Sévaz

Sévaz
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Freiburg (FR)
District :	Broye
BFS no. :	2043
Postal code :	1541
Coordinates :	557004  /  187713 coordinates: 46 ° 50 '21 "  N , 6 ° 52' 30"  O ; CH1903:  557004  /  187713
Height :	492  m above sea level M.
Height range :	459–501 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.50  km²
Residents:	289 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	116 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.sevaz.ch
Sévaz
Location of the municipality

Sévaz is a municipality in the Broye district in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland .

geography

Sévaz is 492  m above sea level. M. , 2.5 km east-southeast of the district capital Estavayer-le-Lac (linear distance). The village extends on the plateau of the wide ridge between Lake Neuchâtel and the Broye plain , in the north-western Freiburg Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 2.5 km² municipal area includes a section of the ridge that separates Lake Neuchâtel from the Broye plain. Most of the area is flat and extends to the Champ de Lune in the north and to the Haut de Champ Bory in the east ( the highest point in Sévaz at 500  m above sea level ). To the south, the municipality extends over the Fin de la Râpe forest into the Arignon valley (left side stream of the Petite Glâne ). In 1997, 8% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 2% for forests and woodlands and 90% for agriculture.

The neighboring municipalities of Sévaz are Estavayer and Les Montets .

population

With 289 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Sévaz is one of the small communities in the canton of Friborg. 89.7% of the residents speak French, 6.2% speak German and 1.4% speak English (as of 2000). The population of Sévaz was 77 in 1900. During the 20th century, the population fluctuated between 80 and 110 people. Since 1980 (86 inhabitants) there has been rapid population growth combined with a doubling of the number of inhabitants within 20 years.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Sévaz was predominantly an agricultural village. Even today arable farming , fruit growing and cattle breeding have a certain place in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. An industrial and commercial zone was established to the west of the village in the 1980s. Metal construction companies, waste disposal companies, mechanical workshops, a sandblasting shop and a camping equipment company have settled here. 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 has good transport links. It is located on the main road from Payerne to Estavayer-le-Lac . The next connection to the A1 motorway (Lausanne-Bern), which opened in 2001 and crosses the municipality, is around 3 km from the town center. Sévaz is connected to the public transport network by a bus line operated by Transports publics Fribourgeois , which runs as a circular route from Estavayer-le-Lac.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1056 under the name Silva . Later, the names Selva (1230), Seyva (1337), Syva (1668) and Sèvaz (1849) appeared. The place name is derived from the Latin word silva (forest).

Since the Middle Ages, Sévaz was under the rule of Estavayer, but the bishops of Lausanne also owned land on the parish grounds. In the 12th century a small priory was founded near Sévaz, which belonged to the Canons of the Great Saint Bernard. After Bern had conquered Vaud in 1536, Sévaz was assigned to the Estavayer Bailiwick. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village was part of the Estavayer district during the Helvetic and subsequent periods before being incorporated into the Broye district in 1848. Numerous houses were affected by a village fire on the night of October 2nd to 3rd, 1847.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Sévaz

The Saint-Nicolas de Myre chapel has been mentioned since the 14th century and was extensively restored in 1774–75. Today it has impressive modern stained glass windows.

Web links

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

• Marianne Rolle: Sévaz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Official website of the municipality of Sévaz (French)
• Aerial views of the village and its surroundings

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 .