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Villeneuve (FR)

Canton of Fribourg · District: Broye · 375 inhabitants (2013, former municipality of Villeneuve, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Surpierre
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Origin of the name Villeneuve (FR)

The village is mentioned in 1182 in the form « Nova Villa ».[1]

Founding of Villeneuve (FR)

Villeneuve lies in the Broye plain, within the lordship of Surpierre, which already included it in 1380 and became a Fribourg bailiwick in 1536. When the neighbouring parish of Granges-près-Marnand turned Protestant, the village joined the parish of Surpierre, and a modest chapel was built. The inhabitants live from livestock, cereals and tobacco. A quarry of sandstone for furnaces and, since 1964, a precast concrete company complete this rural economy. Villeneuve is now part of the municipality of Surpierre (merger of 2017).[1][2][3]

History of Villeneuve (FR)

1182. The village appears in the form « Nova Villa ».[1]

1380. Villeneuve is part of the lordship of Surpierre.[2]

1536. The village enters Fribourg's bailiwick of Surpierre.[1][2]

After 1536. A modest chapel is built, after the parish of Granges-près-Marnand has adopted the Reformation.[1]

1594. A great flood of the Broye inundates the territory.[1]

1740. The chapel is rebuilt and dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.[1]

1803-1848. Villeneuve belongs to the district of Surpierre.[1]

19th century. Sandstone for furnaces is quarried, an activity resumed at the beginning of the 21st century.[1]

1910. The Broye floods again. It will inundate the land once more in 1944.[1]

1964. The company Gram SA is founded. It makes precast concrete elements.[1]

2004. In May the municipal assembly rejects a five-way merger project with Chapelle, Cheiry, Prévondavaux and Surpierre.[1][3]

2005. Gram SA becomes Bétontec Gram SA, a supplier of equipment for power networks and civil engineering.[1]

2015. On 26 April Villeneuve approves the merger with Surpierre by 122 votes to 38.[3]

2017. On 1 January Villeneuve merges with Surpierre, which keeps its name. Villeneuve becomes a village of the municipality.[1][3][4]

Population of Villeneuve (FR)

Sources and references: [1][3]

Population of Villeneuve (FR)
1811177
1850295
1900288
1950269
1980194
2000259
2010327
2013375

Historic sites in Villeneuve (FR)

Chapel of Saint-Jean-Baptiste. Modestly built after 1536 and rebuilt in 1740, it belongs to the parish of Surpierre.[1]

Remains in Villeneuve (FR)

Sandstone quarry. In the 19th century a quarry supplied sandstone for furnaces. Extraction resumed at the beginning of the 21st century.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Villeneuve (FR) » (Marianne Rolle, version du 23.06.2017)
  2. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Surpierre » (Marianne Rolle, version du 09.06.2021)
  3. Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg, message 2015-DIAF-70 du 25 août 2015 accompagnant le projet de loi relatif à la fusion des communes de Surpierre et Villeneuve
  4. Grand Conseil du canton de Fribourg, affaire 2015-DIAF-70, « Fusion des communes de Surpierre et Villeneuve »

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