Granges, Switzerland

Granges ( Veveyse ) (? Freiburg Patois Grandze / i ) is a municipality in the district Veveyse ( German: Vivisbachbezirk ) of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Geography

Granges ( Veveyse ) lies at 753 m above sea level. M., 7 km north of Vevey ( straight line ). The village stretches a scenic location on a ridge on the northern edge of the ridge of the Mont Pelerin, west of the Valley of Biorde, the southernmost tip of Fribourg Mittelland.

The area of ​​4.5 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molassehöhen in the catchment area of ​​the upper Broye. The area is bounded on the west by the stream of Corberon, to the east by those of Biorde. Both waters flow through broad valleys and unite at the northernmost point of the community in the valley Pré de Sales, just 1 km further north to empty into the Broye. This area is geographically part already valley of the Haute- Broye. Between Corberon and Biorde the ridge of the Mont Pelerin collects, on the Mont Chesau with 965 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Granges (Veveyse ) is reached. His northwest slope is densely forested ( Comba Lausanne ), while the eastern slope is mainly consisted of meadows. From the municipality surface 1997 10 % came from settlements, 19 % of forest and shrubs, 70 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

At Granges ( Veveyse) are scattered all over the area numerous farmsteads. Neighboring communities of Granges ( Veveyse) are Bossonnens and Attalens in the Canton of Fribourg and Chardonne, Puidoux and Oron in the canton of Vaud.

Population

With 843 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Granges ( Veveyse) is one of the smaller communities of the Canton of Fribourg. Of the residents 92.5 % are French-speaking, German-speaking 3.7 % and 1.6 % speak English (as of 2000). The population of Granges ( Veveyse ) amounted in 1850 to 282 residents in 1900 to 331 inhabitants. After the population had risen to 1950 to 374 persons by 1970 a clear decline by 20% to 299 inhabitants was registered. Since then, a striking increase in population was again associated with a doubling of the population recorded in 30 years.

Economy

Granges ( Veveyse) was up in the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Today, animal husbandry and dairying have only a minor role in the occupational structure of the population. Many other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available. The most important employer in the village is the Sokymat SA, founded in 1964, which manufactures RFID transponder. In Granges ( Veveyse) there is next to several small enterprises such as carpentry and mechanical workshops. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the regions Vevey -Montreux and Lausanne.

Traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares, but can be easily reached from Attalens, Bossonnens and Palézieux. Although the railway line from Lausanne to Freiburg crosses the municipality, but has not stop here; nearest railway station is the junction Palézieux -Gare. On 29 April 1901, the narrow gauge railway line from Palézieux -Gare to Châtel -Saint -Denis was opened. The stop Granges ( Veveyse ) is located on the eastern side of the valley, however, the Biorde in the field of Bossonnens. For the dispersion in public transport the bus Transports Publics Fribourgeois that Palézieux -Gare via Granges ( Veveyse) makes runs on Attalens.

History

The municipality of Granges ( Veveyse ) was probably inhabited in Roman times, as it was on the trade route from Aventicum ( Avenches ) to Vevey. In the courtyard Beauregard graves were found from the Merovingian time.

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1155 under the name Borcardus de Grangiis. Since the Middle Ages was under the area of ​​the rule Bossonnens. The masters of them extensive estate Sâles 1134 the newly founded abbey skin - Cret. This entertained Sâles a Eigenwirtschaftshof, called a grange, from which is derived the modern place name.

In 1536 came Granges ( Veveyse) under the rule of Freiburg and the Bailiwick Bossonnens been assigned. As of 1615 the village belonged to the Bailiwick Attalens. After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) was one of Granges ( Veveyse ) during the Helvetic Republic and the subsequent time to the then District Châtel -Saint -Denis, before it was incorporated in 1848 in the District Veveyse.

Attractions

Granges ( Veveyse) belongs to the parish Attalens. The Chapel of Saint -Nicolas was built in 1933 to 1935 and replaced an earlier church, which was destroyed in the 19th century. The oldest building in the village is located in Sâles and dated from 1508, another building this farm cluster is from 1730.