Villaz-Saint-Pierre
Villaz- Saint-Pierre
Villaz -Saint -Pierre ( Freiburg Patois Vela -chin - Pyéro? / I ) is a municipality in the district of the canton of Fribourg Glane in Switzerland. The German name Villaz- Saint Petersburg is used today any more.
Geography
Villaz -Saint- Pierre is 729 meters above sea level. M., 4 km north-east of the district main town Romont (air line). The village is located on a hill on the northwestern edge of the Glânetals, a scenic location about 40 m above the valley floor, on the Molasseplateau of Fribourg Mittelland.
The area of 5.5 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molassehöhen of Fribourg Mittelland. The central part is occupied by the 800 m wide flat Talniederung the Glane. Adjoining to the north west, the height of Villaz -Saint- Pierre on. Next in the northwest of the municipality extends to the bottom Waldhöhe Au Bois ( 814 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Villaz -Saint -Pierre ) and in the headwaters of the Arbogne. Southeast of the Glane enough, the area on the hillside of the Bois de Muay (750 m above sea level. M. ) to the flat floodplains of the Neirigue. From the municipality surface 1997 12 % came from settlements, 24 % of forest and shrubs, 63% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.
At Villaz -Saint -Pierre include the village Fuyens (715 m above sea level. M. ) at the level between the Glane and the Neirigue and some Hofsiedlungen and individual farms. Neighboring communities of Villaz -Saint- Pierre, La Folliaz, Romont, Mézières, Massonnens, Villorsonnens and Chatonnaye in the Canton of Fribourg and Villarzel in the canton of Vaud.
Population
With 1101 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Villaz -Saint -Pierre is one of the smaller communities of the Canton of Fribourg. Of the 89.3% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 2.8 % and 2.3 % speak Albanian (as of 2000). The population of Villaz -Saint -Pierre in 1900 amounted to 448 inhabitants (including the now incorporated villages ). During the 20th century, the population grew slowly but steadily. Only since about 1980 (654 inhabitants) a significant population growth was recorded.
Economy
Villaz -Saint -Pierre was up in the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the dairy industry, animal husbandry and agriculture have a certain role in the occupational structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. Since the 1980s, also companies in the information technology and engineering and trust companies in Villaz -Saint -Pierre have settled. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location and into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the regions Romont and Freiburg.
Traffic
The community is conveniently comparatively quite well developed. It lies on the main road from Freiburg to Romont. On September 4, 1862, the railway line from Lausanne to Fribourg Fribourg was taken with a train station in Villaz -Saint -Pierre in operation. For the dispersion in public transport provide a bus service of the Transports publics Fribourgeois of Romont after Farvagny as well as two post car prices from Villaz -Saint -Pierre Station to Massonnens and Villarimboud.
History
The territory of Villaz -Saint-Pierre was settled very early, which could be witnessed by the remains of a Roman villa. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1177 under the name of Villa; 1228 Vila is handed down. The place name is from vella Patois expression, derived villa in the importance of group homes.
Villaz -Saint -Pierre made since the Middle Ages its own little rule, which was dependent on various men, including those of Billens, von Greyerz, of Savoy and of Romont. When the Bernese 1536 Vaud conquered, the village came under the rule of Freiburg and the Bailiwick Romont been assigned. After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) was one Villaz -Saint -Pierre during the Helvetic Republic and the subsequent time to the district Romont and was incorporated in 1848 in the District Glane.
On 1 January 1978, the hitherto politically independent Fuyens was incorporated into Villaz -Saint -Pierre. As part of the municipal mergers of the canton of Fribourg, a merger of three villages Lussy, Villarimboud and Villaz -Saint -Pierre was originally provided. Since the residents of Villaz -Saint -Pierre, however, objected to a merger, only the previously independent municipalities Lussy (FR) and Villarimboud were merged to form the new municipality of La Folliaz on 1 January 2005.
Attractions
The parish church of Saint- Pierre -et -Paul goes back in essence to a church from the 12th century. Its present form was given the Church the new building in 1843 in the classical style; 1943-49 it was restored.
Interior of the church
Ceiling fresco in the Church
Fuyens and in the background of Marly
Station
The Moléson seen from Villaz -Saint -Pierre from