Villars-sur-Glâne

Villars-sur-Glâne

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Friborg Freiburg (FR)
District :	Saanew
BFS no. :	2228i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	1752
UN / LOCODE :	CH VSG
Coordinates :	575353 / 182236 coordinates: 46 ° 47 '27 " N , 7 ° 6' 57" O ; CH1903: 575353 / 18223646.790832 7.115834 659
Height :	659 m above sea level M.
Height range :	554–725 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.48 km²
Residents:	i12,094 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	2207 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.villars-sur-glane.ch
Villars-sur-Glâne, taken with a telephoto lens from Matran train station
Location of the municipality
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Villars-sur-Glâne ( Freiburg Patois Velâ-chu-Yanna ^?^/^I ) is a municipality in the District de la Sarine ( German Saanebezirk ) in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . The German names Glanewiler and Wiler bei Matran are no longer in use today. Villars-sur-Glâne is a suburb of the canton capital of Friborg . Due to immigration from abroad and influx from other communities in French- speaking Switzerland , and with the settlement of various branches of industry, the population has grown to over 10,000. Villars-sur-Glâne has been a city since December 2004.

geography

Villars-sur-Glâne is 659 m above sea level. M. and 4 km west of the canton capital Friborg (beeline). The agglomeration community stretches out in a panoramic position on the upper northern valley slope of the Glâne , shortly before its confluence with the Saane (French: Sarine), in the Molasse heights of the Freiburg Central Plateau .

The 5.5 km² municipal area covers a section of the Molasse heights between the valleys of Glâne or Saane in the south and Sonnaz in the north. The southern border runs along the Glâne and below its mouth along the Saane. Both rivers are cut deep into the molasse layers in the area and have a flat valley floor (around 560 m ) with a width of around 100 to 400 m. This is followed by a steep slope up to 100 m high, criss-crossed by sandstone cliffs , only below the village of Villars the slope is somewhat flatter.

The high plateau of Villars to the north shows only minor differences in relief. The highest peaks are on the forest heights of Belle Croix and Bois de Moncor (both 721 m ), further to the east are the Champriond hill ( 704 m ) and on the city limits to Freiburg the height of Guintzet ( 690 m above sea level ). The northern municipal boundary is largely formed by the course of the A12 motorway. In 1997, 46% of the municipal area was settled, 18% forest and woodland, 35% agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

Villars-sur-Glâne includes the extensive residential areas of Cormanon ( 690 m ), Les Daillettes ( 656 m ) and Bertigny ( 700 m ; German Brittenach ), the industrial and commercial estate of Moncor ( 710 m ) east of the Bois de Moncor , and the hamlet of Sainte-Apolline ( 572 m ) on the north bank of the Glâne. The neighboring communities of Villars-sur-Glâne are Freiburg, Marly , Hauterive , Matran , Corminboeuf and Givisiez .

population

Population development
year	Residents
1888	481
1900	856
1920	1021
1940	1317
1950	1490
1960	2584
1970	5214
1980	5788
1990	7997
2000	9339

With 12,094 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Villars-sur-Glâne is the third largest municipality in the canton of Friborg and the most important suburb of the city of Friborg. 77.2% of the residents are French-speaking, 10.9% German-speaking and 2.3% speak Portuguese (as of 2000). The population of Villars-sur-Glâne increased markedly, especially during the 1960s and since 1980, and in December 2004 exceeded the limit of 10,000 inhabitants. The settlement area of Villars-sur-Glâne has grown together seamlessly with that of Freiburg.

politics

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GPS : 5
SP : 18
CSP : 2
glp : 2
CVP : 9
FDP : 10
SVP : 4

legislative branch

The legislative authority is the general council ( conseil général ) , elected every five years by the voters of the municipality . The 50 MPs are elected by proportional representation. The tasks of the General Council include budget and invoice approval, the establishment of municipal regulations and control of the executive. The graphic on the right shows the composition of the General Council after the elections on February 28, 2016.

executive

The executing authority is the municipal council ( conseil communal ). It consists of nine members and is elected by the people using proportional representation. The term of office is five years. The municipal council is responsible for the enforcement of the resolutions of the general council, for the implementation of federal and cantonal legislation as well as for the representation and management of the municipality.

economy

Until the first half of the 20th century, Villars-sur-Glâne was a predominantly agricultural village. The water power of the Glâne was previously used by mills. In 1901 a chocolate factory was founded on the outskirts of Friborg on the parish of Villars-sur-Glâne, the territory of which was ceded to Friborg in 1906. Since the 1950s, however, there has been a rapid development towards the agglomeration of Freiburg with large commercial and industrial areas.

