Léchelles

Léchelles ( Freiburg Patois Lètchilè? / I ) is a municipality in the district Broye the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. The former German name conductors is no longer used today. On 1 September 1994, the previously independent community Chandon was incorporated into Léchelles.

Geography

Léchelles is located on 545 m above sea level. M., 11 km west-northwest of the capital of the canton of Fribourg (air line). The village is located in a wide valley at the top Chandon, south of Grand Belmont, in the north-western Fribourg plateau.

The area of ​​8.8 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molassehügellandes in Fribourg plateau. The municipal area is crossed from the southwest to the northeast from Chandon, which rises in the extreme south of the area and forms a flat Talniederung from 200 to 400 m wide. This valley was during a retreat stage of the glacial Rhône glacier over a period of time as meltwater channel at the edge of the glacier. From the slopes of the flow Chandon some small side streams to deep erosion valleys. The Valley of Chandon is in the north of the forest height of the Grand Belmont (658 m above sea level. M. ), in the south of that of the Bandeire ( 667 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Léchelles ) flanked. To the northeast, the area stretches to the court Malforin. West of the Talniederung at Léchelles extends the communal land in the catchment area of ​​the Ruisseau du Creux ( side stream of Arbogne ) and on the hill Fin de Longemalle (up to 600 m above sea level. M. ). From the municipality surface 1997 6 % came from settlements, 38 % of forest and shrubs, 55 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Léchelles the village Chandon ( 525 m above sea level. M. ) the hamlet Vuaty ( 598 m above sea level. M. ) on the southeast slope of the Grand Belmont as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Léchelles are Domdidier, Russy, Montagny, Ponthaux, Grolley and Courtion in the Canton of Fribourg and Oleyres in the canton of Vaud.

Population

With 629 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Léchelles one of the smaller municipalities of the canton of Fribourg. Of the 90.9% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 8.2 % and 0.6 % speak English (as of 2000). The population of Léchelles amounted in 1900 to 466 inhabitants (including Chandon ). By 1920, the population increased slightly to 511 inhabitants, followed by strong emigration was a decrease of more than 25 % to 382 persons in 1980. Was only since a significant population growth was recorded again.

Economy

Léchelles was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and animal husbandry and dairying 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 telecommunications, the construction industry and in a mechanical workshop. At the height east of the village there was a fuel depot, which was built back in 2007/2008. In recent decades, Léchelles has also 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 main road from Payerne to Freiburg. On August 25, 1876, the railway line from Freiburg to Payerne was taken with a station in Léchelles in operation.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1243 under the name Leschières 1327 appeared the name Leschièles. Since the Middle Ages Léchelles was part of the rule Montagny. With this rule, the village in 1478 came under the suzerainty of Freiburg and the Bailiwick Montagny has been assigned. After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) was one Léchelles during the Helvetic Republic and the subsequent time to the district Montagny before it was incorporated in 1848 in the District Broye. After the inhabitants of Chandon had agreed to a merger on 12 April 1994, Chandon was amalgamated with effect on 1 September 1994, after Léchelles. With this merger, the new whole church also received a new coat of arms.

Attractions

The Léchelles castle goes back in essence to the 16th century but was extensively rebuilt in the first half of the 18th century. It is a two-storey rectangular building with impressive illusionistic painting on the east façade. The present parish church was built in 1746 by Léchelles at the site of an earlier building dating from the 17th century. The parish had its seat for a long time in Chandon before it was moved in 1859 after Léchelles.