FRDEITEN
Villages / Fribourg / Gruyère district / Le Bry

Le Bry

Canton of Fribourg · District: Gruyère · 274 inhabitants (2000, former municipality of Le Bry, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Pont-en-Ogoz
Origin of the name Founding Historical timeline Population over time Must-see historical sites Remains Sources and references Nearby villages

Origin of the name Le Bry

The name Le Bry, which stood for a whole municipality from 1970 to 2003, remains unexplained.

Founding of Le Bry

Le Bry is a hamlet of the former municipality of Pont-en-Ogoz, now on the Fribourg-Bulle motorway corridor, on the shore of the Lac de la Gruyère. The site was already inhabited in Gallo-Roman times, and a rich early medieval cemetery has been uncovered here. The hamlet belonged to the lordship of Pont, whose castle and small town stood in a bend of the Sarine, and to the parish of Avry-devant-Pont. People lived from fodder crops and cattle breeding. In 1970 the former municipality of Pont-en-Ogoz joined Villars-d'Avry under the name Le Bry. That municipality became part of the new municipality of Pont-en-Ogoz in 2003.[1][2][3]

History of Le Bry

2nd-3rd century. A Gallo-Roman settlement occupies the site.[1]

Early Middle Ages. A rich cemetery develops at the place called La Chavanne.[1]

Around 1160. The lords of Pont, on whom the hamlet depends, appear in the records.[1][2]

1482. The lordship of Pont is sold to Fribourg, which makes it its first bailiwick.[1][2]

1798. Le Bry is attached to the district of Bulle.[1]

1848. The hamlet becomes part of the Gruyère district.[2]

1948. The filling of the Lac de la Gruyère floods part of its land.[1][2]

1957. The Morard SA distillery is founded. The same year a gravel pit opens, worked until 1990.[1]

1969. On 25 November the Grand Council passes the decree uniting Pont-en-Ogoz and Villars-d'Avry.[3]

1970. The new municipality takes the name Le Bry. It has 216 inhabitants.[1][2]

1990. More than a quarter of the working population is still in farming. From this year Le Bry builds a harbour, a leisure area and a residential zone on the lakeshore.[1]

2002. On 17 September the Grand Council passes the decree merging Avry-devant-Pont, Le Bry and Gumefens.[3]

2003. Le Bry becomes part of the new municipality of Pont-en-Ogoz.[1][2][3]

Population of Le Bry

Sources and references: [1]

Population of Le Bry
1970216 (municipality of Le Bry)
2000274 (municipality of Le Bry)

Historic sites in Le Bry

Ogoz harbour. Built on the lakeshore from 1990, the harbour of Le Bry is the starting point for crossings to the Île d'Ogoz, held on Sunday afternoons from May to October.[1][4]

Morard distillery. Founded in 1957, the Morard SA distillery is based at Le Bry.[1]

View of the Île d'Ogoz. Near Le Bry, the ruins of the castle of Pont and the Saint-Théodule chapel rise from the lake on the Île d'Ogoz.[2][4]

Remains in Le Bry

Gallo-Roman settlement. Remains of a 2nd and 3rd-century settlement have been found at Le Bry.[1]

La Chavanne cemetery. A rich early medieval cemetery was discovered at the place called Le Bry-La Chavanne.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Bry, Le » (Marianne Rolle), version du 10.10.2016
  2. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Pont-en-Ogoz » (François Guex), version du 11.06.2012
  3. État de Fribourg, Recueil systématique (RSF 141.1.2), « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes »
  4. Archeoplus (Sylvain Gailloud), « Pont-en-Ogoz (FR) »

Other villages near Le Bry

Missing information, or do you have a source? Suggest a correction or addition. Every submission is checked before it's published.

Suggest a change