Clavaleyres
Origin of the name Clavaleyres
The name is recorded in 1495 (or as early as 1118) as « Klafalery ». It has not been explained.[1][2]
Founding of Clavaleyres
Clavaleyres lies south of Lake Murten, in the border area of the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud, between Gurwolf (Courgevaux), Villarepos and Faoug. In the Middle Ages the estate belonged to the lordship of the priory of Münchenwiler, whose political fortunes and attachment to the parish of Murten (Morat) it shared from 1484. Divisions of farms gradually formed, by the 18th century, a small farming village, which sent its children to school in Münchenwiler. Clavaleyres is now a village of the municipality of Murten (merger of 1 January 2022).[1][2]
History of Clavaleyres
Middle Ages. The Clavaleyres estate belongs to the lordship of the priory of Münchenwiler.[1][2]
1484. Clavaleyres now follows the political fortunes of Münchenwiler and belongs to the parish of Murten.[1]
1495. The name is written « Klafalery ».[1]
1527. Shortly before the Reformation Clavaleyres becomes Bernese.[1]
1535. The hamlet becomes part of the lordship of Münchenwiler, held by citizens of Bern.[1]
18th century. Successive divisions of the farms have given rise to a small village.[1]
1794. Clavaleyres becomes a self-governing municipality.[2]
1798. The village is attached to Fribourg.[1]
1807. Returned to the canton of Bern, Clavaleyres joins the district of Laupen. Until 2021 it remains a German-speaking Bernese enclave in the canton of Fribourg.[1]
1895. A plan to unite with Münchenwiler, the other Bernese exclave, fails because of Clavaleyres.[1][4]
2008. A new attempt fails, this time on Münchenwiler's side. Clavaleyres then turns to Murten.[1][4]
2010. The municipality passes to the administrative district of Bern-Mittelland.[1]
2017. The Bernese Grand Council approves the procedure for the change of canton by 126 votes to 6. The Bernese law is dated 7 June.[3][5]
2018. On 23 March Fribourg adopts the law on admitting Clavaleyres and merging it with Murten. On 23 September voters approve the merger agreement, by 82.4 % in Clavaleyres and 92.4 % in Murten.[3][5]
2020. On 9 February the intercantonal concordat is accepted by 89 % of Bernese and 96.2 % of Fribourg voters. In the winter session the Federal Assembly approves it, by 40 votes to 0 in the Council of States and 184 to 1 in the National Council.[4][5]
2022. On 1 January Clavaleyres passes from the canton of Bern to that of Fribourg and merges with Murten, together with Galmiz and Gempenach. It is Fribourg's first intercantonal merger of municipalities.[1][2][3][5]
Population of Clavaleyres
Sources and references: [1][2]
| 1764 | 31 |
| 1850 | 99 |
| 1880 | 118 |
| 1900 | 102 |
| 1950 | 72 |
| 2000 | 53 |
| 2010 | 48 |
| 2020 | 51 |
| 2021 | 51 |
Remains in Clavaleyres
La Tène bronzes. Bronze rings and fragments from the La Tène period are the earliest traces of human presence at Clavaleyres.[1]
Hubel. Remains of Roman settlement have been identified, and possibly a Roman farm estate at the place called Hubel.[1]
Sources
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Clavaleyres » (Anne-Marie Dubler, version du 25.10.2022)
- Commune de Murten, « Clavaleyres » (présentation des localités)
- État de Fribourg, Direction des institutions, de l'agriculture et des forêts, « Fusion von Clavaleyres mit Murten: eine neue Etappe in Richtung der interkantonalen Fusion » (communiqué du 23.09.2018)
- SRF News, « Berner Gemeinde Clavaleyres darf zum Kanton Freiburg wechseln » (08.02.2020, mis à jour le 09.02.2020)
- Année politique suisse, « Kantonswechsel der bernischen Gemeinde Clavaleyres, 2017-2022 »
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