La Verrerie
La Verrerie (? Freiburg Patois La Vèryére / i ) is a municipality in the district Veveyse ( German: Vivisbachbezirk ) of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2004 by the merger of the previously independent municipalities Le Cret, Grattavache and Progens. The seat of the municipality is located in Le Cret.
Geography
La Verrerie is located 11 km west-southwest of Bulle ( straight line ). The municipality covers the undulating high land in the headwaters of the Mionna, the southernmost tip of Freiburg Central Plateau, near the edge of the Alps.
The area of 13.4 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molasseplateaus north of the upper course of the Broye, in the foothills. The communal land extends from the Talniederung Broye northward over the gently rolling uplands of the Haute- Veveyse with the headwaters of the Mionna, the forest height Bois de Ban (932 m above sea level. M. ), the projected nature moor sink La Mosse d' en Bas up on the ridge of Le Cret, on 933 m above sea level. M. the highest point of La Verrerie is achieved. North of this ridge reaches the area in the valley of the river Flon. On the northeast, the municipality ban extends to the headwaters of the Neirigue and Sionge. Betwixt the forest Joux à Britse is (880 m above sea level. M. ). From the municipality surface 1997 6 % came from settlements, 15 % of forest and shrubs, 78 % to agriculture and about 1% was unproductive land.
The scattered settlement community of La Verrerie consists of the districts:
- Le Cret, 915 m above sea level. M., on a broad ridge between the lowlands of the Flon and Mionna
- Bremudens, 895 m above sea level. M., north to the height of the valley of the Mionna
- Grattavache, 812 m above sea level. M., in the valley of Mionna
- La Verrerie, 832 m above sea level. M., on the northern edge of the Canal de Talniederung Rogigues
- Progens, 873 m above sea level. M., on a ridge between the Broye and Mionna
In further include scattered to La Verrerie over the area numerous farmsteads. Neighboring communities of La Verrerie are Saint- Martin, Le Flon, Vuisternens -devant -Romont, Sâles and Semsales.
Population
With 1136 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) La Verrerie one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Fribourg. Of the 95.2 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 1.6 % and 1.0 % speak German portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of La Verrerie amounted in 1900 to 1,054 inhabitants. After the population had risen to 1910 to 1143 people by 1970 a marked decline by over 40% to 666 inhabitants was registered. Since then, a population increase was recorded again, which increased particularly since the 1990s.
Economy
La Verrerie was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. During the 19th century, the area was dominated by the glassworks of Semsales, which was located in the district of La Verrerie. It ceased its activities in 1914. In the marshes of Le Cret earlier peat was cut.
Even today, animal husbandry and dairying have an important role in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available, including companies in the wood processing, cheese production and construction. In recent decades, La Verrerie has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the regions Bull, Oron- la -Ville and Châtel -Saint- Denis.
Traffic
The community is conveniently comparatively quite well developed, even though it is off the major thoroughfares. The nearest links to the A12 motorway, which has been open since 1981 from Bern to Vevey and throughout the municipal area traversed is located approximately 6 km from the town center. On July 23, 1903, the railway line from Châtel -Saint -Denis was after bull with a stop at La Verrerie taken ( on the communal land of Semsales ) in operation. For the dispersion in public transport, the bus line that operated operates from Oron- la -Ville La Verrerie and except Progens all larger villages and hamlets of the municipality provides.
History
The municipality of La Verrerie been inhabited since the Roman era. In the Middle Ages had the Lords of Oron and Kastlanei Rue goods and lands in the area. Later a part of the goods came by inheritance to the Counts of Greyerz. In the course of the 16th century all the parts came into the possession of Freiburg and the Bailiwick Rue have been assigned.
After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) was one of La Verrerie during the Helvetic Republic and the subsequent time to the then District Rue before it was incorporated in 1848 in the District Veveyse. The economic development of the villages was coined during the 19th century by the stationed in the district of La Verrerie glassworks, which was one of the most important glass manufacturers in Switzerland, but ceased its operation in 1914.
As part of the canton of Fribourg funded since 2000 municipal mergers, the voters of Le Cret, Grattavache and Progens voted in September 2003 with a Yes majority of around 96 % for the merging of their communities. Effective on January 1, 2004, therefore, was the municipality of La Verrerie, which was named after the former glassworks. The municipality is located in Le Cret, the parish is called Le Cret - Progens.