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Marly-le-Petit

Canton of Fribourg · District: Sarine · 4 hearths (around 1630, former municipality of Marly-le-Petit, only known figure of its own before the 1970 merger)
Part of the municipality of Marly
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Origin of the name Marly-le-Petit

Marly-le-Petit bears the name of Marly, written in 1055 in the Latin phrase « in marlensi », and is thus distinguished from Marly-le-Grand. Local tradition traces the name to the estate, the « fundus Martiliacus », of a Roman citizen named Martilius, whose villa stood at Les Râpettes.[1][2]

Founding of Marly-le-Petit

Until 1970 Marly-le-Petit was a municipality separate from its neighbour Marly-le-Grand. After the parish of Marly was reduced in 1630, it remained, with Marly-le-Grand, Pierrafortscha and Villarsel, one of its four localities, and the smallest. It received its own municipal statutes in 1764, more than a century and a half after those of Marly-le-Grand (1600). In the 20th century the opening of the Pérolles bridge brought the Winckler factory here. Marly-le-Petit is now part of the municipality of Marly (merger of 1970), whose coat of arms bears three alder leaves for Marly-le-Grand, Marly-le-Petit and Chésalles.[1][2][3]

History of Marly-le-Petit

1630. Reduced for reasons of language, the parish of Marly now has only four localities. Marly-le-Petit is the smallest, with 4 hearths.[1]

1764. The municipality gives itself its first statutes.[1]

1922. The Pérolles bridge opens, and the Winckler factory, a pioneer of the canton's industrialisation, settles in Marly-le-Petit.[2]

Late 1950s. Until then the Winckler company shapes the life of the area.[2]

1963. German-speaking pupils are allowed to attend the German classes in Fribourg, seven years before those of Marly-le-Grand.[1]

1970. Marly-le-Petit and Marly-le-Grand join to form a single municipality, Marly (1969 according to the municipality).[1][2]

Population of Marly-le-Petit

Sources and references: [1]

Population of Marly-le-Petit
Around 16304 hearths

Historic sites in Marly-le-Petit

Winckler site. Near the Pérolles bridge, the former Winckler factory has given its name to a 31'000 m² craft and industrial zone, home to a logistics training centre.[2][4]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Marly » (Claude Simonet, version de 1998 remaniée le 03.03.2011)
  2. Commune de Marly, « Histoire »
  3. Commune de Marly, « Marly et Chésalles : 50 ans de vie commune ! » (Boris Sansonnens, archiviste communal)
  4. Commune de Marly, « Industrie et artisanat »

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