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Le Flon

Merger 2004 Canton of Fribourg · District: Veveyse · 1'221 inhabitants (31.12.2025)
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Origin of the name Le Flon

The municipality is named after the Flon, a right-bank tributary of the Broye that flows through the three former municipalities. The river rises in a marshy spot at Les Ecasseys, runs south to the east of Bouloz, Porsel and Pont, and joins the Broye at Châtillens. The merger commission proposed the name after a poll of the population. The place-names commission preferred "Porsel", because "Flond" is already a municipality in Graubünden and two other places are called Le Flon. The federal offices consulted accepted "Le Flon" without the addition "(FR)".[1][2][6]

Founding of Le Flon

Le Flon was born on 1 January 2004 from the union of Bouloz, Pont (Veveyse) and Porsel, three municipalities on the Lausanne-Fribourg axis between Oron-la-Ville and Romont. The three municipal assemblies approved the merger agreement on 10 June 2003, and the Grand Council ratified the merger by a decree of 8 October 2003. The new municipality then had 857 inhabitants (legal population at 31.12.2001) on 9.54 km². Its coat of arms combines those of the three former municipalities: on a red field, a gold saltire, a silver tower, a birch on a green mount and a black boar.[1][2][3][5][7]

History of Le Flon

2000. On 14 June Bouloz, Pont and Porsel hold a first meeting to study a merger, then set up a merger commission.[2]

2002. On 22 March the merger commission proposes the name "Le Flon" to the cantonal municipalities office, chosen after a poll of the population.[2]

2003. The place-names commission proposes "Porsel" on 10 January. At a meeting on 10 March the merger commission keeps "Le Flon". The draft agreement goes to the municipalities office on 28 March, and the population is briefed on 6 May.[2]

2003. On 10 June the three assemblies approve the agreement: 64 yes to 2 no in Bouloz, 36 to 15 in Pont and 122 to 2 in Porsel. The Porsel assembly, which at first wanted to keep its own name, comes round to "Le Flon".[2][3]

2003. The Council of State sends its message to the Grand Council on 19 August. The decree of 8 October gives the municipality the name Le Flon and grants it merger aid of 474'281 francs, paid from 2005.[2][3][4]

2004. Le Flon comes into being on 1 January. Bouloz, Pont and Porsel become village names, and their citizens become citizens of the new municipality. Together with La Verrerie and Saint-Martin, created the same day, the Veveyse district goes from 15 to 9 municipalities.[1][3][10]

2005. The municipality's first financial year closes with a surplus. The new school in Porsel, costing 1.1 million francs, of which 470'000 francs come from the merger aid, is due to be finished at the end of April.[8]

Population of Le Flon

Sources and references: [2][1][9]

Population of Le Flon
2001857
2004860
20251'221

Historic sites in Le Flon

Municipal administration. The municipal administration is based in Porsel, Route de Moudon 19b. The three villages lie at 770 m (Pont), 820 m (Porsel) and 870 m (Bouloz).[5]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Flon, Le » (version du 07.12.2004)
  2. Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg, message n° 86 du 19 août 2003 accompagnant le projet de décret relatif à la fusion des communes de Bouloz, Pont et Porsel
  3. Grand Conseil du canton de Fribourg, décret du 8 octobre 2003 relatif à la fusion des communes de Bouloz, Pont et Porsel (ROF 2003_127, version allemande)
  4. État de Fribourg, Recueil systématique (RSF 141.1.2), « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes »
  5. Commune du Flon, « La commune »
  6. Commune du Flon, « Rivière Le Flon »
  7. Commune du Flon, « Écusson Le Flon »
  8. Stéphane Sanchez, « Fusion Le Flon (Porsel, Bouloz et Pont) », La Gruyère, 31 mars 2005
  9. 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
  10. État de Fribourg, allocution de Didier Castella, conseiller d'État, pour les 20 ans de la fusion de Saint-Martin (8 juin 2024)

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