Saint-Martin FR

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Saint Martin
Saint Martin coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of FriborgCanton of Friborg Freiburg (FR)
District : Vivisbachw
BFS no. : 2335i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 1609
Coordinates : 556325  /  158 505 coordinates: 46 ° 34 '35 "  N , 6 ° 52' 8"  O ; CH1903:  556325  /  one hundred fifty-eight thousand five hundred and five
Height : 833  m above sea level M.
Height range : 731–923 m above sea level M.
Area : 9.78  km²
Residents: 1005 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 103 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.saint-martin-fr.ch
Location of the municipality
Genfersee Lac du Vernex Kanton Waadt Glanebezirk Greyerzbezirk Attalens Bossonnens Châtel-Saint-Denis Granges (Veveyse) La Verrerie Le Flon Le Flon Remaufens Saint-Martin FR SemsalesMap of Saint Martin
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Saint-Martin is a municipality in the district of Veveyse (German: Vivisbach district) in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . With effect from January 1, 2004, the previously independent municipalities of Besencens and Fiaugères were merged with Saint-Martin (FR).

geography

Saint-Martin is 833  m above sea level. M. , 15 km west-southwest of Bulle (linear distance). The village extends from a panoramic location on a terrace north of the Mionna , in the highlands of the Haute-Veveyse, in the extreme southwest of the Freiburg Central Plateau , near the edge of the Alps.

The area of ​​the 8.8 km² municipal area comprises a section of the Molasse plateau east of the upper reaches of the Broye . The Mionna flows through the area from northeast to southwest in a wide basin. To the north of this valley is a wide ridge that culminates on the Haut de Fiaugères , which at 922  m above sea level. M. represents the highest point of Saint-Martin. The Les Tourbières moorland is located on this ridge . A small part of the municipality is north of the ridge in the catchment area of ​​the Flon (right brook of the Broye). To the south of the Mionna valley, the municipality extends over the ridge of Le Jordil (up to 878  m above sea level ) to the edge of the protected Les Mosses bog . In 1997, 5% of the municipal area was in settlements, 16% in forests and woodlands, 78% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

The scattered settlement community of Saint-Martin consists of the following districts:

  • Saint-Martin, 833  m above sea level M. , on the northern slope of the Mionna, with 534 inhabitants and a former municipal area of ​​3.8 km². This also included the hamlets of Villard ( 776  m above sea level ) on the slope below the village and Le Jordil ( 854  m above sea level ) on the ridge south of the Mionna valley.
  • Besencens , 880  m above sea level M. , on the ridge between the valleys of Mionna and Flon, with 154 inhabitants and a former municipal area of ​​2.1 km². This also included the hamlets of Clos Devant ( 840  m above sea level ) and La Jailla ( 870  m above sea level ), both on the ridge of Besencens.
  • Fiaugères , 853  m above sea level M. , on the northern slope of the Mionna valley, with 187 inhabitants and a former municipal area of ​​3.9 km². This also included the hamlet of Haut de Fiaugères ( 922  m above sea level ) on the ridge above the village.

Furthermore, Saint-Martin has numerous individual farms, which are scattered over the entire area. The neighboring municipalities of Saint-Martin are Le Flon , La Verrerie and Semsales in the canton of Friborg and Maracon and Oron in the canton of Vaud .

population

With 1005 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Saint-Martin is one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Friborg. 93.6% of the residents are French-speaking, 2.3% German-speaking and 1.6% speak Albanian (as of 2000). The population of Saint-Martin was 875 in 1900 (including the villages that have since been incorporated). After the population had risen to 911 by 1920, a marked decrease of over 35% to 586 inhabitants was registered by 1970. Since then, the population has increased again, which has intensified especially since the 1990s.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Saint-Martin was a predominantly agricultural village. Peat used to be cut in the moorlands of Saint-Martin. Coal deposits were discovered near Le Jordil , which were mainly mined during the 19th century for the operation of the glassworks in La Verrerie. Mining was temporarily resumed during the First and Second World Wars .

Even today, livestock and dairy farming play an important role in the income structure of the population. Other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector, including in companies in the wood processing and transport industries. In recent decades, thanks to its attractive location, Saint-Martin has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the regions of Oron , Châtel-Saint-Denis , Bulle and Vevey .

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of transport. It is located on the main road from Bulle to Oron-la-Ville . Saint-Martin is connected to the public transport network by the bus line that runs from Oron-la-Ville to La Verrerie.

history

The municipality of Saint-Martin was populated very early. Two graves from the Bronze Age were found that were dug around 1000 BC. The first written mention of the place took place in 1228 under the name Sanctus Martinus ante Oruns . The village existed much earlier, because the parish of Saint-Martin was probably founded in the 7th century and, along with that of Attalens, was one of the oldest parishes in the area.

Since the Middle Ages, Saint-Martin has been under the rule of Oron, which was under the influence of the House of Savoy. With the rule in the late 14th century, the village came into the possession of the Counts of Gruyères . After the last Count of Gruyères went bankrupt in 1554, Saint-Martin passed into possession of Freiburg in 1555 and was subsequently assigned to the Bailiwick of Rue . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village belonged to what was then the Rue district during the Helvetic and the following period, before being incorporated into the Veveyse district in 1848.

As part of the community mergers promoted by the canton of Friborg since 2000, the voters of Saint-Martin voted unanimously on June 11, 2003 for the merger of their community with Besencens and Fiaugères . With effect from January 1, 2004, these two localities were therefore incorporated into Saint-Martin.

Attractions

The old Catholic parish church of Saint-Martin was replaced by a new building in the neo-Gothic style in 1862 . The chapel at Le Jordil was built in 1949.

Sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

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 .