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Villangeaux

Canton of Fribourg · District: Glâne · 39 inhabitants (1960, former municipality of Villangeaux, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Rue
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Origin of the name Villangeaux

Villangeaux is recorded from 1161 as « Willangas ». No settled explanation of the name exists.[1]

Founding of Villangeaux

Villangeaux is a farming village on the left bank of the Broye, on a site where a Roman villa and early medieval graves have been found. Until 1536 it belonged to the Savoyard castellany of Moudon, and its people to the parish of Syens. The rights of the de Vulliens family over the village passed to the Fernay-Lullin, and in 1626 Guillaume Buttet, of Moudon, held its entire territory. United with Ecublens in 1969, Villangeaux is now part of the municipality of Rue (merger of 2025).[1][2]

History of Villangeaux

1161. Villangeaux first appears, as « Willangas ».[1]

Until 1536. The village belongs to the Savoyard castellany of Moudon.[1]

1536. Syens turns Protestant and the people of Villangeaux turn to Promasens. The village joins the Fribourg bailiwick of Rue.[1]

1626. Guillaume Buttet, of Moudon, owns the entire territory, with the rights over the oven and the field wardenship.[1]

1798-1848. Villangeaux belongs to the district of Rue.[1]

1809. Membership of the parish of Promasens becomes official.[1]

1883. Like Eschiens, Villangeaux is joined administratively to Ecublens.[1][2]

1926. A Roman villa is uncovered.[1]

1969. The municipality is absorbed by Ecublens, under a decree of 6 February 1969.[1][3]

2025. Together with Ecublens, Villangeaux becomes part of the municipality of Rue.[2]

Population of Villangeaux

Sources and references: [1]

Population of Villangeaux
181141
185063
190041
195061
196039

Remains in Villangeaux

Roman villa. Discovered in 1926, it is one of the Gallo-Roman buildings identified in the former municipality of Ecublens.[1][2]

Early medieval graves. Early medieval burials have been found in the village.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Villangeaux » (François Blanc, version du 08.09.2011)
  2. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Ecublens (FR) » (Jean-Pierre Dewarrat, version du 05.03.2026)
  3. État de Fribourg, Recueil systématique (RSF 141.1.2), « Liste chronologique des fusions, divisions et changements de nom des communes »

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