Lentigny
Origin of the name Lentigny
Lentigny appears in 1142 in the form « Lintiniei ». The name is said to come from a Latin personal name, Lentinius, followed by the suffix -acum, which became -y. German speakers once called the place Lentenach.[1][2]
Founding of Lentigny
Lentigny stands on a rise in the middle of a marshy plain, away from the main roads. In the 12th century the lords of Glâne inherited land in the area from their relatives by marriage, the Vilar Walbert. The village then belonged to the lordship of Montagny. It first depended on the parish of Onnens, and once the parish was separated, the abbey of Hauterive appointed the priest. Lentigny is today in the municipality of La Brillaz (merger of 2001).[1][2]
History of Lentigny
1142. The village is recorded under the name « Lintiniei ».[1]
12th century. The lords of Glâne inherit land around Lentigny, which belongs to the lordship of Montagny.[1]
Before 1173. A chapel already exists in the village.[1]
1447. Fribourg burns Lentigny during its conflict with Savoy.[1]
1478. Having passed to Fribourg during the Burgundian Wars, the village is incorporated into the bailiwick of Montagny.[1][2]
1588. Lentigny separates from Onnens and becomes a parish, whose patronage belongs to the abbey of Hauterive.[1][2]
1639. A new church replaces the chapel.[1][2]
1798. The municipality belongs to the district of Payerne, in 1803 to that of Montagny, then from 1815 to 1848 to that of Fribourg.[1]
1837-1840. The church of Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens replaces that of 1639.[1][2]
1848. The district of Sarine brings Lentigny, Lovens and Onnens together for the first time.[1][2]
1869. A brickworks opens on the territory of Autigny. It will employ about a hundred people.[1][2]
1894. Abbé Ambroise Villard, priest of Farvagny, designs the Pellevoisin chapel, built with Lentigny bricks. Its statue is blessed on 5 October 1902.[2]
1901. The school is built in the village centre, with separate entrances for girls and boys. The municipality borrows 46'000 francs.[2]
1905. The local clay runs out. An aerial ropeway links Lovens to Lentigny to bring clay from the Nex marsh.[2]
1909. A first draining of the marshes is followed by others in 1937 and 1945-1946. Peat is cut there until 1945.[1]
1931. The brickworks moves to Corbières.[1][2]
1946. A fine ceramics factory opens, then makes porcelain from 1954 to 1961. A fire destroys the building on 13 August 1962.[1][2]
1990s. Lentigny becomes a residential village.[1][2]
2001. On 1 January Lentigny, Lovens and Onnens form the municipality of La Brillaz, under a decree of 16 November 2000.[1][3]
Population of Lentigny
Sources and references: [1]
| 1811 | 201 |
| 1850 | 246 |
| 1900 | 408 |
| 1950 | 440 |
| 2000 | 638 |
Historic sites in Lentigny
Church of Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens. Built from 1837 to 1840, it has a Baroque onion-domed bell tower of Austrian or southern German inspiration.[1][2]
Pellevoisin chapel. Built in 1894 of Lentigny bricks to plans by Abbé Ambroise Villard, priest of Farvagny from 1869 to 1903, it recalls the pilgrimage of Pellevoisin in the Indre department of France.[2]
Remains in Lentigny
Neolithic. Objects from the Middle and Late Neolithic have been found.[1]
Burial mounds. Two burial mounds date from the Hallstatt period.[1]
Gallo-Roman remains. Gallo-Roman remains, perhaps of a farm estate or a potter's workshop, and Roman coins have been found.[1][2]
Sources
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Lentigny » (Marianne Rolle, version du 15.05.2006)
- Commune de La Brillaz, « Historique » (Jean-Marie Barras et Christine Barras, octobre 2023)
- État de Fribourg, « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes » (RSF 141.1.2), législation fribourgeoise
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