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Haut-Intyamon

Merger 2002 Canton of Fribourg · District: Gruyère · 1'772 inhabitants (31.12.2025)
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Origin of the name Haut-Intyamon

Haut-Intyamon names the upper valley of the Intyamon, whose southern end the municipality occupies, upstream of Grandvillard. The name comes from none of the four merged municipalities, which in 2002 became the names of its villages.[1][5]

Founding of Haut-Intyamon

Albeuve, Lessoc, Montbovon and Neirivue form Haut-Intyamon, together with the hamlet of Les Sciernes-d'Albeuve. The project grew out of a joint process among the eight municipalities of the valley, whose inhabitants chose two mergers rather than one in 2000. The citizens of the four upper municipalities accepted the merger on 26 June 2001, the Grand Council ratified it by decree on 18 September 2001, and it took effect on 1 January 2002. The new municipality had 1'405 inhabitants in 2003. Its arms show, on a red field, a wavy bend divided black and silver and a silver crane with raised wings, passing over a green mount of two peaks.[1][2][3][5]

History of Haut-Intyamon

2000. On 2 February, the municipal councils of Albeuve, Lessoc, Montbovon, Neirivue, Enney, Estavannens, Grandvillard and Villars-sous-Mont met for a first information session on a merger.[2]

2000. A survey held in May gave 44 % for a single municipality and 56 % for two mergers of four municipalities each.[2]

2001. On 26 June, the citizens of Albeuve, Lessoc, Montbovon and Neirivue voted to merge their four municipalities.[1][2]

2001. The Grand Council adopted the merger decree on 18 September, together with an amendment to the law on administrative districts.[1][3][4]

2002. On 1 January, Haut-Intyamon replaced the four municipalities, which became villages of the new municipality.[1][5]

2004. Downstream, Enney, Estavannens and Villars-sous-Mont in turn formed Bas-Intyamon, without Grandvillard, which had rejected the merger in 2003.[2][3]

Population of Haut-Intyamon

Sources and references: [5][6]

Population of Haut-Intyamon
20031'405
20251'772

Historic sites in Haut-Intyamon

Municipal administration. The administration of Haut-Intyamon is in Albeuve, at Rue du Moléson 19.[1]

Sources

  1. Commune de Haut-Intyamon, « Histoire de la commune »
  2. Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg, message n° 96 accompagnant le projet de décret relatif à la fusion des communes d'Enney, Estavannens et Villars-sous-Mont (30.09.2003)
  3. État de Fribourg, « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes » (RSF 141.1.2), législation fribourgeoise
  4. Grand Conseil du canton de Fribourg, Répertoire du Bulletin officiel des séances 2001-2010
  5. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Haut-Intyamon » (Marcel Muller, version du 29.08.2006)
  6. Service de la statistique du canton de Fribourg (SStat), « Population des communes, de 1900 à 2025 » (T01-02-03), population résidante permanente au 31.12.2025

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