Villarsel-sur-Marly

Villarsel-sur-Marly
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Freiburg (FR)
District :	Saane
BFS no. :	2230
Postal code :	1723
Coordinates :	579795  /  178761 coordinates: 46 ° 45 '35 "  N , 7 ° 10' 27"  O ; CH1903:  579795  /  178761
Height :	736  m above sea level M.
Height range :	634–760 m above sea level M.
Area :	1.39  km²
Residents:	84 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	60 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.villarsel-sur-marly.ch
Location of the municipality

Villarsel-sur-Marly ( Freiburger Patois Vèrlachi ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the District de la Sarine (German: Saanebezirk) in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . The former German names Willischert and Villarsel ob Mertenlach are no longer used today.

geography

Villarsel-sur-Marly is 736  m above sea level. M. , 6 km south of the canton capital Friborg (beeline). The scattered settlement community extends on a slope inclined to the north above the valley of the Ärgera (French: Gérine), in the pre-Alpine hill zone of the Freiburg Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 1.4 km² large municipal area comprises a section of the pre-alpine hilly landscape east of the Saanegraben . The northern border runs in parts along the river of the Ärgera; in the east the area is bounded by its left tributary Nesslerabach . From the valleys, the municipality extends southward over a steep forest slope to the height near Villarsel and above the farmstead reaches La Rochette at 761  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Villarsel-sur-Marly. In 1997, 4% of the municipal area was in settlements, 19% in forests and woodlands, 75% in agriculture and a little more than 2% was unproductive land.

Villarsel-sur-Marly consists of various farm settlements and individual farms; The center of the community is La Commanderie . Villarsel-sur-Marly's neighboring communities are Marly , Pierrafortscha , Tentlingen , Le Mouret and Ependes .

population

With 84 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Villarsel-sur-Marly is one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Friborg. 89.2% of the residents are French-speaking, 6.8% German-speaking and 4.0% speak Italian (as of 2000). The population of Villarsel-sur-Marly was 87 in 1900. After a peak in 1940 with 95 inhabitants, the population decreased by over 50% to 46 people by 1980 due to strong emigration. Only since then has there been significant population growth again.

economy

Villarsel-sur-Marly still lives from agriculture , especially dairy farming and cattle breeding . In recent years the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who mainly work in the Freiburg region.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of transport. It is only a short distance from the main road from Freiburg via La Roche to Bulle . Villarsel-sur-Marly is connected to the public transport network by the Transports publics Fribourgeois bus routes , which run from Freiburg via La Roche to Bulle or Jaun .

history

In the Middle Ages, Villarsel-sur-Marly was under the rule of Arconciel. The Johanniter in Freiburg also owned land in the municipality. In 1442 at the latest, Villarsel-sur-Marly came under the rule of Freiburg and was assigned to the Old Landscape (Burgpanner). After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village belonged to the La Roche district during the Helvetic period and to the Friborg district from 1803 before it was incorporated into the Saane district in 1848 with the new cantonal constitution.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Villarsel-sur-Marly

In Villarsel-sur-Marly there is a prestigious estate that was built between 1729 and 1733.

Web links

Commons : Villarsel-sur-Marly  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Villarsel-sur-Marly
• Marianne Rolle: Villarsel-sur-Marly. 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 .