Corserey

Church of Corserey

Corserey (? Freiburg Patois Korchèrê / i ) is a municipality in the District de la Sarine ( German: Sarine district) of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Geography

Corserey is located on 658 m above sea level. M., 13 km west-southwest of the capital of the canton of Fribourg (air line). The village is located on the plateau west of the stream Ruisseau des Vaux and west of La Brillaz height, in Molassehügelland of Fribourg Mittelland.

The area of ​​3.5 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the gently undulating Molasseplateaus between the Broyeebene the north and the Glânetal in the south. In this molasse the rivers of Arbogne ( northern border ) and the village Bach Ruisseau des Vaux have deepened over the course of millions of years. To the south of the municipality floor extends to the height of La Crêta ( 700 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Corserey ) and in the forest area Les Faverges. From the municipality surface 1997 accounted for 5% on settlements, 19 % of forest and shrubs and 76 % to agriculture.

To Corserey include the farm estate Grand Clos ( 655 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau north of the village as well as several individual farms. Neighboring communities of Corserey are Prez -vers- Noreaz, La Brillaz, Torny and Montagny.

Population

With 384 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Corserey one of the small communities of the Canton of Fribourg. Of the 97.0 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 1.5 % and 1.2 % speak Italian ( as of 2000). The population of Corserey amounted in 1850 to 172 residents in 1900 to 232 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population fluctuated in the range between 180 and 250 people. Only since 1980 (187 inhabitants) a significant population growth was recorded.

Economy

Corserey was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing, dairy farming and livestock have an important place in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available, including companies in the electrical industry, the construction industry and of computer science. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the regions of Freiburg and Payerne.

Traffic

The community is conveniently comparatively quite well developed. It lies on the road from Freiburg via Prez -vers- Noreaz to Romont. By Postbus course, which runs from Avry to Romont, Corserey is connected to the public transport network.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1157 under the name Corserei. Later, the names Corserer published (1302 ) and Corseray. The place name comes from Curtiacum, the court a person named Curtius back.

Through a donation from the Abbey Hauterive received in the 12th century rich land in the field of Corserey. The village formed its own little rule, which has undergone numerous changes of ownership over time and stood in the 13th century under the suzerainty of the Counts of Savoy. During the war, the Freiburg against the Savoy Corserey was cremated in 1448 by the former.

From 1474 Corserey formed a bailiwick in Canton Fribourg, which was united in 1585 with the Bailiwick Montagny. After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) was one Corserey during the Helvetic Republic to the district Payerne, from 1803 to the district Montagny and in 1815 the district of Freiburg, before it was incorporated in 1848 with the new cantonal constitution in the Sarine district.

Attractions

The church of Saint -Pierre, built in 1895 in the Romanesque Revival style in 1900, and a parish church. In the center some stately farmhouses dating from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.

Interior of the church

House in the village center

Schoolhouse