Villarsiviriaux

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Freiburg (FR)

District :

Glane

Municipality :

Villorsonnens

Postal code :

1694

former BFS no. :

XXXX

Coordinates :

567 727 / 172175 coordinates: 46 ° 42 '0 " N , 7 ° 1' 0" O ; CH1903: five hundred sixty-seven thousand seven hundred and twenty-seven / 172175

Height :

833 m above sea level M.

Residents:

174 (2002)

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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2001

Villarsiviriaux ( Friborg Patois Velâcheveryâ ^?^/^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, Villarsiviriaux merged with the previously independent municipalities of Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens , Orsonnens and Villargiroud to form the new municipality of Villorsonnens .

geography

Villarsiviriaux is 833 m above sea level. M. , seven kilometers east of the district capital Romont (linear distance ). The village extends on a ledge on the lower northern slope of Mont Gibloux , above the valley of the Ruisseau du Guelbe stream , in the Molasse hills of the Freiburg Central Plateau . The former municipality area was around 4.2 km². The area extended from the Ruisseau du Guelbe over the slope of Villarsiviriaux to the mostly wooded headwaters of the Glèbe stream . The southern border runs on the ridge of the Gibloux, on whose summit a height of 1204 m above sea level. M. is achieved.

population

With 174 inhabitants (1997), Villarsiviriaux was one of the small communities in the canton of Friborg before the merger. Villarsiviriaux has a number of individual farms.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Villarsiviriaux was predominantly an agricultural village. Even today, the dairy industry and cattle breeding 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 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 away from the major thoroughfares. The main access is from Villargiroud . Villarsiviriaux itself has no connection to public transport. The buses of Transports publics Fribourgeois , which serve the route from Romont to Vuisternens-en-Ogoz , stop in Villargiroud at the junction of the road to Villarsiviriaux, around 700 m from the town center.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in the 12th century under the name Villar Severor . Later the names Villar Sewrioz (1233), Vilarseverice (1238), Villar Siverioux (1278) and Villar siviriaux (1668) appeared. The place name is probably derived from the nickname Severus .

Since the Middle Ages , the fate of Villarsiviriaux has been closely related to that of the Villargiroud dominion. This 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, Villarsiviriaux 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), Villarsiviriaux belonged to the Romont district 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 Villarsiviriaux, Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens , Orsonnens and Villargiroud were merged with effect from January 1, 2001. The newly created political municipality was given the name Villorsonnens.

Attractions

Villarsiviriaux has had its own parish since 1869, before it belonged to the parish of Orsonnen. The current building of the parish church of Saint-Théodule was built in 1673. Some characteristic farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved in the village.

Web links

Laurence Margairaz Dewarrat: Villarsiviriaux. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Aerial views of the village