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Sales (Sarine)

Canton of Fribourg · District: Sarine · 153 inhabitants (1970, former municipality of Sales, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Bois-d'Amont
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Origin of the name Sales (Sarine)

The village appears in 1082 as « Sala ». The name is also spelt Sâles, and its origin has not been explained.[1]

Founding of Sales (Sarine)

Sales is a farming village living from livestock and cereals. The knights of Ependes held rights over its land, and the village always belonged to the parish of Ependes. From 1177 to 1602 the hospice of the Great St Bernard owned a priory here. Sales was united with Ependes in 1977, then entered with it into the municipality of Bois-d'Amont (merger of 2021), where it remains a village of the same name.[1][2][3]

History of Sales (Sarine)

1082. Sales is mentioned for the first time, as « Sala ».[1]

1177-1602. The hospice of the Great St Bernard keeps a priory in the village.[1]

15th century. Sales becomes part of the Old Lands of Fribourg, to which it belongs until 1798.[1]

1740. The municipality receives its statutes.[1]

1798-1848. After the end of the Ancien Régime, Sales is placed in the district of La Roche, then in that of Fribourg from 1803 to 1848.[1]

1976. On 2 November the Grand Council adopts the decree merging Sales and Ependes.[4]

1977. Sales is joined to the municipality of Ependes.[1][2]

2021. On 1 January Sales becomes a village of Bois-d'Amont. The merger agreement repeals the conflicting clauses of the contract concluded with Ependes in 1976.[1][3]

Population of Sales (Sarine)

Sources and references: [1]

Population of Sales (Sarine)
1811114
1850191
1870160
1900202
1920226
1930175
1950202
1970153

Remains in Sales (Sarine)

Priory of the Great St Bernard. The hospice of the Great St Bernard kept a priory in Sales from 1177 to 1602.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Sales (Sarine) » (Marianne Rolle, version du 21.06.2021)
  2. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Ependes (FR) » (Marianne Rolle, version du 09.06.2021)
  3. Convention de fusion des communes d'Arconciel, Ependes et Senèdes (commune de Bois-d'Amont)
  4. État de Fribourg, « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes » (RSF 141.1.2), législation fribourgeoise

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