Torny

Torny
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Freiburg (FR)
District :	Glane
BFS no. :	2115
Postal code :	1748 Torny-le-Grand 1749 Middes
Coordinates :	563887  /  180071 coordinates: 46 ° 46 '15 "  N , 6 ° 57' 57"  O ; CH1903:  563887  /  180071
Height :	675  m above sea level M.
Height range :	533–739 m above sea level M.
Area :	10.18  km²
Residents:	964 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	95 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.torny.ch
Location of the municipality

Torny is a municipality in the Glane district in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . It was created on January 1, 2004 through the merger of the two previously independent communities Torny-le-Grand ( Ger . Grosstorny ) and Middes , which consists of Middes and Torny-le-Petit (and Rialet). Unless specifically explained, Torny actually means Torny-le-Grand.

geography

Torny lies at 675  m above sea level. M. , 9 km north-northeast of the district capital Romont (linear distance). The farming village extends in a hollow west of the Arbogne valley , on the Molasse plateau between Broye and Glâne in the Freiburg Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 10.2 km² municipal area includes a section of the Molasse plateau of the Freiburg Central Plateau, which is shaped by the Ice Age Rhone glacier . The eastern part of the area is traversed by the Arbogne, which is only slightly deepened into the plateau. The extensive forest area of Les Fours southeast of the stream is also part of Torny. To the west of the Arbogne, the municipality extends over the Torny-le-Grand basin and the Grande Fin ridge ( 732  m above sea level ) to the upper eastern edge of the Broyetal. The highest point of Torny is 740  m above sea level. M. at the reservoir north of La Brevire. To the north, the municipal area extends into the catchment area of ​​the Bioleyre (right brook of the Broye) and also includes the Bois de la Cigogne ( 660  m above sea level ). In 1997, 5% of the municipal area was in settlements, 25% in forests and woodlands, 69% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

Torny consists of the villages Torny-le-Grand ( 675  m above sea level ), Middes ( 705  m above sea level ) and the hamlets of Torny-le-Petit ( 655  m above sea level ) on a hill above the Broyetal and Le Rialet ( 672  m above sea level ) in the headwaters of the Bioleyre as well as some farm settlements and individual farms. Neighboring municipalities of Torny are Montagny , Prez , La Brillaz , Villaz and Châtonnaye in the canton of Friborg and Trey and Payerne in the canton of Vaud .

population

With 964 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Torny is one of the smaller communities in the canton of Friborg. 93.6% of the residents are French-speaking, 4.7% German-speaking and 0.5% speak Italian (as of 2000). The population of Torny was 689 in 1900 (including the villages that are incorporated today). After a peak around 1920 (750 inhabitants), a strong emigration began, so that Torny only had 500 inhabitants in 1970. Only since around 1980 has there been significant population growth again.

economy

Torny was a predominantly agricultural community until the second half of the 20th century . A mill used to be operated by the water power of the Arbogne. Today who have dairy industry , the livestock and agriculture an important role in the employment structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. Information technology companies, mechanical workshops as well as joineries and carpenters are represented in the community. 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 Freiburg and Payerne regions.

traffic

The community is located off the main thoroughfares on a connecting road from Prez-vers-Noréaz to Châtonnaye . The Postbus course , which runs from Romont to Avry , gives Torny a connection to the public transport network.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 766 under the name Taurniaco Superiore . The names Tornei (1145), Tornie (1224), Tornye (1320), Tornyer (1502), Tornie le Grand (1578) and Tornier (1668) appeared later . The place name goes back to the Gallo-Roman personal name Taurinius .

At the time of its first mention, Torny was owned by the Saint-Maurice Abbey . Later the village belonged to the Lords of Billens and was subordinate to the Counts of Savoy . From 1360 it formed its own lordship, which underwent numerous changes of ownership and came to the von Diesbach family through marriage in 1602 , whose Torny-based branch was now called Diesbach-Torny and resided here until 1798.

Old coat of arms of Torny-le-Grand

When the Bernese conquered Vaud in 1536, Torny came under the rule of Friborg and was assigned to the Bailiwick of Romont. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village belonged to the Payerne district during the Helvetic Republic until 1803. Then Torny moved to the Romont district, in 1815 to the Montagny district and in 1830 to the Dompierre district, before being incorporated into the Glâne district in 1848.

Torny-le-Grand, Middes and Châtonnaye were to be amalgamated as part of the municipal mergers promoted by the canton of Friborg since 2000. As the residents of Châtonnaye opposed the merger, only the merger of Torny-le-Grand and Middes to form the new municipality of Torny came into force on January 1, 2004 . At the same time, a new coat of arms was created for the entire community.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Torny

The parish church of Torny was built in 1754 and later changed and restored several times. Torny-le-Grand Castle was built between 1692 and 1732 as the residence of a Freiburg branch of the von Diesbach family , who owned it until 1798. It has a house chapel. It has been owned by Rudolf von Habsburg-Lothringen , a son of Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, since 1989 .

The Griset de Forel Castle in Middes had the former Seckel master and bailiff of Bulle, Nicolas Griset de Forel, built by the Bernese architect Johann Paulus Nader from 1748 . It remained in the family's possession until 1860, after which it changed hands six times, including the family of the former Federal President Jean-Marie Musy from 1930–1940 , only to be acquired by the de Montenach family, an old Freiburg patrician family .

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  Château de Diesbach, Torny

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  Château Griset de Forel, Middes

Web links

• Official website of the municipality of Torny
• Aerial views of Torny-le-Grand
• Marianne Rolle: Torny-le-Grand. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Marianne Rolle: Torny-Pittet. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Evelyne Maradan: Middes. 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 . 
2. ↑ La Liberté du 29 July 2015
3. ↑ swisscastles.ch