Vallon FR

FR is the abbreviation for the canton of Friborg in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Vallon .

Vallon
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Freiburg (FR)
District :	Broye
BFS no. :	2045
Postal code :	1565
Coordinates :	563032  /  192 737 coordinates: 46 ° 53 '5 "  N , 6 ° 57' 13"  O ; CH1903:  563032  /  192,737
Height :	482  m above sea level M.
Height range :	437-522 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.51  km²
Residents:	447 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	127 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.vallon.ch
Location of the municipality

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

geography

Vallon is 482  m above sea level. M. , 7 km north of Payerne (air line). The village extends from a promising location on the slightly south-sloping slope north of the Broye plain , in the northwestern Freiburg Central Plateau .

The 3.5 km² municipal area covers a section of the ridge that separates Lake Neuchâtel from the Broye plain. The area has a small portion of the Broye plain in the south and extends over the canalized river course of the Petite Glâne to the A1 motorway. To the north of the plain, the communal soil extends over the broad Molasse ridge and is bordered by the Laret valley to the west and by that of the Ruisseau des Vaux to the east. The highest point of Vallon is 520  m above sea level. M. reached Sur le Mont in the corridor . In 1997, 8% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 3% for forests and woodlands and 89% for agriculture.

Vallon includes the hamlet of Carignan ( 443  m above sea level ) on the northern edge of the Broye plain and at the entrance to the Laret valley, as well as a few individual farms. The neighboring municipalities of Vallon are Gletterens , Delley-Portalban and Saint-Aubin in the canton of Friborg and Missy , Corcelles-près-Payerne and Grandcour in the canton of Vaud .

population

With 447 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Vallon is one of the small communities in the canton of Friborg. 87.3% of the residents are French-speaking, 10.9% German-speaking and 1.5% speak Portuguese (as of 2000). The population of Vallon was 175 in 1900. After a peak in 1920 with 235 inhabitants, the population decreased by around 30% to 166 people by 1970. Only since then has there been significant population growth again.

economy

Vallon was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Even today, arable farming , fruit growing and animal husbandry have an important place in the income structure of the population. Other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector, including in a mechanical workshop. Vallon has an equestrian center. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community thanks to its attractive location. Many employed people are therefore commuters who work mainly in the larger towns of the Broye Valley and in Payerne .

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of transport. It is located on a connecting road from Corcelles-près-Payerne to Gletterens . The closest connection to the A1 motorway (Lausanne-Bern), which opened in 1997, is around 8 km from the town center. Vallon is connected to the public transport network by a postbus course that runs from Payerne to Chevroux .

history

Church and Roman Museum

The municipality of Vallon was settled very early. In the area of ​​influence of the Roman city ​​of Aventicum (Avenches), a large estate was built near today's hamlet of Carignan, which was inhabited from the 1st to the 3rd century AD. The villa has been systematically excavated since 1985.

The current church near Carignan, built in the 15th century, was built on the remains of a tomb from the 5th century. The grave building contained 17 graves carved into the rock and a few other surrounding graves, which were built over in the 6th century by the first stone church and a baptistery. The later church belonged first to the Bishop of Lausanne, later to the Abbey of Payerne. Until the end of the 17th century, the parish was called Dompierre-en-Vully and Dompierre-le-Grand to distinguish it from Dompierre-le-Petit on the other side of the Broye plain .

Vallon itself is only mentioned in 1342 under the name Valons , derived from the Latin word vallis (valley). Vallon has belonged to the Estavayer estate since the Middle Ages . After Bern conquered Vaud in 1536, the village came under the rule of Friborg and was assigned to the Estavayer Bailiwick, forming an exclave with Delley and Portalban . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798) Vallon belonged to the Estavayer district until 1803, then to the Montagny district and from 1831 to the Dompierre district before being incorporated into the Broye district in 1848.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Vallon

The parish church of Saint-Pierre in Carignan on a small hill between the Broye plain and the little valley of the Laret dates back to around the year 1000, but was later redesigned and restored several times. The Roman Museum Vallon was built on the site of the excavations of the Roman villa in 2000, in which the foundation walls, well-preserved mosaics, including one depicting an animal baiting ( Venatio ), and a number of other finds from the archaeological site are made accessible to the public.

Web links

Commons : Vallon FR  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Vallon (French)
• Marianne Rolle: Vallon. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Website of the Roman Museum of Vallon
• Aerial views of Carignan

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 .