Progens
Origin of the name Progens
Recorded in 1324 as "Progin", the name remains unexplained. In the arms of La Verrerie, the red, yellow and blue pales recall Progens.[1][3]
Founding of Progens
Progens occupies a hill between the Broye and the Mionna, and its land also included the hamlet of La Verrerie, on the north-east slope. In the Middle Ages the place belonged to the lady of Oron, partly to the counts of Gruyère, and to the lordship of Rue, a Savoyard castellany from the middle of the 13th century. At the end of the 18th century lignite mines and a glassworks were worked there, and the hamlet of La Verrerie formed around the latter. Progens is now part of the municipality of La Verrerie (merger of 2004), whose administration it houses.[1][3]
History of Progens
1324. Progens is mentioned as "Progin".[1]
1536. Progens passes to Fribourg along with Rue and enters the bailiwick of Rue, where it stays until 1798.[1]
1555. The bankruptcy of the counts of Gruyère completes the passing of the place to Fribourg.[1]
1677. The chapel of Saint-Barthélemy is recorded.[1]
1798-1848. Progens comes under the district of Rue, then from 1831 that of Châtel-Saint-Denis, and from 1848 the Veveyse district.[1]
1862. The glassworks, which the French industrialist Jean Baptiste Jérôme Brémond had backed, becomes the joint property of the Quennec family. It makes crystal and bottles.[1]
1888. Progens, which had belonged to the parish of Saint-Martin, becomes a parish in its own right.[1]
1914. Taken over by the Saint-Prex glassworks, the Progens glassworks closes. Coal is mined again from 1917 to 1921.[1]
2000. The municipality has 10 farms, and seven in ten working residents work elsewhere.[1]
2004. On 1 January Progens merges with Le Crêt and Grattavache to form the municipality of La Verrerie. Its municipal council had opted for this merger in March 2003, and the assembly had approved the agreement on 17 September 2003 by 44 votes to 4, with 1 abstention.[1][2]
Population of Progens
Sources and references: [1][2]
| 1811 | 99 |
| 1850 | 164 |
| 1900 | 370 |
| 1950 | 281 |
| 1980 | 225 |
| 2000 | 245 |
| 2001 | 264 |
Historic sites in Progens
Church of Saint-Barthélemy. Recorded as a chapel from 1677, it became the parish church. Together with the church of Le Crêt it now forms the parish of Le Crêt-Progens.[1][3]
La Verrerie administration. The municipal administration of La Verrerie is based in Progens, Route de la Colline 108. The highest point of Progens reaches 900 m.[3]
Sources
- Dizionario storico della Svizzera, « Progens » (Jean-Claude Vial, version du 12.04.2012, texte italien)
- Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg, message n° 97 du 6 octobre 2003 accompagnant le projet de décret relatif à la fusion des communes du Crêt, Grattavache et Progens
- Commune de La Verrerie, « Présentation de la commune »
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