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Gillarens

Canton of Fribourg · District: Glâne · 177 inhabitants (2000, former municipality of Gillarens, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Rue
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Origin of the name Gillarens

The name is written « Gislerens » in the 12th century, « Gislarens » in 1225 and « Gillarens » from 1273. Its meaning is not known.[1][2]

Founding of Gillarens

Gillarens is a village on the Vaud border, long given to wheat, potatoes, beet and dairy farming. Its land first belonged to the abbey of Saint-Maurice, which ceded it to the convent of Hautcrêt in the mid-12th century, and a noble family of Gillarens appears in the 13th and 14th centuries. The village came under the Savoyard castellany of Rue and, for worship, under the parish of Promasens. Gillarens is now part of the municipality of Rue (merger of 2001).[1][2]

History of Gillarens

1147-1150. The abbey of Saint-Maurice cedes its land at Gillarens to the convent of Hautcrêt, in return for a quitrent.[1][2]

13th-14th centuries. A noble family of Gillarens is mentioned.[1][2]

1453. The pastoral visitation records a daughter chapel dedicated to Mary in the village.[1][2]

1536. Savoyard rule over the castellany of Rue ends, and Gillarens passes to Fribourg.[1]

1674. Together with the commoners of Chapelle, the village obtains a chaplain's benefice.[1][2]

1848. The prefecture of Rue disappears and Gillarens moves to the district of the Glâne.[1]

1928. Gillarens and Chapelle separate from Promasens and form a single parish.[3][4]

1987. The Foyer Saint-Jean Bosco, until then an orphanage for girls, takes in drug-dependent mothers.[1][2]

1993. The home becomes a residence for people with disabilities, run by the Fondation Eben-Hezer (or la Collée).[1][2]

2001. Gillarens merges with Promasens and Rue, under a decree of 14 December 2000.[1][5]

Population of Gillarens

Sources and references: [1]

Population of Gillarens
1811131
1850152
1900224
1950272
1960207
1980160
2000177

Historic sites in Gillarens

Foyer Saint-Jean Bosco. A former orphanage for girls, which became a home for drug-dependent mothers in 1987 and a residence for people with disabilities in 1993.[1][2]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Gillarens » (Evelyne Maradan, version du 11.07.2007)
  2. Commune de Rue, « Histoire »
  3. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Promasens » (Marianne Rolle, version du 13.07.2010)
  4. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Chapelle (Glâne) » (Evelyne Maradan, version du 05.03.2026)
  5. État de Fribourg, Recueil systématique (RSF 141.1.2), « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes »

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