Le Flon
Le Flon is a municipality in the district Veveyse ( German: Vivisbachbezirk ) of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was formed by the merger of the previously independent municipalities Bouloz, Pont ( Veveyse) and Porsel on 1 January 2004. The seat of the municipality is located in Bouloz.
Coat of arms
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The coat of arms consists of parts of the coat of arms of the former municipalities.
Geography
Le Flon is located about 16 km north of Vevey ( straight line ). The municipality extends to the ridge between the valleys of the Flon in the south and his right-hand side of Bach Maflon in the north, the southernmost tip of Fribourg Mittelland.
The area of 9.5 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molasseplateaus east of the upper course of the Broye, in the foothills. The area is crossed from the northeast to the southwest of the Talniederung the Flon. Also, the left side of the valley and the forest region Bois du Riez belongs largely to Le Flon. To the north of the valley includes a ridge, which forms the main settlement area of the municipality and to the Forest Heights La Râpe (888 m above sea level. M. ) and La Tossaire ( 942 m above sea level. M. the highest elevation of Le Flon ) culminates. On the northern slope of these two heights springs the Glane. To the northwest, the communal land extends into the valley of the Maflon. The ridge flattens gradually to the southwest and ends at the mouth of Maflon in the Flon, where 700 m above sea level. M. the lowest point of the municipality is located. A small exclave situated in a lowland bog north of Fiaugères. From the municipality surface 1997 accounted for 5% on settlements, 20 % 74% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was on forest and trees unproductive land.
Le Flon consists of the villages
- Bouloz, 865 m above sea level. M., on the ridge between the Flon and the headwaters of the Glane, 270 inhabitants.
- Pont ( Veveyse), 750 m above sea level. M., in the valley of Flon, 186 inhabitants.
- Porsel, 813 m above sea level. M., on the ridge between the Flon and the Maflon, 406 inhabitants.
At Le Flon also includes the hamlet of Les Grandes Bruyeres (865 m above sea level. M. ) at Bouloz, Perrey -Martin ( 803 m above sea level. M. ) on the ridge above Pont (Veveyse ) as well as all over the area numerous scattered individual farms. Neighboring communities of Le Flon are Chapelle (Glâne ), Rue, Ursy, Siviriez, Vuisternens -devant -Romont, La Verrerie and Saint- Martin in the canton of Fribourg and Oron in the canton of Vaud.
Population
With 1091 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Le Flon is one of the smaller communities of the Canton of Fribourg. Of the 95.3 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 2.4 % and 0.8 % speak Portuguese (as of 2000). The population of Le Flon amounted in 1900 to 730 inhabitants. After the population had risen to 1930 to 808 people by 1980, a clear decrease of more than 25 % to 602 inhabitants was registered. Since then, a significant increase in population was recorded again.
Economy
Flon was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by agriculture village. Even today, animal husbandry and dairying, and to a lesser extent agriculture 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, in construction, computer science and the production of agricultural machinery. In recent decades, Le Flon has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the regions Oron- la -Ville and Châtel -Saint -Denis and in Romont.
Traffic
The municipality is situated on the main street of Romont to Oron -la -Ville. By Bus Transports Publics Fribourgeois, which runs from Romont via Oron- la- Ville Palézieux- Gare, all three villages of Le Flon to the public transport network are connected. Another bus line connects Porsel with Moudon.
History
The municipality of Le Flon was settled very early. Thus, in Porsel traces were found from the Middle Bronze Age and remains of a Roman settlement.
Since the Middle Ages included parts of today's municipal territory to rule Oron, while the Abbey of Haut- Cret had rich land. The Illens family entertained near the mouth of Maflon in the Flon since the 12th century a castle, which made it the center of a small rule. During the 16th century, the area came under the rule of Freiburg and the Bailiwick Rue has been assigned. After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) were among the villages during the Helvetic Republic and the subsequent time to the then District Rue before they were incorporated in 1848 in the District Veveyse.
As part of the canton of Fribourg funded since 2000 municipal mergers voters Porsel, Bouloz and Pont ( Veveyse) voted on 10 June 2003 with a Yes majority of 91.7 % for the merging of their communities. Effective on January 1, 2004, therefore, was the town of Le Flon, which was named after the river Flon, who crossed all three previous community areas, named. The municipality is located in Bouloz while Porsel is the seat of the parish.