FRDEITEN
Villages / Fribourg / Sarine district / Bonnefontaine

Bonnefontaine

Canton of Fribourg · District: Sarine · 500 inhabitants (2000, former municipality of Bonnefontaine, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Le Mouret
Origin of the name Founding Historical timeline Population over time Must-see historical sites Sources and references Nearby villages

Origin of the name Bonnefontaine

Deeds from 1149 to 1179 name the place « Bona Fontana » or « Bonus Fons ». German speakers called it « Muffethan », a name no longer in use.[1]

Founding of Bonnefontaine

Bonnefontaine lies between the Sarine and the Gérine, on the language border: in 1990, 83 % of the inhabitants spoke French. The village comes into view around 1149, when a local family handed Hauterive Abbey its rights of clearing land in the royal forests (joux). Under the Ancien Régime it belonged to the Old Lands of Fribourg, in the banner of the Bourg. Long agricultural and given to cattle breeding, it has also become a residential place. Bonnefontaine, which had absorbed Montécu in 1989, is today a village of the municipality of Le Mouret (merger of 2003).[1]

History of Bonnefontaine

Around 1149. Marie de Bonnefontaine and her son give Hauterive Abbey their clearing rights in the royal forests.[1]

1237. Aymon de Montagny enfeoffs Guillaume d'Englisberg with his lands of Planfayon and Bonnefontaine.[1]

1448. During the war between Bern and Fribourg, the Bernese attack the village.[1]

1644. Until then a dependency of the parish of Ependes, Bonnefontaine passes to the new parish of Praroman.[1][4]

1798-1803. Under the Helvetic Republic the municipality belongs to the district of La Roche.[1]

1803-1848. It then comes under the district of Fribourg.[1]

19th century. The inhabitants make straw hats.[1]

1894. A church is built in the village.[1]

1898. Bonnefontaine becomes a parish (in 1888 according to the municipality).[1][4]

1988. On 23 November the Grand Council passes the decree uniting Bonnefontaine and Montécu.[3]

1989. Montécu is absorbed by Bonnefontaine.[1]

2002. On 13 June the communal assembly approves the merger with five neighbours by 90 votes to 55.[2]

2003. Bonnefontaine joins the new municipality of Le Mouret, with Essert, Montévraz, Oberried, Praroman and Zénauva.[1][2]

Population of Bonnefontaine

Sources and references: [1][2]

Population of Bonnefontaine
1811213
1850277
1870358
1900367
1950321
1970280
2000500 including Montécu (or 520 legal population on 31.12.2000)

Historic sites in Bonnefontaine

Church of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes. Built in 1894, the church is dedicated to Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes and remains a place of pilgrimage.[1]

School. The 2002 merger agreement provided for keeping the Bonnefontaine school building within the Le Mouret school district.[2]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Bonnefontaine » (Marianne Rolle, version du 27.09.2016)
  2. Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg, message n° 24 accompagnant le projet de décret relatif à la fusion des communes de Bonnefontaine, Essert, Montévraz, Oberried, Praroman et Zénauva (20.08.2002)
  3. État de Fribourg, « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes » (RSF 141.1.2), législation fribourgeoise
  4. Commune du Mouret, « Histoire de notre commune »

Other villages near Bonnefontaine

Missing information, or do you have a source? Suggest a correction or addition. Every submission is checked before it's published.

Suggest a change