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Praroman

Canton of Fribourg · District: Sarine · 1'119 inhabitants (2000, former municipality of Praroman, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Le Mouret
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Origin of the name Praroman

The name is already « Praroman » in 1148, and its old German form is « Perroman ». Its meaning has not been established.[1]

Founding of Praroman

The village gave its name to the parish created in 1644 for six villages that had until then belonged to Ependes. Before the merger the municipality also included part of the hamlets of Le Mouret and Le Pafuet. Long agricultural, apart from the timber-frame firm Vial SA founded in 1960, it has become a residential place. Praroman is now a village of the municipality of Le Mouret (merger of 1 January 2003).[1][2][3]

History of Praroman

1148. The village is first recorded, already under the name « Praroman ».[1]

Middle Ages. Rights and fiefs in Praroman are shared between the families of Praroman, Marly, Treyvaux and Maggenberg, the abbey of Hauterive, the commandery of Saint John and the hospital of Notre-Dame in Fribourg. The Morsel join them in the 15th century.[1]

1391. A chapel of Saint-Laurent is mentioned.[1]

1442. By this date at the latest, Praroman belongs to Fribourg's Old Lands, in the Bourg banner.[1]

1600. The municipality receives its statutes.[1]

1637-1639. A new church is built.[1]

1644. Praroman separates from the parish of Ependes and forms a parish with Montévraz, Oberried, Zénauva, Bonnefontaine and Montécu.[1][3]

1798-1803. Under the Helvetic Republic the municipality is part of the district of La Roche.[1]

1803-1848. Praroman then belongs to the district of Fribourg.[1]

1898. Bonnefontaine and Montécu leave the parish for good.[1]

1960. The firm Vial SA, which makes glued or pressed timber frames, is founded.[1]

1973. A first five-municipality merger project fails.[1]

2002. On 13 June the communal assembly approves the merger by 165 votes to 36.[1][2]

2003. On 1 January Praroman forms the municipality of Le Mouret with Bonnefontaine, Essert, Montévraz, Oberried and Zénauva. It elects three of the nine members of the communal council.[1][2]

Population of Praroman

Sources and references: [1][2]

Population of Praroman
1811304
1850306
1900458
1950484
20001'119 (or 1'126 as legal population on 31.12.2000)

Historic sites in Praroman

Parish church. It was built from 1637 to 1639. A chapel of Saint-Laurent is recorded in 1391 and the parish of Saint-Laurent was founded in 1644.[1][3]

Administration and school. The administration of the municipality of Le Mouret moved into the offices of that of Praroman, and the village school building was kept after the merger.[2]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Praroman » (Marianne Rolle, version du 27.09.2016)
  2. Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg, message n° 24 accompagnant le projet de décret relatif à la fusion des communes de Bonnefontaine, Essert, Montévraz, Oberried, Praroman et Zénauva (20.08.2002)
  3. Commune du Mouret, « Histoire de notre commune »

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