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La Neirigue

Canton of Fribourg · District: Glâne · 50 inhabitants (2000, former municipality of La Neirigue, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Vuisternens-devant-Romont
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Origin of the name La Neirigue

The place appears as early as 930 in the Latin form « Nigra aqua ».[1]

Founding of La Neirigue

La Neirigue lies at the bottom of the valley of the river of the same name, a tributary of the Glâne. In 930 the abbey of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune ceded land here to one Turimbert. From the 12th century the village belonged to the lordship of Grangettes. Its inhabitants live from fodder crops and livestock, and a joinery works in the village. La Neirigue is now part of the municipality of Vuisternens-devant-Romont (merger of 2004).[1]

History of La Neirigue

930. The abbey of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune cedes land at La Neirigue to Turimbert.[1]

From the 12th century. La Neirigue is part of the lordship of Grangettes.[1][2]

1536-1798. The lordship comes under the Fribourg bailiwick of Romont.[1]

1611. Plague devastates the village.[1][2]

1651. The chapel of Saint-Garin is founded, probably in the wake of the epidemic.[1][2]

1735. The chapel is rebuilt.[1]

1798-1848. The lordship is attached to the district of Romont.[1]

1956. La Neirigue leaves the parish of Vuisternens-devant-Romont for that of Berlens.[1][3]

1983. A former gravel pit is turned into a pond.[1]

2000. The village has five farms.[1]

2004. One year after the merger of 2003, La Neirigue joins the municipality of Vuisternens-devant-Romont, following a decree of the Grand Council of 6 November 2003.[1][2][4]

Population of La Neirigue

Sources and references: [1]

Population of La Neirigue
181179
1850100
190088
195087
200050

Historic sites in La Neirigue

Chapel of Saint-Garin. Founded in 1651, shortly after the plague of 1611, and rebuilt in 1735, it is a regional place of pilgrimage.[1][2]

Pond. Created in 1983 in a former gravel pit.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Neirigue, La » (Marianne Rolle, version du 23.07.2009)
  2. Commune de Vuisternens-devant-Romont, « Histoire »
  3. Commune de Vuisternens-devant-Romont, « Commune »
  4. État de Fribourg, Recueil systématique (RSF 141.1.2), « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes »

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