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Mannens-Grandsivaz

Canton of Fribourg · District: Broye · 472 inhabitants (2000, former municipality of Mannens-Grandsivaz, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Montagny
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Origin of the name Mannens-Grandsivaz

Mannens is recorded in 1184 as "Magnens". Grandsivaz, formerly Grossenwald in German, comes from the Latin "grandis silva", the great forest. The municipality was called Mannens until 1953, then Mannens-Grandsivaz.[1]

Founding of Mannens-Grandsivaz

The municipality was born in 1831 from the union of the former communes of Mannens and Grandsivaz, on the Fribourg-Payerne cantonal road. Both villages belonged to the lordship of Montagny and the parish of Tours-Montagny. People live from cereals and stock farming, with seventeen farms in 2000, but also from a haulage firm, a mechanical workshop, a joinery and a cabinetmaker's. In January 2021 Mannens had 386 inhabitants and Grandsivaz 317. Mannens-Grandsivaz is now part of the municipality of Montagny (merger of 2004).[1][4]

History of Mannens-Grandsivaz

1183. The priory of Payerne owns property at Grandsivaz.[1]

1184. Mannens is mentioned for the first time, as "Magnens".[1]

1478-1798. Mannens and Grandsivaz come under the bailiwick of Montagny, after Fribourg's purchase of the lordship.[1]

1798-1848. The locality belongs to the district of Payerne until 1803, to that of Montagny until 1830, then to that of Dompierre. Since 1848 it has been part of the Broye district.[1]

1831. Mannens and Grandsivaz join into a single municipality, which takes the name Mannens.[1]

1874. Mannens-Grandsivaz leaves the parish of Tours-Montagny and becomes a parish of its own.[1]

1953. The municipality takes the name Mannens-Grandsivaz.[1][3]

2004. On 1 January Mannens-Grandsivaz merges with Montagny, under a Grand Council decree of 12 September 2003 and an agreement of 11 April 2003. Mannens and Grandsivaz become two villages of the municipality.[2][3]

Population of Mannens-Grandsivaz

Sources and references: [1]

Population of Mannens-Grandsivaz
1811252
1850319
1900398
1950407
2000472

Historic sites in Mannens-Grandsivaz

Church of the Sacred Heart. The church was built from 1875 to 1879 in place of the chapel of Saint-Antoine. Consecrated in 1697 and enlarged in the 18th century, the chapel had been demolished in 1875.[1]

Remains in Mannens-Grandsivaz

Graves and burial mound. Three Early Bronze Age graves and a Hallstatt burial mound have been found on the land.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Mannens-Grandsivaz » (Marianne Rolle, version du 08.12.2009)
  2. Grand Conseil du canton de Fribourg, décret du 12 septembre 2003 relatif à la fusion des communes de Mannens-Grandsivaz et Montagny (ROF 2003_116)
  3. État de Fribourg, Recueil systématique (RSF 141.1.2), « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes »
  4. Commune de Montagny, « Situation actuelle » (histoire de la commune)

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