Grandsivaz
Origin of the name Grandsivaz
The name comes from the Latin « grandis silva », the great forest. In German the village was once called Grossenwald.[1]
Founding of Grandsivaz
Grandsivaz lies on a gently rolling plateau between two wooded ravines. The priory of Payerne owns land here from 1183, and the village belongs to the lordship of Montagny. A municipality in its own right until 1831, it then shared a municipality and, from 1874, a parish with Mannens, whose church serves both villages. Its few 19th-century farmhouses remain fairly scattered, and the village is now one of the five in the municipality of Montagny.[1][2][3][4]
History of Grandsivaz
1183. The priory of Payerne owns land at Grandsivaz.[1]
1478. Fribourg acquires the lordship of Montagny, and Grandsivaz belongs to the bailiwick of Montagny until 1798.[1]
1831. The municipality of Grandsivaz is merged with Mannens, which alone keeps its name.[1]
1874. Following a request made in 1873, Bishop Marilley separates Mannens and Grandsivaz from the parish of Montagny by a decree of 8 December.[1][3]
1930s. The perfectly straight cantonal road from Fribourg to Payerne is opened through the village. It reshapes its layout and later draws detached houses.[2]
1953. The municipality takes the name Mannens-Grandsivaz.[1]
2004. On 1 January Mannens-Grandsivaz joins the municipality of Montagny under a decree of 12 September 2003.[4][5]
Population of Grandsivaz
Sources and references: [4]
| 2021 | 317 |
Historic sites in Grandsivaz
19th-century farmhouses. A few interesting 19th-century farmhouses survive in the core, which is broken up on either side of the cantonal road.[2]
Sources
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Mannens-Grandsivaz » (Marianne Rolle, version du 08.12.2009)
- Service des biens culturels du canton de Fribourg, Recensement cantonal des sites construits (SCRoL), district de la Broye, « Grandsivaz » (février 2026)
- Unité pastorale Notre-Dame de Tours, « Paroisse de Mannens-Grandsivaz »
- Commune de Montagny, « Situation actuelle » (histoire de la commune)
- État de Fribourg, Recueil systématique (RSF 141.1.2), « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes »
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