Villars-sur-Glâne
Villars -sur -Glane, taken with a telephoto lens from Matran Station
Villars -sur -Glane ( Freiburg Patois Vela -chu- Yanna? / I ) is a municipality in the District de la Sarine ( German Sarine district) of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. The German name Glane Wiler Wiler and at Matran today are no longer in use. Due to the proximity of the capital of the canton of Fribourg, Bern A12 -Vevey highway and the railway line Roman Horn Geneva, various industries have settled, and the population grew to more than 10,000 inhabitants. Since December 2004, Villars -sur -Glane is a city.
Geography
Villars -sur -Glane is at 659 m above sea level. M. and 4 km west of the capital of the canton of Fribourg (air line). The suburban community extends a scenic location at the upper northern flank of the Glane, just before its confluence with the River Sarine (French: Sarine ), in the means of the Freiburg Molassehöhen country.
The area of 5.5 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molassehöhen between the valleys of Glane respectively Sarine in the south and in the north Sonnaz. The southern boundary runs along the Glane and below the mouth along the Sarine. Both rivers have cut deep here in the molasse of the environment and have a flat valley floor ( about 560 m) with a width of about 100 to 400 m. Adjoining a long stretches of sandstone cliffs, criss-crossed up to 100 m high steep slope to just below the village of Villars the slope is somewhat flatter.
The north adjoining plateau of Villars shows only slight differences in relief. The highest elevations are on the forest heights Belle Croix and Bois de Moncor (both 721 m ) to the east lie the hills Champriond (704 m) and on the outskirts of Freiburg, the height of Guintzet ( 690 m above sea level. M. ). The northern boundary of the municipality is largely formed by the course of the A12 motorway. From the municipality surface 1997 46 % came from settlements, 18% of forest and shrubs, 35 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.
At Villars -sur -Glane include extensive residential quarters of Cormanon ( 690 m), Les Daillettes (656 m) and Bertigny (700 m; German Brittenach ), the industrial and commercial settlement Moncor (710 m) east of the Bois de Moncor, and the hamlet of Sainte- Apolline (572 m) on the north bank of the Glane. Neighboring communities of Villars -sur -Glane are Freiburg, Marly, Hauterive, Matran, Chésopelloz and Givisiez.
Population
With 11,975 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) Villars -sur -Glane is the third largest municipality in the canton of Fribourg and most important suburb of the city of Freiburg. Of the 77.2 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking and 10.9 % 2.3 % speak Portuguese (as of 2000). The population of Villars -sur -Glane increased particularly during the 1960s and since 1980 a marked and passed in December 2004, the limit of 10000 inhabitants. The settlement area of Villars -sur -Glane has grown together seamlessly with that of Freiburg.
Economy
Villars -sur -Glane was up in the first half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. The water power of the Glane was formerly used by mills. 1901 was established on the outskirts of Freiburg on the communal land of Villars -sur -Glane, a chocolate factory whose territory was ceded in 1906 to Freiburg. Since the 1950s, however, began a rapid development to the suburban community of Freiburg with large commercial and industrial areas.
Today, Villars -sur -Glane offers 7,000 jobs. With 2 % of the workforce who are still employed in the primary sector, agriculture has only a marginal position in the occupational structure of the population. Today it focuses on dairy farming, cattle breeding and agriculture. About 30 % of the workforce are employed in the industrial sector, while the service sector around 68 % of the workforce to be united ( as of 2001).
The trade and industry of Villars -sur -Glane are mainly located in Moncor at the height between the motorway and the forests of Belle Croix and Bois de Moncor. It was here that since about 1960, an actual industrial zone covering an area of approximately 0.5 square kilometers. There have here company established by some international renown, such as Cartier ( manufacture of luxury watches ), Otis ( elevator construction ), Vibro-Meter, Cremo ( fabrication of Gruyere cheese ), Jesa ( manufacture of ball bearings ), Swisslion Takovo ( food producer ) and Vifor SA (pharmaceutical industry). Many other companies in the construction and transportation industries, information technology and telecommunications ( Swisscom), the advertising industry and precision engineering are represented in Villars -sur -Glane. More jobs are available commercially, in the administration and in various service companies available. On the floor of Villars -sur -Glane is also the Cantonal Hospital of Fribourg.
Villars -sur -Glane features in addition to the basic school levels through a vocational school and is home to the Ecole professionnelle d' informatique (SOFT ). In addition, there are various sports facilities, and cultural institutions.
In recent decades, Villars -sur -Glane has developed into a residential community. The slope above the railway line is largely built over with blocks of flats and terraced houses. Larger detached properties and villas zones are located in Les Daillettes and Cormanon and in Bertigny. Many workers are commuters who work in the city of Freiburg.
Traffic
The community is conveniently moderately well developed. It is near the main road from Freiburg to Payerne and to Romont. The nearest links to the A12 motorway, opened in 1981 ( Bern- Vevey), which runs through the municipality, located 2 km from the center.
On September 4, 1862, the railway line from Freiburg to Lausanne was taken with a station in Villars -sur -Glane in operation. The church with its various districts is connected to the system operated by the TPF operations city bus from Freiburg, including the line 2 of the trolleybus Freiburg. Also ply the regional bus from Fribourg to Bulle, after Lentigny and after Rosé by Villars -sur -Glane.
From 1912 to 1932 reversed by the district of Les Daillettes also the Trackless train Freiburg- Farvagny, an early trolleybus.
History
Villars -sur -Glane can look back on a long tradition of settlement. The oldest archaeological finds date from the 7th century BC. In the forest of Moncor the largest princely grave of Switzerland from the Hallstatt period was excavated (around 600 BC ). In Châtillon south of the Glane in the municipality of Hauterive archaeologists have found pottery from Greece, northern Italy and northern France. Thus, it is believed that the place very early on was an important transition at Glane and Sarine.
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1143 under the name Vilar. Later, the names Vilar lo Torel ( 1228 ) and Vilar le Terriour ( 1366) appeared. The German version Wyler whether the Glanen 1652 is preserved. Since 1789, the name of Villars -sur -Glane is occupied.
In the High Middle Ages, Villars -sur -Glane was an important parish, which included, in addition to the village area almost the whole area of the present town of Freiburg. From the 11th to the 14th century the noble family Villars- Achars is attested, which was responsible for the village rule. At the latest in 1442 came Villars -sur -Glane under the rule of Freiburg and the Old Landscape ( Neustadtpanner ) has been assigned. The amount of Bertigny was the scene of various military conflicts, as in 1386 between the Bernese and the people of Fribourg as well as 1447 and 1448 between the people of Fribourg and the House of Savoy. After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) belonged to the village during the Helvetic Republic and the subsequent time to the district of Freiburg, before it was incorporated in 1848 with the new cantonal constitution in the Sarine district.
Attractions
The parish church of Saint- Pierre and its current form the new building in 1916. Sainte- Apolline When there is a chapel and an old stone bridge over the Glane.
Personalities
- Carsten Schloter (1963-2013), German manager, lived and died in Villars -sur -Glane