Seiry

Seiry is a village and former municipality in the district Broye the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Effective as of January 1, 2006 Seiry was incorporated along with Bollion by Lully (FR).

Geography

Seiry is located on 605 m above sea level. M., 4.5 km south-southwest of the district town Estavayer -le- Lac (air line). The farming village extends along the ridge between the valleys of Bainoz in the northwest and Petite Glane in the southeast, in the northwestern Molassehügelland Fribourg Mittelland.

The area of ​​1.8 km ² large former municipal area included a portion of the Molassehügellandes between Lake Neuchâtel and the middle Broyetal. To the west and north of the Bainoz formed the boundary. From here, the communal land extended to the high plateau of Seiry, which has a length of about 2 km and a width of 500 m. The highest point of Seiry is 628 m above sea level. M. reached on the Champs Dessus, also La Lovataire is 626 m above sea level. M. almost equal. In the northeast and the Grand Bois Forest belonged to the community. From the former rural community area in 1997 accounted for 6% of settlements, 31 % of forest and woody plants and 63% to agriculture.

To Seiry include some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Seiry were Font, Lully, Les Montets, Murist and Bollion.

Population

With 237 inhabitants ( end of 2005) Seiry was one of the small communities of the Canton of Fribourg. Of the 86.1 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 5.9 % and 5.5 % speak Albanian (as of 2000). The population of Seiry amounted in 1900 to 209 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population increased by strong migration to 1970 by almost 60 % to 89 persons. Only since then, rapid population growth was again associated with a doubling of the population recorded in 30 years.

Economy

Seiry 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. Some other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available. In a quarry north-east of Seiry limestone is mined. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the regions Estavayer -le- Lac and Payerne.

Traffic

The village is only accessible by a spur road from the Bainoztal. The nearest links to the A1 motorway (Lausanne -Bern ), which opened in 2001, is located approximately 6 km from the town center. Seiry itself has no connection to the public transport network.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1180 under the name Seirie. Later the names of series ( 1275 ), Serye published ( 1317 ) and Seyriez ( 1532). The place name is derived from the Gallo-Roman personal name Serius.

Since the Middle Ages Seiry formed its own little rule, which was under the influence of the Lords of Cheyres. In 1521 the village was hard hit by fire affected. After Bern 1536 had conquered the Vaud countryside, the village came under the rule of Freiburg and the Bailiwick Estavayer been assigned. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Seiry belonged during the Helvetic Republic and the subsequent time to the district Estavayer before it was incorporated in 1848 in the District Broye.

As part of since 2000 sponsored by the Canton of Fribourg municipal mergers, a merger project was developed which had an association of Seiry and Bollion with Lully (FR ) to the destination. At the community meetings of 22 April 2005, the merger was approved by the voters of all three communities in the Seiry Jastimmenanteil was 86%. With effect from 1 January 2006, the merger was completed.