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Bois-d'Amont

Merger 2021 Canton of Fribourg · District: Sarine · 2'489 inhabitants (31.12.2025)
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Origin of the name Bois-d'Amont

The municipality bears the name of a forest massif. Put forward by the steering committee from April 2018, the name Bois-d'Amont was reviewed by the cantonal nomenclature commission and by swisstopo. Arconciel, Ependes, Sales and Senèdes remain the names of the villages.[1][3][4]

Founding of Bois-d'Amont

Bois-d'Amont unites Arconciel, Ependes and Senèdes, 2'198 inhabitants of legal population at the end of 2018 on 12.28 km². Ependes had already absorbed Sales in 1977. On 9 February 2020 the three municipalities accepted the merger by 719 votes to 160. The Grand Council approved the decree on 27 May 2020 and the municipality came into being on 1 January 2021, with state aid of 421'300 francs. Until the general elections of 2026 the municipal council has seven members: three for Arconciel, three for Ependes and one for Senèdes. The coat of arms, quartered per saltire argent and azure, bears crosses pattée.[1][2][3][6]

History of Bois-d'Amont

1977. Ependes absorbs the municipality of Sales, under a decree of 2 November 1976.[6][7]

2013. On 28 May the Council of State approves the merger plan of the prefect of the Sarine. Its « Haute-Sarine » project brings together Arconciel, Ependes, Ferpicloz, Le Mouret, Senèdes, Treyvaux and Villarsel-sur-Marly.[1]

2018. At the start of the year the councils of Arconciel, Ependes and Senèdes launch a merger study.[1]

2018. In April a steering committee is set up, proposes a name and forms five working groups. In December the assemblies of Arconciel and Senèdes are informed, while the Ependes executive first wants to consult its population.[1]

2019. In June a consultative vote in Ependes gives a majority for continuing the talks. Meanwhile Arconciel and Senèdes had prepared a two-way agreement, without shutting out Ependes.[1][5]

2019. On 26 July a first draft agreement goes to the Municipalities Service for preliminary review.[1]

2019. The municipal councils sign the agreement on 25 and 26 November in Senèdes and Ependes, and on 2 December in Arconciel.[1]

2020. On 22 January an information evening brings together the people of the three municipalities. In Ependes, 270 people attend.[1][4]

2020. On 9 February the merger is accepted by 719 votes to 160: 317 to 52 in Arconciel, 328 to 102 in Ependes and 74 to 6 in Senèdes.[1]

2020. The Council of State adopts its message on 10 March. The Grand Council passes the decree on 27 May.[1][2]

2021. On 1 January Bois-d'Amont replaces the three municipalities. The canton then has 128 municipalities.[1][3]

Population of Bois-d'Amont

Sources and references: [1][9]

Population of Bois-d'Amont
20101'915 (legal population)
20182'198 (legal population)
20252'489

Historic sites in Bois-d'Amont

Municipal administration. The seat of the municipality is in Arconciel, place de l'Arche 1.[3][8]

Ependes building. The municipal building in Ependes mainly houses the school services.[4]

Sources

  1. Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg, message 2019-DIAF-37 accompagnant le projet de décret relatif à la fusion des communes d'Arconciel, Ependes et Senèdes (10.03.2020)
  2. Grand Conseil du canton de Fribourg, Parlinfo, affaire 2019-DIAF-37 « Approbation de la fusion des communes d'Arconciel, Ependes et Senèdes »
  3. Convention de fusion des communes d'Arconciel, Ependes et Senèdes (commune de Bois-d'Amont)
  4. Thibaud Guisan, « Vent favorable pour Bois-d'Amont », La Liberté
  5. Keystone-ATS, « Fribourg: projet de fusion de trois communes en Haute-Sarine », swissinfo.ch (19.09.2019)
  6. État de Fribourg, « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes » (RSF 141.1.2), législation fribourgeoise
  7. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Ependes (FR) » (Marianne Rolle, version du 09.06.2021)
  8. Commune de Bois-d'Amont, page d'accueil
  9. Service de la statistique du canton de Fribourg (SStat), « Population des communes, de 1900 à 2025 » (T01-02-03), population résidante permanente au 31.12.2025

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