Villargiroud

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Freiburg (FR)

District :

Glane

Municipality :

Villorsonnens

Postal code :

1694

former BFS no. :

XXXX

Coordinates :

566452 / 172 182 coordinates: 46 ° 42 '0 " N , 7 ° 0' 0" O ; CH1903: 566452 / one hundred and seventy-two thousand one hundred eighty-two

Height :

787 m above sea level M.

Residents:

348 (2002)

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2001

Villargiroud ( Friborg Patois Velâdzerou ^?^/^I ) is a town and formerly an independent political municipality in the Glane district of the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . On January 1, 2001, Villargiroud merged with the previously independent municipalities of Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens , Orsonnens and Villarsiviriaux to form the new municipality of Villorsonnens .

geography

Villargiroud is 787 m above sea level. M. , seven kilometers east of the district capital Romont (linear distance ). The village extends on a plateau at the northern foot of Mont Gibloux , by the Ruisseau du Guelbe stream , in the Molasse hill country of the Freiburg Central Plateau . The former municipality area was around 3.2 km². The area stretched south from the Villargiroud plateau and comprised a large part of the catchment area of the Ruisseau du Guelbe, bounded in the west by the forest hill Bois de Saugy (up to 870 m above sea level ), in the south by the height of La Joux (up to 1080 m above sea level ) above sea level ) on the slope of the Gibloux.

population

With 348 inhabitants (1997), Villargiroud was one of the small municipalities of the canton of Friborg before the merger. Villargiroud includes the one-family housing estate of Montilier ( 821 m above sea level ) as well as several farm settlements and individual farms.

economy

Villargiroud was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . 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 (including a mechanical workshop) and in the service sector. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the Romont and Freiburg regions.

traffic

The village is located off the main thoroughfares on a connecting road from Villaz-Saint-Pierre to Vuisternens-en-Ogoz . Villargiroud is connected to the public transport network by the Transports publics Fribourgeois bus line , which runs from Romont to Farvagny .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1259 under the name Villargirot . The spellings Villars-Gisot (1271), Villargiroz (1305), Villargiro (1539), Villergeru (1578), Villargerod (1668) and Villargiros (1770) appeared later . The place name is derived from the Germanic personal name Gerold and, in combination with the late Latin word villare, means something like village / hamlet of Gerold.

Since the Middle Ages , Villargiroud formed its own small rulership, which was partly under the influence of the Savoy, partly under that of the barons of Pont-en-Ogoz . At the beginning of the 16th century, Villargiroud gradually came under the rule of Freiburg. The new masters assigned the village to the Bailiwick of Pont-Farvagny. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Villargiroud belonged to the Romont district during the Helvetic period until 1803, then to the Farvagny district and was incorporated into the Glâne district with the new cantonal constitution in 1848.

As part of the municipal mergers promoted by the canton of Friborg since 2000, the villages of Villargiroud, Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens , Orsonnens and Villarsiviriaux were merged with effect from January 1, 2001. The newly created political municipality was given the name Villorsonnens.

Attractions

Web links

Marianne Rolle: Villargiroud. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .