Châtonnaye

Chatonnaye

Chatonnaye ( Freiburg Patois Tsathounêna? / I ) is a municipality in the district of the canton of Fribourg Glane in Switzerland.

Geography

Chatonnaye is located on 692 m above sea level. M., 7 km north- northeast of the district main town Romont (air line). The farming village extends a scenic location on a sloping hillside in the northwest of the middle east Molassehügelland Broyetals, in Fribourg plateau.

The area of ​​6.4 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the Molassehöhen in Fribourg plateau. The communal land extends from the plateau Les Corvets (600 m above sea level. M. ) on the edge of Broyetals to the southeast across the slope of Chatonnaye and Wiesenhügel Fin d' amont ( 746 m above sea level. M. ) to the Talniederung the Arbogne. The southwestern border is in sections, deeply cut into the molasse erosion valley of the village of Bach's Marnand. In a small corner of the municipal area extends south to the headwaters of the Arbogne. In the forest area south of the yard Grange des Bois is 782 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Chatonnaye. From the municipality surface 1997 accounted for 5% on settlements, 23 % of forest and shrubs and 72% to agriculture.

To Chatonnaye include the hamlets of Le Bas (662 m above sea level. M. ) below and Le Haut (718 m above sea level. M. ) above the village, La Brévire ( 746 m above sea level. M. ) on the hill Fin d' amont as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Chatonnaye are Torny, La Folliaz and Villaz -Saint -Pierre in the canton of Fribourg and Villarzel, Marnand and Trey in the canton of Vaud.

Population

With 742 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Chatonnaye one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Fribourg. Of the 90.0 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 8.7 % and 0.4 % speak Italian ( as of 2000). The population of Chatonnaye amounted in 1850 to 371 inhabitants, 1900 to 394 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population increased to 1950 (453 inhabitants) to slowly before been a decrease by almost 25 % to 342 people by strong emigration until 1980. Since then, a significant population growth was recorded again.

Economy

Chatonnaye was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the dairy industry, animal husbandry and agriculture have an important place in the economic structure of the population.

More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. The village has several small factories, including metal construction and information technology have established.

Since 1940, located at Chatonnaye a short-wave receiving station. Prior to commissioning of the submarine cable TAT -1 were only possible through this station and the short- wave transmitter Schwarzburg telephone connections in the United States. Today the station by the Federal Office of Communications is operated for radio monitoring.

In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the regions Romont, Payerne and Freiburg.

Traffic

The community is conveniently technically quite well developed. It lies on the main road from Romont to Payerne. By Postbus courses that run from Romont to Payerne or Romont by Avry, the village is connected to the network of public transport.

History

The territory of Chatonnaye was settled very early. In a probably around 500 BC tumulus applied from the Hallstatt period have been rich grave goods, including a golden choker, found. Also from the Roman period individual remains were discovered. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1228 under the name Chastenaie; 1402 appeared the name Chastonaye. The place name is derived from the Latin word castanetum ( chestnut grove ).

Since the Middle Ages Chatonnaye formed its own little rule; the noble family of Chatonnaye is attested since the 13th century. When the Bernese 1536 Vaud conquered, the village came under the rule of Freiburg and the Bailiwick Romont was assigned. After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) was one Chatonnaye during the Helvetic Republic and the subsequent time to the district Romont and was incorporated in 1848 in the District Glane.

The community was originally in the project the merger of Torny- le -Grand, Middes and Chatonnaye interested. Due to the resistance of the population with respect to the municipal offices and the name of the new community remained Chatonnaye politically independent until now.

Attractions

His first band was Chatonnaye in 1524. The present church was built in 1884 Sainte -Anne at the site of an earlier building of 1700.