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Essert

Canton of Fribourg · District: Sarine · 251 inhabitants (2000, former municipality of Essert, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Le Mouret
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Origin of the name Essert

The hamlet has borne three names in turn: Sartarie, Ried, then Essert. When and why it changed them is not known.[3]

Founding of Essert

Essert is a small village of 2.45 km², linked to Le Mouret by a steep path. It belongs to the parish of Treyvaux, now called Treyvaux-Essert. The abbey of Hauterive collected the tithe here in the 13th century. Around the farms, the school and the chapel, new houses have enlarged the village. Essert is now a village of the municipality of Le Mouret (merger of 1 January 2003).[1][2][3]

History of Essert

1269. The abbey of Hauterive collects the tithe on « le village et territoire d'Essert ».[2]

1525. The chapel of Sainte-Anne is built.[3]

1727. The accounts of the parish of Treyvaux show that the people of Essert pay a quarter of its expenses.[2]

2002. On 13 June the communal assembly accepts the merger by 65 votes to 2, with 4 abstentions, the clearest of the six results.[1]

2002. On 17 September the Grand Council decrees the merger of Essert with Bonnefontaine, Montévraz, Oberried, Praroman and Zénauva.[1][4]

2003. On 1 January Essert joins the municipality of Le Mouret, where it elects one of the nine communal councillors. Under an agreement still to be concluded, its people keep using the Treyvaux cemetery.[1]

Population of Essert

Sources and references: [1]

Population of Essert
2000251 (legal population on 31.12.2000)

Historic sites in Essert

Chapel of Sainte-Anne. Dated 1525 and well preserved, it stands at route d'Essert 43. Saints Fabian and Sebastian are celebrated there on 22 January, the « Chin-Chayan », and Saint Anne on 26 July.[3]

School. The village has its school, whose building the 2002 merger agreement planned to keep.[1][3]

Sources

  1. 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)
  2. Jacques Jenny, « Notice historique de la commune de Treyvaux », commune de Treyvaux
  3. Unité pastorale Sainte-Claire, « Chapelle d'Essert »
  4. État de Fribourg, « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes » (RSF 141.1.2), législation fribourgeoise

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