Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens
Origin of the name Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens
The village is recorded around 1209 as « Chavanes ».[1]
Founding of Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens
Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens lies on the western slope of the Gibloux and groups several hamlets, including Grange-la-Battiaz since 1866. It was a small lordship of the barons of Pont-en-Ogoz. The Challant family, co-lords of Pont-en-Ogoz, the Reyff family and the convent of the Fille-Dieu held various fiefs here, which passed to Fribourg from the late 15th century. The village belonged to the parish of Orsonnens from the 14th century at the latest. In 2000 about two thirds of the working population were in the primary sector, mostly dairy farming. Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens is now part of the municipality of Villorsonnens (merger of 2001).[1]
History of Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens
Around 1209. The village appears as « Chavanes ».[1]
14th century. Chavannes belongs to the parish of Orsonnens, by this time at the latest.[1]
Late 15th century. The fiefs of the Challant, the Reyff and the Fille-Dieu begin to pass to Fribourg.[1]
First third of the 16th century. The chapel already exists. An inscription in the choir bears the arms of Guillaume Chassot and his wife Marguerite Renaud.[2]
Until 1798. The village comes under the bailiwick of Pont-Farvagny.[1]
1769. The chapel is enlarged. Its façade is rebuilt in molasse in late Baroque style, and it receives a new high altar.[1][2]
1798-1803. Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens belongs to the district of Romont.[1]
1803-1848. It belongs to the district of Farvagny.[1]
1866. The municipality of Grange-la-Battiaz, dissolved by an act of 7 September, is joined to Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens.[1][3]
2000. The municipality hands its chapel over to the parish for a symbolic franc.[2]
2000. About two thirds of the working population work in the primary sector.[1]
2001. Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens merges with Orsonnens, Villargiroud and Villarsiviriaux to form Villorsonnens.[1][4]
Population of Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens
Sources and references: [1]
| 1811 | 186 |
| 1850 | 253 |
| 1860 | 206 |
| 1900 | 244 |
| 1941 | 311 |
| 1950 | 286 |
| 1980 | 216 |
| 2000 | 245 |
Historic sites in Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens
Chapel of Saint John the Baptist. Recorded from the first third of the 16th century and enlarged in 1769, it has a late Baroque molasse façade dated 1769 and a stone-vaulted choir where angels hold the instruments of the Passion. The high altar of 1769 carries a Virgin and a Saint John, remains of an early 17th-century Calvary, and an early 18th-century Virgin in Glory.[1][2]
Way of Saint James. The Fribourg-Romont section of the Way of Saint James runs through the village.[4]
Sources
- Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz, « Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens » (Evelyne Maradan, version du 29.12.2003)
- Unité pastorale Sainte Marguerite Bays, « Chapelle de Chavannes »
- État de Fribourg, Recueil systématique (RSF 141.1.2), « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes »
- Commune de Villorsonnens, « La commune »
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