Vernay FR

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

Vernay

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Freiburg (FR)

District :

Broye

Municipality :

Estavayer

Postal code :

1475

former BFS no. :

2052

Coordinates :

558.05 thousand / 191813 coordinates: 46 ° 52 '34 " N , 6 ° 53' 18" O ; CH1903: 558,050 / 191813

Height :

465 m above sea level M.

Area :

8.32 km²

Residents:

1110 (December 31, 2016)

Population density :

133 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.estavayer.ch

Montbrelloz

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2017

Vernay was a municipality in the Broye district of the canton of Friborg in Switzerland until December 31, 2016 . At that time, the three former municipalities of Autavaux , Forel (FR) and Montbrelloz merged. The seat of the municipal administration is in Forel.

On January 1, 2017, Vernay merged with the former municipalities of Bussy , Estavayer-le-Lac , Morens , Murist , Rueyres-les-Prés and Vuissens to form the new municipality of Estavayer .

geography

Vernay is about 480 m above sea level. M. , around three and a half kilometers northeast of the district capital Estavayer-le-Lac ( linear distance ). The municipality extends in the northwestern Freiburg Central Plateau on a plateau above the southern shore of Lake Neuchâtel , on the ridge between the lake and the Broye plain .

The area of the 8.3 km² municipal area includes a section on the south bank of Lake Neuchâtel (around 3.5 km of the lakeshore line). The community soil extends southward from the lakeshore over a 300 m wide, flat edge of the bank, which is partly covered with reeds and partly with forest. This is followed by a 30 m high steep slope, which leads to the plateau of the Molasse ridge between Lake Neuchâtel and the Broye plain. This plateau is divided by two short erosion valleys , the streams of which flow into the lake. To the east, the municipal area extends over the forest area Bois des Esserts to the plateau of Les Planches and to the south to the height of Montbrelloz. The highest peaks of Vernay are on the Belmont corridor at Les Planches and at the height east of Montbrelloz, each with 505 m above sea level. M. achieved. In 1997, 6% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 18% for forests and woodlands and 74% for agriculture; just over 2% was unproductive land.

The municipality of Vernay is made up of the villages

Autavaux , 475 m above sea level M. , 221 inhabitants
Forel (FR) , 465 m above sea level M. , 363 inhabitants
Montbrelloz , 501 m above sea level M. , 300 inhabitants

and the hamlet of Les Planches ( 494 m above sea level ), all on the ridge between Lake Neuchâtel and the Broye plain. The neighboring municipalities of Vernay are Estavayer-le-Lac , Sévaz , Bussy (FR) , Morens and Rueyres-les-Prés in the canton of Friborg and Grandcour and Chevroux in the canton of Vaud .

population

With 1110 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2016) Vernay was one of the smaller communities in the canton of Friborg. 94.0% of the residents are French-speaking, 4.2% German-speaking and 1.4% speak Italian (as of 2000). The population of the villages of Vernay was 442 in 1850 and 483 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century, the population always fluctuated in the range between 500 and 540 inhabitants. Only since 1980 (497 inhabitants) has there been significant population growth.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, the villages of the municipality of Vernay were dominated by agriculture . Even today, arable farming , fruit growing and animal husbandry have an important place in the income structure of the population. Some other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. In the last few decades, thanks to their attractive location, all three localities have also developed into residential communities. Many employed people are therefore commuters who work mainly in Estavayer-le-Lac and in the Payerne region.

traffic

The municipality is located near the cantonal road that leads from Estavayer-le-Lac to Avenches . The closest connection to the A1 motorway (Lausanne-Bern), which opened in 2001, is around 5 km from Vernay. Autavaux, Forel and Montbrelloz are connected to the public transport network by a bus from the Transports publics Fribourgeois , which runs a circular route from Estavayer-le-Lac.

history

The municipality of Vernay was settled very early. The remains of several Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements have been found near the lake shore .

Since the Middle Ages Autavaux, Forel and Montbrelloz have been under the lords of Estavayer. After Bern had conquered Vaud in 1536, the area came under the rule of Friborg and was assigned to the Estavayer Bailiwick. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime in 1798, the villages belonged to the Estavayer district during the Helvetic and subsequent periods before being incorporated into the Broye district in 1848.

In the context of the municipal mergers promoted by the canton of Friborg since 2000, the merger of Forel (FR), Autavaux, Montbrelloz, Rueyres-les-Prés and Morens was initially discussed. After this project failed, Autavaux and Forel again negotiated a merger from 2003. Montbrelloz also joined these talks at the beginning of 2004. At the municipal assemblies on November 10, 2004, the merger project in Autavaux and Forel was approved unanimously, in Montbrelloz with a yes majority of just 52%.

With effect from January 1, 2006, the merger became legally binding. Because all three former parishes had a similar population, the name Vernay was chosen for the new parish. Vernay was the name of a village that was located on today's municipal area and belonged to the Estavayer rule, but was abandoned in the late Middle Ages, a so-called desert .

Attractions

Web links

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

Official website of the municipality of Vernay (French)
Editor: Vernay. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .