Granges-Paccot

Granges- Paccot

Granges- Paccot (? Freiburg Patois Gradzè Pako / i ) is a municipality in the District de la Sarine ( German: Sarine district) of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Despite its location on the language border ( " rift "), the former German village name is no longer used to Stoke today.

Geography

Granges- Paccot is located on 620 m above sea level. M., 2.5 km northwest of the capital of the canton of Fribourg (air line). The village is located on a plateau west of the Sarine river trench and north of the valley of Lavapesson, on the northern outskirts of Freiburg, Freiburg Molassehügelland of the Central Plateau.

The area of ​​4.0 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molassehöhen between the valleys of Sonnaz and the Sarine. In the north- east and east of the border along the Sarine River, which is dammed here to Schiffenensee and in a large arch surrounds the plateau of Grandfey runs. The Schiffenensee here is around 70 m cut into the molasse and forms steep, partially covered by sandstone rock slopes. The west subsequent plateau is divided by the valley of the Lavapesson into two parts. South of the valley ranges of communal land to the height of Chamblioux ( 680 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Granges- Paccot ). North of the Lavapesson is the plateau of Granges- Paccot that slopes towards the north to the Valley of Sonnaz. To the west, the area extends to the edge of the forest of the Bois de la Faye (up to 650 m above sea level. M. ). From the municipality surface 1997 26 % came from settlements, 16 % of forest and woody plants, 50 % in agriculture and somewhat less than 8 % was unproductive land.

At Granges- Paccot include the settlement Agy (600 m asl; well. Agiez, Agie, Agye, Azje, dt Ebsachen or the Eppsachen ) on the plateau west of the Sarine trench, more commercial and residential settlements as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Granges- Paccot are Freiburg, Givisiez, La Sonnaz and Duedingen.

Population

With 2926 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Granges- Paccot belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Fribourg. Of the 76.0 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking and 14.9 % 2.3 % speak Italian ( as of 2000). The population of Granges- Paccot amounted in 1850 to 180 residents in 1900 to 311 inhabitants. During the first half of the 20th century, the population remained largely stable. Then began a marked population growth, particularly during the 1960s and since 1980 ( 1143 inhabitants). In the last 20 years, the population has doubled.

Economy

Granges- Paccot was until the mid-20th century, a predominantly coined by farming village. Since the 1950s, however, began a rapid development to the suburban community of Freiburg with large commercial and industrial areas.

Today Granges- Paccot offers around 2,200 jobs. With 1 % of the workforce who are still employed in the primary sector, agriculture has only a marginal position in the occupational structure of the population. Approximately 19 % of the workforce are employed in the industrial sector, while the service sector, around 80 % of the workforce to be united ( as of 2001).

Thanks to good transport links is Granges- Paccot location of three large shopping centers ( furniture, electronics, sporting goods, clothing). In the township enterprises in the construction and transport industry, metal construction, telecommunications, information technology, electrical industry, the swimming pool construction and plastering are represented. More jobs are in retail, administrative and numerous service companies available. In Granges- Paccot is the Fribourg Forum, opened in 1999 great exhibition, congress and concert center. Since 2012 located in Granges- Paccot the French-language sports desk and a television studio of the pay TV channel Tele Club.

The University of Freiburg has in Portes de Fribourg a branch with several institutes, such as the Centre for Test Development and Diagnostics, which is responsible for the aptitude test for medical studies in Switzerland.

In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. The three new residential zones are located south of the Lavapesson Valley, on the western slope of the hill Chamblioux and the eastern edge of the Bois de la Faye. The residential and commercial areas of Granges- Paccot are grown together almost seamlessly with those of neighboring communities Freiburg and Givisiez.

Traffic

The community is conveniently moderately well developed. It lies on the main road from Fribourg to Murten. The nearest links to the A12 motorway, opened in 1971 ( Bern- Vevey), which crosses the municipality along the Lavapesson Valley and cuts, is located about 1 km from the center. Although the railway lines of the routes of Fribourg - Bern and Freiburg - Payerne run through the municipality, has Granges- Paccot not have a stop. Two bus lines of the free TPF Granges- Paccot connected to Freiburg with the city bus line 9 ( Freiburg Train - La Faye in Givisiez ) and the city bus line 1 ( Marly - Freiburg Train - Portes de Fribourg ).

History

Mentioned in writing is the place in 1317 under the name Grangiarum, derived from the Late Latin word Grangia (barn ). The village belonged first to the Lords of Englisberg who owned a castle here. During the 13th century it came to the Lords of Billens and 1317 in the possession of the Civil Hospital of Freiburg. The "Barn " each named after the owner, which is why the name of Grange d' Englisberg to Grange de Billens changed. As in the 15th century the family Paccot had taken over the management of part of the hospital good, the name was changed in Grange à Paquot and Grange- Pacot. Since 1807, the current name is busy.

In the 15th century Granges- Paccot came under the rule of Freiburg and the Old Landscape ( Neustadtpanner ) has been assigned. Until 1793 the village was formed with Givisiez a community, only later it became independent. After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) was one of Granges- Paccot during the Helvetic Republic and the subsequent time to the district of Freiburg, before it was incorporated in 1848 with the new cantonal constitution in the Sarine district. Granges- Paccot has no separate ( Catholic ) Church, it belongs to the parish Givisiez.

A fusion of Granges- Paccot, Givisiez, Chésopelloz FR and Chésopelloz was until 2014 under the name " 2C2G " in preparation - the new place should Englisbourg hot ( after the family Englisberg who has acted in all four places ). This was rejected in a referendum on 30 March 2014 by the citizens of Granges- Paccots.

Attractions

Since Granges- Paccot formerly composed of various domination and farmhouses, it has no historical village- center - in the Route de Chantemerle attempts since 2002, such a central place with appropriate infrastructure (restaurants, shops, post office, library, community administration ) by to create new building. Among the mansions of those who are mentioned by Montenach and Grandfey from the 18th century. In Grandfey the railway line crosses the Sarine ditch on the Grandfey Viaduct, a 60 m high arch viaduct.