Courlevon

Old cheese factory Courlevon

Courlevon is a municipality in the lake district (French: District du Lac ) of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Despite its location on the language border and today the majority of the German population, the community does not have a German name in the official language.

Geography

Courlevon is located on 556 m above sea level. M., 4 km south of the district town of Murten (air line). The farming village extends on a plateau south of Lake Murten, west of the forest height Obernholz, in the northern Fribourg plateau.

The area of ​​3.3 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the over-molded by glacial Rhône glacier Molassehöhen between Murten and the Saanen valley. The western part of the municipality is occupied by the plateau of Courlevon, which is drained by the village stream of Courgevaux north. In the West, the municipal area extends into the forests Besides wood and Coillonet and up in the catchment area of ​​Chandon. East of the village extends the municipality of soil over the top wood ( 628 m above sea level. M. ) and the saddle from Coussiberlé to the level of Boulary where on the signal at 630 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Courlevon is achieved. From the municipality surface 1997 3 % was attributable to settlements, 37 % of forest and woody plants and 60% for agriculture.

To Courlevon include the hamlet Coussiberlé, formerly constituted an independent municipality, as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Courlevon are Cressier, Wall Ried, Villar epic and Courgevaux in the canton of Freiburg and Munich Wiler in the Canton of Bern.

Population

With 305 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Courlevon one of the small communities of the Canton of Fribourg. The population of Courlevon amounted in 1850 to 210 residents in 1900 to 270 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population increased to 1980 by around 25 % to 207 persons. Since then a slight population growth was recorded again.

Languages

Of the residents 92.7 % are German, 4.6% and 1.2% speak Portuguese French-speaking (as of 2000). This Courlevon is almost exclusively in German today. In the originally French-speaking community, the majority ratio between French and German has turned in the 19th century.

Economy

Courlevon was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding have an important place in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available, including in milk production ( Dorfkäserei to 2005) and in other operations such as tiling, wood pellet heating system installation and two carpentry. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the regions of Morat and Freiburg.

Traffic

The municipality is situated on the main road from Fribourg to Murten, but has in addition to the school bus not connected to the network of public transport.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1214 under the name Curlivin; by 1428 the name Curlevon is preserved. The place name is composed of the Latin word cortis ( courtyard ) and the names of persons Livinus.

Since the Middle Ages Courlevon belonged to the rule of Murten. In the war of Freiburg against the Savoy in 1448 the village was severely affected. 1475 came Courlevon as part of the bailiwick of Murten under the joint administration of the estates of Bern and Fribourg. In a fire in 1790, many houses were destroyed. After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ), the village came to the Canton of Fribourg. During the Helvetic Republic and the subsequent time it belonged to the district of Murten, before it was incorporated in 1848 with the new cantonal constitution in the lake district.

Until 1717 also Coussiberlé belonged to Courlevon, then it formed a separate municipality until 1871, combined with Courgevaux 1832 and then again independently. Since 1871 owned Courlevon and Coussiberlé common management. On February 15, 1974 Coussiberlé was finally incorporated to Courlevon. Courlevon has its own cemetery and is part of the parish of Murten.