Sorens

Sorens
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Freiburg (FR)
District :	Gruyère
BFS no. :	2153
Postal code :	1642
Coordinates :	571 046  /  168.73 thousand coordinates: 46 ° 40 '9 "  N , 7 ° 3' 37"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and seventy-one thousand and forty-six  /  one hundred and sixty-eight thousand seven hundred and thirty
Height :	800  m above sea level M.
Height range :	700–1206 m above sea level M.
Area :	8.71  km²
Residents:	1098 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	126 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.sorens.ch
Location of the municipality

Sorens ( Freiburger Patois Chorin ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Gruyère district of the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . The former German names Schoringen and Soring are no longer used today.

geography

Sorens is at 800  m above sea level. M. , 6 km north of the district capital Bulle (linear distance). The street row village extends on a ledge south of the Ruisseau de Malessert brook , on the southern slope of the Gibloux , in the Gruyère region in a panoramic position around 120 m above the lake level of Lake Gruyère .

The area of ​​the 8.7 km² municipal area includes a section of the Bulle basin in the Friborg Alpine foothills . The municipality floor extends from the main road Freiburg-Bulle westwards up the relatively gently sloping slope of the Gibloux. This slope is divided by several small valleys; the southern border mostly runs along the Gérignoz stream . The Ruisseau de l'Abbaye flows into this stream , while the Ruisseau de Malessert , which flows further to the north, flows with its side streams directly into the Lac de la Gruyère. In the northwest, the municipality extends to the forest summit of the Gibloux, on which at 1204  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Sorens is reached. The western boundary is the Derbali hill ( 1072  m above sea level ), the southwestern continuation of Mont Gibloux. In 1997, 8% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 26% for forests and woodlands and 66% for agriculture.

The hamlet of Malessert ( 905  m above sea level ) on the southern slope of the Gibloux, a new housing estate above the village and numerous individual farms belong to Sorens . Neighboring municipalities of Sorens are Marsens , Le Châtelard , Villorsonnens , Gibloux and Pont-en-Ogoz .

population

With 1,098 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Sorens is one of the smaller communities in the canton of Friborg. 95.7% of the residents are French-speaking, 2.9% German-speaking and 0.4% Portuguese-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Sorens was 723 in 1870 and 801 in 1900. After that, a decrease of almost 25% to 612 inhabitants was registered by 1980 due to strong emigration. Since then, the population has increased significantly again.

economy

Up until the second half of the 20th century, Sorens was predominantly an agricultural village. 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. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community thanks to its attractive location. Many people in employment are therefore commuters who work in the Bulle and Freiburg regions.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of transport, although it is located off the main thoroughfares on a connecting road from Vuippens to Le Châtelard. The next connection to the A12 motorway , which has been open continuously from Bern to Vevey since 1981 and crosses the municipality, is around 6 km from the town center. Sorens is connected to the public transport network by two bus routes operated by Transports publics Fribourgeois , which run from Freiburg via Rossens to Bulle and from Romont to Bulle (some courses go into the village and up to Malessert).

history

The municipality of Sorens was settled very early. There were Roman coins, remains of a Roman estate and an Hypokaustum discovered (floor heating system) from the 2nd century AD. The first written mention of the place took place in 1150 under the name Sorans . The place name goes back to the Burgundian personal name Sauthahar and means with the suffix -ens as much as for the people of Sauthahar .

In the Middle Ages the Lords of Sorens are attested, who bequeathed part of the area to the Premonstratensian monastery of Humilimont (in Marsens). Since 1225 the village belonged to the rule of Vuippen and subsequently shared their fortunes. In 1547 Sorens came to Freiburg and was assigned to the newly founded Bailiwick of Vuippens-Everdes. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village belonged to the Bulle district during the Helvetic and the subsequent period until 1848, before it was incorporated into the Gruyères district.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Sorens

The church of Sorens got its present form in the 19th century. Since 1861 the village has been an independent parish. The transmission tower on the Gibloux is an architecturally remarkable transmission tower with a viewing platform.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Cyprien Ayer (born March 12, 1825 in Sorens; † September 8, 1884 in Neuchâtel), geographer, Romance scholar, grammarian and university rector

Web links

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

• Alain-Jacques Czouz Tornare: Sorens. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial view of the village

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 .