Grangettes

Grangettes ( Freiburg Patois Grandzètè? / I ) is a municipality in the district of the canton of Fribourg Glane in Switzerland.

Geography

Grangettes is located on 783 m above sea level. M., 4 km east-southeast of the district main town Romont (air line). The farming village stretches along the western slope of the Mont Marly, by the stream Mausson, overlooking the valley of Neirigue, in the higher Fribourg plateau.

The area of ​​3.4 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molassehügellandes in Fribourg plateau. In the west the area stretches almost to the stream of Neirigue, which flows between the heights of Les Brévires and Marly north to Glane. From this valley of communal land extends to south-east up the slope of the bastide of Marly. A narrow strip south of the Erosionstals of Mausson with the Plan de la Cuva ( 922 m above sea level. M. ) and the west adjoining the Derbali height at 999 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Grangettes is achieved, also belongs to the municipality. From the municipality surface 1997 4 % came from settlements, 26 % of forest and woody plants and 70 % to agriculture.

To Grangettes include some Hofsiedlungen and individual farms. Neighboring communities of Grangettes are Vuisternens -devant -Romont, Massonnens, Le Châtelard, Marsens and Sâles.

Population

With 190 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Grangettes one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Fribourg. Of the 97.5 % inhabitants are French-speaking, Spanish-speaking 1.9 % and 0.6 % speak German (as of 2000). The population of Grangettes amounted in 1850 to 190 residents in 1900 to 186 inhabitants. After peaking in 1920 with 206 inhabitants, the population increased by strong migration to 1980 by almost 50 % to 107 persons. Since then a slight population growth was recorded again.

Economy

Grangettes was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the dairy industry, animal husbandry and to a lesser extent agriculture an important place in the economic structure of the population. Some other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the regions Romont and Freiburg.

Traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares on a road from Vuisternens -devant -Romont after Massonnens. By Bus Transports Publics Fribourgeois, which runs from Romont to Bulle, Grangettes is connected to the public transport network.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1147 under the name de Grangetes. In the Middle Ages Grangettes formed its own little reign, which included the nearby villages of La Neirigue, Estévenens and Villariaz and parts of Le Châtelard. The noble family of Grangettes is attested since the 12th century, but became extinct in the 14th century. After the rule has undergone numerous changes of ownership. The castle of the lords of Grangettes was destroyed by fire in 1476 and later completely removed, so that today there is nothing of it visible.

When the Bernese 1536 Vaud conquered, the village came under the rule of Freiburg and the Bailiwick Romont was assigned. After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) was one Grangettes during the Helvetic Republic and the subsequent time to the district Romont and was incorporated in 1848 in the District Glane.

As part of the Canton funded since 2000 municipal mergers, Grangettes, Massonnens and Châtelard should be merged. After the inhabitants of Massonnens had rejected a merger in April 2005, the project was provisionally placed on ice.

Attractions

The church of Saint -Maurice is originally from 1430 and was rebuilt after a fire in 1773.