Corpataux
Origin of the name Corpataux
Recorded in the 12th century as « Corpastur » or « Corpastor », the name probably combines two Latin elements, one for a rural estate or a built house, the other for a pasture. It would point to early clearing for livestock.[1][2]
Founding of Corpataux
Corpataux was inhabited long before the year 1000, as a La Tène grave, a Roman villa and early medieval graves show. Its land extends on the left bank of the Sarine to the hamlet of La Tuffière, where fulling mills turned from the 12th century. In the 13th century the village belonged, with Illens and Treyvaux, to the lordship of Arconciel. For worship it long had only a chapel dependent on the parish of Ecuvillens. Corpataux is today in the municipality of Gibloux (merger of 2016).[1][2]
History of Corpataux
12th century. Fulling mills are recorded at La Tuffière.[1]
13th century. Corpataux belongs to the lordship of Arconciel-Illens.[1][2]
1475. Bernese and Fribourg forces take Illens. Corpataux comes under Fribourg's authority.[1][2]
Until 1798. The village is part of the bailiwick of Illens.[1][2]
1798-1848. Corpataux belongs to the district of Farvagny (or to that of Fribourg), then to the Sarine district.[1][2]
1835-1836. The Grand Council authorises Jacques Biolley to build a wire bridge over the Sarine. The suspension bridge at La Tuffière is built in 1836.[1][2]
1907. Corpataux leaves the parish of Ecuvillens and forms an independent parish with Magnedens.[1][2]
1911. The toll on the suspension bridge is abolished.[2]
1912. The neo-Gothic church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste is consecrated.[1]
Before 1940. The fulling mills at La Tuffière stop working.[1]
Around 1950. The tufa quarry at La Tuffière closes. A fish farm and a building firm join forestry.[1][2]
After 1960. A concrete components factory and a gravel pit open. The opening of the A12 motorway later speeds the decline of farming, and Corpataux becomes a residential village.[1]
1998. On 29 December the assemblies of Corpataux and Magnedens each approve the merger agreement.[2]
1999. Corpataux and Magnedens form the municipality of Corpataux-Magnedens on 1 January, with a council of seven members. The Grand Council decree is dated 2 February 1999.[1][2][3]
2014. On 30 November Corpataux-Magnedens accepts the Gibloux merger by 512 votes to 40.[4]
2016. Corpataux joins the new municipality of Gibloux.[1][4]
Population of Corpataux
Sources and references: [1]
| 1811 | 232 |
| 1850 | 321 |
| 1900 | 226 |
| 1950 | 404 |
| 1960 | 359 |
| 1990 | 514 |
Historic sites in Corpataux
Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste. A neo-Gothic church consecrated in 1912, five years after the parish of Corpataux-Magnedens was created.[1]
La Tuffière bridge. The 1836 suspension bridge has been replaced by a concrete structure, which still links the two banks of the Sarine.[1]
La Tuffière. The hamlet, on the left bank of the Sarine, has springs that supply the city of Fribourg. Gravel pits were worked there.[1][2]
Remains in Corpataux
La Tène grave. A grave of the La Tène period held a Helvetian gold coin.[1]
Roman villa. A villa of the 1st century AD has been identified on Corpataux land.[1]
Slab graves. Slab-lined graves date from the early Middle Ages.[1]
La Tuffière mills and quarry. The fulling mills, recorded from the 12th century, stopped before 1940. The tufa quarry worked until around 1950.[1][2]
Sources
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Corpataux » (Michel Charrière, version du 27.09.2016)
- Commune de Gibloux, « Corpataux-Magnedens » (histoire des deux villages)
- État de Fribourg, Recueil systématique (RSF 141.1.2), « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes »
- Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg, message 2015-DIAF-23 du 24 mars 2015 accompagnant le projet de loi relative à la fusion des communes de Corpataux-Magnedens, Farvagny, Le Glèbe, Rossens et Vuisternens-en-Ogoz
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