Le Crêt
Origin of the name Le Crêt
The village stands on a hill at 915 m, the highest point of La Verrerie. The municipal arms recall it with a green mount that the blazon calls a "crêt".[5]
Founding of Le Crêt
Le Crêt lies on the Lausanne-Bulle road and includes, besides the village, the hamlets of Montborget and Bremudens and scattered houses. The lords of Rue, Oron and Gruyère held property and rights there in turn. The village long depended on the parish of Saint-Martin before becoming the centre of its own parish. It remained a place of farming and crafts and cut its peat during both world wars. Le Crêt is now part of the municipality of La Verrerie (merger of 2004).[1][5]
History of Le Crêt
1555. Le Crêt passes to Fribourg and comes under the bailiwick of Rue until 1798.[1]
1663. The chapel of Saint-Loup is consecrated.[1]
1665-1670. Le Crêt separates from Saint-Martin and becomes a parish. It also takes in Grattavache, detached from Saint-Martin, and Les Ecasseys, detached from Vuisternens-devant-Romont.[1]
1716. A school is mentioned in the village. It received a gift from the André-Joseph Rossier foundation.[1]
1798-1848. Le Crêt belongs to the district of Rue, then, from 1848, to the Veveyse district.[1]
1887-1889. A new church replaces the chapel of Saint-Loup.[1][3]
2000. Farming still provides more than half of the jobs.[1]
2004. On 1 January Le Crêt merges with Grattavache and Progens to form the municipality of La Verrerie. On 17 September 2003 its assembly had approved the agreement by 85 votes, with not one against.[1][4]
Population of Le Crêt
Sources and references: [1][4]
| 1850 | 409 |
| 1888 | 487 |
| 1900 | 473 |
| 1950 | 475 |
| 1980 | 353 |
| 2000 | 392 |
| 2001 | 401 |
Historic sites in Le Crêt
Church of Saint-Loup. Built from 1887 to 1889 by the architect Ambroise Villard, the church is a rare Gothic Revival ensemble that has kept its original furnishings and decoration. It holds a Carrara marble high altar of 1870 by Pierre-Alexandre Christinaz, a statue of Saint Lupus from the first half of the 18th century, a font of 1755, stained glass of 1888 and an organ by Friedrich Goll (1904). Its oldest bell dates from 1694. Restored in 1974-1975 and in 1998, it is listed as a cultural property of national importance (A object).[2][3]
Sources
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Crêt, Le » (Jean-Claude Vial, version du 11.05.2005)
- Office fédéral de la protection de la population, « Révision Inventaire PBC 2021 : liste cantonale, canton de FR » (état au 1.1.2026)
- Inventaire suisse des biens culturels (PBC), fiche « Église Saint-Loup » du Crêt (KGS 02006), texte du Guide artistique de la Suisse (SHAS)
- Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg, message n° 97 du 6 octobre 2003 accompagnant le projet de décret relatif à la fusion des communes du Crêt, Grattavache et Progens
- Commune de La Verrerie, « Présentation de la commune »
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