivoria and Ruerii appeared . The place name is derived from the Latin word roboretum (oak grove).

In the Middle Ages , Rueyres-Saint-Laurent was part of the Pont dominion. With this, the village came under the rule of Freiburg in 1483 and was assigned to the Vogtei Pont-Farvagny. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Rueyres-Saint-Laurent belonged to the Romont district during the Helvetic period and to the Farvagny district from 1803 before it was incorporated into the Saane district in 1848 with the new cantonal constitution.

As part of the community mergers promoted by the Canton of Friborg since 2000, the residents of Rueyres-Saint-Laurent, Estavayer-le-Gibloux , Villarlod and Villarsel-le-Gibloux decided in 2002 to merge their communities. With effect from January 1, 2003, the merger of the villages to form the new municipality with the name Le Glèbe came into force.

Attractions

The Saint-Laurent chapel is located north of the village center. Rueyres-Saint-Laurent belongs to the parish of Estavayer-le-Gibloux.

Web links

Commons : Rueyres-Saint-Laurent - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the municipality of Le Glèbe (French)
Marianne Rolle / BE: Rueyres-Saint-Laurent. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .