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Montagny-la-Ville

Canton of Fribourg · District: Broye · 457 inhabitants (1999, former municipality of Montagny-la-Ville, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Montagny
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Origin of the name Montagny-la-Ville

The village is recorded around 1177 as "de Montaniaco", then in 1320 as "Montagnie li villa". Its former German name was "Montenach-Stadt".[1]

Founding of Montagny-la-Ville

Montagny-la-Ville lies on the right bank of the Arbogne, while Montagny-les-Monts, centre of the lordship of Montagny, occupies the left bank. The village belonged to this lordship and, in church matters, to the parish of Tours-Montagny. Long given to cereals and stock farming, it now grows mainly as a place to live. It had 445 inhabitants in January 2021. Montagny-la-Ville is now part of the municipality of Montagny (merger of 2000), whose administration it houses.[1][2][4]

History of Montagny-la-Ville

around 1177. Montagny-la-Ville is mentioned for the first time, as "de Montaniaco".[1]

1478. Fribourg acquires the lordship of Montagny, which becomes a bailiwick. The village belongs to it until 1798.[1][4]

1798-1848. The village passes to the district of Payerne, then from 1803 to that of Montagny and from 1831 to 1848 to that of Dompierre, before joining the Broye district.[1][4]

1903. The Sisters of Providence of Langres open an orphanage for girls at Les Fauvettes.[1]

1905. The Fauvettes institute becomes a school of home economics.[1]

1910. The dairy society is founded.[1]

1960. Les Fauvettes becomes a boarding school, then in 1992 a convalescent home.[1]

2000. On 1 January Montagny-la-Ville and Montagny-les-Monts form the municipality of Montagny, under a Grand Council decree dated 11 February 2000. In 2004 the municipality is enlarged by Mannens-Grandsivaz.[2][3]

Population of Montagny-la-Ville

Sources and references: [1]

Population of Montagny-la-Ville
1811216
1850280
1900332
1950426
1990464
1999457

Historic sites in Montagny-la-Ville

Chapel of Saint-Pierre. The village has a 17th-century chapel of Saint-Pierre.[1]

Patrician houses. The architect Charles de Castella built several patrician houses in Montagny-la-Ville, notably for his own family, for the court clerk Bielmann and for the von der Weid and Buman families.[1]

Fauvettes institute. Owned by the Sisters of Providence of Langres, the institute has been in turn an orphanage, a school of home economics, a boarding school and a convalescent home.[1]

Municipal administration. The administration of the municipality of Montagny is based in the village, Rue Centrale 56.[2]

Remains in Montagny-la-Ville

Burial mounds and aqueduct. Two Iron Age burial mounds and the remains of a Roman aqueduct have been identified on the land.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Montagny-la-Ville » (Marianne Rolle, version du 27.11.2008)
  2. Commune de Montagny, « Situation actuelle » (histoire de la commune)
  3. État de Fribourg, Recueil systématique (RSF 141.1.2), « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes »
  4. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Montagny-les-Monts » (Marianne Rolle, version du 27.11.2008)

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