Massonnens
Massonnens
Massonnens ( Freiburg Patois Machounin? / I ) is a municipality in the district of the canton of Fribourg Glane in Switzerland.
Geography
Massonnens is located on 733 m above sea level. M., 4 km east of the district main town Romont (air line). The farming village extends on a hill on the northwest slope of Mount Marly, overlooking the valley of Neirigue, west of the village Bach Ruisseau du Planet, the higher Fribourg plateau.
The area of 4.2 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molassehügellandes in Fribourg plateau. The western and northern boundary runs along the Neirigue, which has a 200 to 500 m wide Talniederung. From here, the communal land (M. 877 m above sea level. ) Extends to the southeast across the slope of Massonnens on the forest heights of Le Mont (865 m above sea level. M. ) and Bois de Saulgy on the northwest slope of Marly. In the southeast, below the level of La Berra, is 914 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Massonnens. The area is drained by the Ruisseau du Planet for Neirigue. From the municipality surface 1997 6 % came from settlements, 21 % of forest and woody plants and 73% to agriculture.
To Massonnens the hamlet Ferlens include (790 m above sea level. M. ) on a terrace on the western slopes of Le Mont and some Hofsiedlungen and individual farms. Neighboring communities of Massonnens are Vuisternens -devant -Romont, Mézières, Villaz -Saint -Pierre, Villorsonnens, Le Châtelard and Grangettes.
Population
With 453 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Massonnens one of the small communities of the Canton of Fribourg. Of the 97.0 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 1.7 % and 0.5 % speak Portuguese (as of 2000). The population of Massonnens amounted in 1900 to 377 inhabitants. After peaking in 1930 with 421 inhabitants, the population increased by strong migration to 1970 by almost 28% to 307 persons. Since then, a significant population growth was recorded again.
Economy
Massonnens was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. At the Neirigue a mill formerly operated. Even today, the dairy industry, animal husbandry and to a lesser extent agriculture an important place in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and 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 Villaz -Saint- Pierre to Grangettes. By Postbus course, which runs from Villaz -Saint- Pierre to Massonnens, the village is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1177 under the name Massenens. Later, the names Massunens ( 1341 ), Mass Onens ( 1471 ) and Massonnens published (since 1668). The name goes back to the Germanic personal name Manzo and means with the suffix -ene as much as the people of Manzo. Even before Massonnens Ferlens was mentioned in 929 as Fredingis.
Since the Middle Ages Massonnens and Ferlens formed two own little gentlemen who were under the protection of the House of Savoy. In the 13th and 14th centuries, the noble family de Massonnens is attested. When the Bernese 1536 Vaud conquered, the two villages came under the rule of Freiburg and the bailiwick of Pont- Farvagny were allocated. After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) Massonnens and Ferlens belonged during the Helvetic Republic until 1803 Romont district, then the district Farvagny. In 1809 Ferlens was incorporated into Massonnens. With the enactment of the new cantonal constitution Massonnens was incorporated in 1848 in the District Glane.
As part of the Canton funded since 2000 municipal mergers, Massonnens, Grangettes and Châtelard should be merged. After the inhabitants of Massonnens had rejected a merger in April 2005, the project was provisionally placed on ice.