Porsel
Origin of the name Porsel
The name appears between 1147 and 1163 as "Porcels", with no established etymology. In 2003 the place-names commission would have liked to give it to the merged municipality, and the Porsel assembly at first wanted to keep it, but "Le Flon" prevailed.[1][2]
Founding of Porsel
Porsel lies on the Oron-Romont road, at 820 m. In the Middle Ages it depended on the lords of Oron, and it belonged to the parish of Saint-Martin before becoming the centre of a parish itself. A molasse quarry was worked there in the 19th century, and peat was cut during the Second World War. Long given over to livestock farming, the village grew with new houses after the 1980s. Porsel is now part of the municipality of Le Flon (merger of 2004).[1]
History of Porsel
1147-1163. Porsel is mentioned as "Porcels".[1]
1384. A chapel of Saint-Gorgon is mentioned. A confraternity already existed in the village in the 14th century.[1]
1393. Property is granted in fief to the Illens family, lords of Pont.[1]
1555. After the bankruptcy of the counts of Gruyère, Porsel passes into the Fribourg bailiwick of Rue, where it stays until 1798.[1]
1641. Porsel is made a parish together with Bouloz.[1]
1798-1848. The village belongs to the district of Rue, then to the Veveyse district.[1]
1892. The Bouloz-Porsel dairy and cheese cooperative is founded.[1]
1939. Mossel is attached to the parish. Pont, detached from Saint-Martin, joins it in 1958.[1]
1940-1973. A regional home economics school operates in Porsel.[1]
2000. The village has 14 livestock farms, and 70 % of the working population work outside the municipality.[1]
2004. On 1 January Porsel merges with Bouloz and Pont to form the municipality of Le Flon. On 10 June 2003 its assembly had approved the agreement by 122 votes to 2.[1][2]
2005. The new Porsel school, budgeted at 1.1 million francs, is due to be finished at the end of April.[4]
Population of Porsel
Sources and references: [1][2]
| 1811 | 226 |
| 1850 | 323 |
| 1900 | 334 |
| 1950 | 368 |
| 1980 | 283 |
| 2000 | 407 |
| 2001 | 415 |
Historic sites in Porsel
Parish church. Built from 1642 to 1645, just after the parish was created, the church was rebuilt from 1735 to 1739, then enlarged in 1872 and from 1939 to 1943.[1]
Le Flon administration. The municipal administration of Le Flon is based in Porsel, Route de Moudon 19b.[3]
Remains in Porsel
Bronze Age axe and Roman settlement. Porsel's land has yielded a Late Bronze Age axe and the remains of a Roman settlement.[1]
Sources
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Porsel » (Jean-Claude Vial, version du 07.05.2010)
- Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg, message n° 86 du 19 août 2003 accompagnant le projet de décret relatif à la fusion des communes de Bouloz, Pont et Porsel
- Commune du Flon, « La commune »
- Stéphane Sanchez, « Fusion Le Flon (Porsel, Bouloz et Pont) », La Gruyère, 31 mars 2005
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