Today Villars-sur-Glâne offers around 7,000 jobs. With 2% of the gainfully employed who are still employed in the primary sector, agriculture only has a marginal role in the employment structure of the population. Today it focuses on dairy farming , cattle breeding and some agriculture . Around 30% of the workforce is employed in the industrial sector, while the service sector accounts for around 68% of the workforce (as of 2001).

Villars-sur-Glâne's business and industry are mainly located near Moncor, on the heights between the motorway and the woods of Belle Croix and Bois de Moncor. An industrial zone with an area of around 0.5 km² has been created here since around 1960. Companies with an international reputation have set up shop, for example Cartier (manufacture of luxury watches), Otis (lift construction), Cremo (manufacture of butter and Gruyere cheese ), Meggitt (aerospace technology), Jesa (manufacture of ball bearings), Swisslion Takovo (Food producer) and Vifor Pharma SA (pharmaceutical industry). Other companies in the construction and transport industry, information technology and telecommunications ( Swisscom ) and precision mechanics are represented in Villars-sur-Glâne. The health insurer Groupe Mutuel has an administrative headquarters, as does the Canadian software company Open Text . Further jobs are available in trade, administration and various service areas. The Freiburg Cantonal Hospital is also located on the grounds of Villars-sur-Glâne. The municipality is known in the canton for a low tax rate .

In addition to primary school levels, Villars-sur-Glâne also has a vocational school and is the seat of the Ecole professionnelle d'informatique (SOFT). There are also various sports facilities and a municipal theater.

In the last few decades Villars-sur-Glâne has developed into a residential community. The slope above the railway line is largely built over with apartment blocks and terraced houses. Larger single-family home and villa areas are located at Les Daillettes and Cormanon and at Bertigny.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of transport. It is located near the main road from Freiburg to Payerne and Romont . The next connection to the A12 motorway (Bern-Vevey), which opened in 1981 and crosses the municipality, is around 2 km from the town center.

On September 4, 1862, the railway line from Friborg to Lausanne with a train station in Villars-sur-Glâne was put into operation. The community with its various districts is connected to the Freiburg city bus network operated by the Freiburg Transport Authority, including lines 2 and 5 of the Freiburg trolleybus . In addition, the regional bus routes run from Freiburg to Bulle , Lentigny and Rosé through Villars-sur-Glâne.

From 1912 to 1932, the Freiburg – Farvagny railroad , an early trolleybus operation , ran through the Les Daillettes district .

history

Villars-sur-Glâne can look back on a long tradition of settlement. The oldest archaeological finds date from the 7th century BC. The largest princely grave in Switzerland from the Hallstatt period (around 600 BC) was excavated in the Moncor forest . In Châtillon south of Glâne in the municipality of Hauterive found archaeologists pottery from Greece, northern Italy and northern France. It is therefore assumed that the place represented an important transition to Glâne and Saane very early on.

The first written mention of the place took place in 1143 under the name Vilar . The names Vilar lo Torel (1228) and Vilar le Terriour (1366) appeared later . The German version of Wyler ob der Glanen was handed down in 1652. The name Villars-sur-Glâne has been documented since 1789 .

In the High Middle Ages, Villars-sur-Glâne was an important parish, which in addition to the village area also comprised almost the entire area of today's city of Freiburg. From the 11th to the 14th century, there is evidence of the noble Villars-Achars family, who ruled the village. In 1442 at the latest, Villars-sur-Glâne came under the rule of Freiburg and was assigned to the Old Landscape (Neustadtpanner). The height of Bertigny was the scene of various armed conflicts, so in 1386 between the Bernese and the Friborg and in 1447 and 1448 between the Friborg and the Savoy. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village belonged to the Friborg district during the Helvetic and the following period, before it was incorporated into the Saane district in 1848 with the new cantonal constitution.

Attractions

The parish church of Saint-Pierre received its current appearance when it was rebuilt in 1916. At Sainte-Apolline there is a chapel and an old stone bridge over the Glâne.