Vuarmarens

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Freiburg (FR)

District :

Glane

Municipality :

Ursy

Postal code :

1674

former BFS no. :

2112

Coordinates :

553 105 / 166157 coordinates: 46 ° 38 '42 " N , 6 ° 49' 34" O ; CH1903: 553105 / 166157

Height :

685 m above sea level M.

Area :

6.03 km²

Residents:

600 (December 31, 2011)

Population density :

100 inhabitants per km²

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2012

Vuarmarens ( Friborg Patois Vouarmarin ^?^/^I ) was a municipality in the Glane district of the canton of Friborg in Switzerland until December 31, 2011 .

On January 1, 2006, the previously independent municipality Esmonts was merged with Vuarmarens to form the municipality of Vuarmarens . On January 1, 2012, Vuarmarens gave up his own independence and merged with the municipality of Ursy .

geography

Vuarmarens is located at 685 m above sea level. M. , nine kilometers southwest of the district capital Romont and three and a half kilometers southeast of Moudon (as the crow flies). The village extends on a plateau south of the Dorfbach, east of the upper Broyetal , at the west foot of the Signal d'Esmonts , in the southwestern Freiburg Central Plateau .

The area of the 6.0 km² municipality covers a section of the Molasse hill country of the Freiburg Central Plateau. The central part is taken up by the wide hollow of the village stream, which is surrounded on three sides by forest heights: in the north-west of En Ardra ( 783 m above sea level ), in the north-east of Riondbochet ( 834 m above sea level ) and in the east from the high plateau des Contour ( 837 m above sea level ). In the east, the municipality extends to the headwaters of the Ruisseau des Vaux and the high plateau of Esmonts, on which 853 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Vuarmarens is reached. To the south the area extends into the valley of the Ursy village stream. In 1997, 6% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 27% for forests and woodlands and 67% for agriculture.

Vuarmarens includes the village of Esmonts ( 828 m above sea level ) on the high plateau between the valleys of Broye and Glâne, the hamlet of Morlens ( 725 m above sea level ) in the hollow northeast of the village as well as some farm settlements and individual farms.

population

With 600 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011), Vuarmarens was one of the smaller communities in the canton of Friborg. 97.0% of the residents are French-speaking, 2.0% German-speaking and 0.6% speak Portuguese (as of 2000). The population of Vuarmarens was 363 in 1850 and 433 in 1900 (including Morlens and Esmonts). In the course of the 20th century it decreased to 378 people by 1980 due to strong emigration. Since then, the population has grown again significantly.

economy

Vuarmarens 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. 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 thanks to its attractive location. Many workers are therefore commuters who mainly work in the Moudon, Oron and Romont regions.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on the main road from Moudon to Romont . Vuarmarens is connected to the public transport network by the Freiburg public transport bus route from Romont to Moudon.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 996 under the name Villa Walmarengi . The names Walmarens (1334), Warmarens (1578) and Varmarans (1668) appeared later , while the current name Vuarmarens (1403) was first handed down. The place name is derived from the Germanic personal name Walmar and means with the suffix -ens as much as for the people of Walmar .

The area of Vuarmarens belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Maurice in the High Middle Ages . Together with Montet (Glâne), Vuarmarens formed the small lordship of Villardin (also called Montet-Villardens) from the Middle Ages , which had belonged to different lords since the 13th century. When the Bernese conquered Vaud in 1536, Vuarmarens came under the rule of Friborg and was assigned to the Vogtei Rue. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village belonged to the Rue district during the Helvetic and the following period and was incorporated into the Glâne district in 1848. Vuarmarens does not have its own church; it belongs to the parish of Ursy-Morlens, which originally goes back to the church of Morlens.

With effect from January 1, 1991, the previously politically independent Morlens was incorporated into Vuarmarens. On January 1, 2006, the village of Esmonts was also merged with Vuarmarens as part of the community mergers that the canton of Friborg had supported since 2000 .

Attractions

Web links

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

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