Montet (Broye)
Origin of the name Montet (Broye)
Montet first appears in 1274, as "Montez". The name has no certain explanation.[1]
Founding of Montet (Broye)
In the Middle Ages Montet came under the lordship of Estavayer and belonged to the general community linking Estavayer-le-Lac with about a dozen villages. In the 17th century it belonged to the Lanthen-Heid family, then until the end of the 18th century to the Praroman, whose seals are combined in the village arms. Long attached to the parish of Cugy, Montet became a parish in 1675. In 2000 six farms there raised livestock and grew crops. Montet is now part of the municipality of Les Montets (merger of 2004), whose administration it houses.[1][2]
History of Montet (Broye)
1274. Montet is mentioned for the first time, as "Montez".[1]
1350. Isabelle de Châlon, lady of Vaud and Estavayer, grants the nobles, burghers and inhabitants the general community linking Estavayer-le-Lac with about a dozen villages, Montet among them.[2]
1411. Aumont and Montet go to law against the town of Estavayer.[2]
1476. Before the battle of Murten, Charles the Bold sets up his military camp at Montet.[1]
1536-1798. Montet comes under the bailiwick of Estavayer, then from 1798 to 1848 under the district of Estavayer-le-Lac.[1]
1660-1662. Colonel Nicolas de Praroman and his wife Anne-Marie de Lanthen-Heid, widow of Philippe d'Estavayer-Aumont, have the church of the Holy Trinity built, at first a seigneurial and funerary chapel.[2][4]
1675. At the request of Anne-Marie de Lanthen-Heid, Montet breaks away from the parish of Cugy and forms its own parish. The chapel becomes the parish church.[1][4]
1701-1901. Montet shares a parish with Frasses, and from 1734 to 1900 with Seiry as well.[1]
1852. On 30 January the Council of State dissolves the general community of Estavayer, and its property is divided.[2]
1908. The village school is built.[2]
2001. The nearby A1 motorway brings residential growth.[1]
2004. On 1 January Montet merges with Aumont, Frasses and Granges-de-Vesin to form the municipality of Les Montets. Its assembly had approved the agreement on 23 September 2003 by 49 votes with none against.[1][5]
Population of Montet (Broye)
Sources and references: [1][5]
| 1811 | 184 |
| 1850 | 261 |
| 1900 | 397 |
| 1950 | 386 |
| 2000 | 410 |
| 2001 | 344 |
Historic sites in Montet (Broye)
Church of the Holy Trinity. Built from 1660 to 1662 by the architect and contractor Jonas Favre in the style of Neuchâtel Protestant churches, the church has a nave and a square-ended choir. Its Baroque altarpieces of 1660-1663, restored in 1996-1998 (or 1999-2000), are among the most important of their kind in French-speaking Switzerland. The high altar painting shows Philippe d'Estavayer-Aumont as a soul in Purgatory. The church is a cultural property of national importance.[1][3][4]
Montet castle. The castle housed a community of the Society of the Sacred Heart from 1831 to 1847, the orphanage of the Marini institute from 1882 to 1961, then a secondary school run by the Salvatorians from 1961 to 1978. Since 1981 it has been the meeting and training centre of the Focolare Movement.[1]
Sources
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Montet (Broye) » (Marianne Rolle, version du 29.10.2019)
- Commune des Montets, « Montet »
- Office fédéral de la protection de la population, « Révision Inventaire PBC 2021 : liste cantonale, canton de Fribourg » (état au 1.1.2026)
- Inventaire PBC, fiche KGS 02242, « Église Ste-Trinité » (Guide artistique de la Suisse, SHAS)
- Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg, message n° 104 du 21 octobre 2003 accompagnant le projet de décret relatif à la fusion des communes d'Aumont, Frasses, Granges-de-Vesin et Montet (Broye)
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