La Corbaz
Origin of the name La Corbaz
The village appears in 1294 as « La Corbassieri ». Some linguists link the name to a bend, a meander of the Sonnaz. Another hypothesis traces it to a Latin form « Curia Basilei ».[1][2]
Founding of La Corbaz
La Corbaz lies in the Sonnaz valley, where the lords of Englisberg held high and low justice after Fribourg was founded. The Praroman family and the Burghers' Hospital of Fribourg also owned property and rights here. The village always belonged to the parish of Belfaux. Long given over to livestock and mixed crops, it has become residential since the A12 motorway opened. La Corbaz is now part of the municipality of La Sonnaz (merger of 2004).[1][2]
History of La Corbaz
Early Iron Age. A Hallstatt cemetery lies on the land.[1]
Around 1130. The advocacy of the area passes to the Zähringen.[2]
After 1157. Once Fribourg is founded, the lords of Englisberg receive high and low justice over the Sonnaz valley.[2]
1294. Nicolas d'Englisberg sells the villages of La Corbaz, Lossy and Formangueires to his brother Wilhelm and to Jean dit de Vuippens.[1]
1294. The same year, a small chapel of the Nativity of Mary is mentioned.[1]
1442. By this date at the latest, La Corbaz is part of Fribourg's Old Lands, in the Hospital banner.[1]
1798-1848. The municipality belongs to the district of Fribourg.[1]
1866. La Corbaz and Cormagens set up a joint municipal council.[1]
1981. Cormagens refuses to merge with La Corbaz.[1]
2003. On 20 May the communal assembly approves the merger by 79 votes to 27, with one abstention.[2][4]
2004. La Corbaz, Cormagens and Lossy-Formangueires become the municipality of La Sonnaz, by decree of the Grand Council of 12 September 2003.[1][2][3][4]
Population of La Corbaz
Sources and references: [1][4]
| 1811 | 101 |
| 1850 | 147 |
| 1900 | 166 |
| 1950 | 127 |
| 1970 | 111 |
| 2000 | 281 (or 289 as legal population on 31.12.2001) |
Historic sites in La Corbaz
Chapel. A small chapel of the Nativity of Mary mentioned in 1294, it was dedicated to Saint Blaise before 1654. It was restored or rebuilt in 1663.[1]
Remains in La Corbaz
Hallstatt cemetery. A cemetery of the Early Iron Age has been identified on the village land.[1]
Roman traces. The place name Derrey la Vella suggests a Roman villa, and a path cut into the rock is thought to be a Roman road.[2]
Sources
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Corbaz, La » (Marianne Rolle, version du 27.09.2016)
- Commune de La Sonnaz, « Présentation de la commune »
- État de Fribourg, « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes » (RSF 141.1.2), législation fribourgeoise
- Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg, message n° 77 accompagnant le projet de décret relatif à la fusion des communes de La Corbaz, Cormagens et Lossy-Formangueires (08.07.2003)
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