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Glâne (river)
Glâne (; frp, (la) Gllânna ) is a river in Switzerland that crosses part of the Canton of Fribourg. It is a tributary of the Saane/Sarine, Sarine and a sub-tributary of the Rhine river. The Neirigue and the Glèbe are its two largest tributaries. The river gave its name to the surrounding Glâne (district), Glâne district of the canton. The Glâne has its source in the town of Siviriez, then heads northeast becoming the border between the municipalities of Mézières, Fribourg, Mézières, Romont, Villaz-Saint-Pierre, Villorsonnens and La Folliaz. It then continues east and northeast through the Sarine (district), Sarine district where it borders the municipalities of Chénens, Autigny, Switzerland, Autigny, Farvagny, Cottens, Fribourg, Cottens, Neyruz, Switzerland, Neyruz and Matran, finally joining the Sarine River on the border between Villars-sur-Glâne and Hauterive, Fribourg, Hauterive. The river has powered several mills and sawmills throughout history. In addition, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autigny, Switzerland
Autigny () is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Sarine (district), Sarine in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Fribourg (canton), Fribourg in Switzerland. History Autigny is first mentioned in 1068 as ''Altignei''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Ottenach'', however, that name is no longer used. Geography Autigny has an area, , of . Of this area, or 70.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 21.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.5% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data . Retrieved 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarine (district)
Sarine District (french: District de la Sarine ; frp, District de la Sarena ; german: Saanebezirk) is one of the seven districts of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is largely French-speaking, with a German-speaking minority. Its territory is drained by the Sarine river (which gives it its name), and by its tributary, the Glâne. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities The district consists of the following twenty-six municipalities, including the cantonal capital Fribourg: Demographics Sarine has a population () of . Most of the population () speaks French (64,341 or 75.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (12,373 or 14.5%) and Italian is the third (2,008 or 2.3%). There are 80 people who speak Romansh. , the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. The population was made up of 35,822 Swiss men (36.8% of the population) and 12,361 (12.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 38,411 Swiss women (39.5%) and 10,736 (11.0%) non-Swiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Switzerland
The following is a list of rivers in Switzerland: Rivers by length (> 100 km, only the length in Switzerland) #Rhine - 375 km - 36,494 km2 #Aare (or Aar) - 295 km - 17,779 km2 #Rhône - 264 km - 10,403 km2 #Reuss - 158 km - 3,425 km2 #Linth and Limmat together - 140 km - 2,416 km2 # Saane/La Sarine - 128 km - 1,892 km2 # Thur - 125 km Rivers by drainage area (> 1000 km2, only the area in Switzerland) #Rhine - 375 km - 36,494 km2 #Aare - 295 km - 17,779 km2 #Rhône - 264 km - 10,403 km2 #Reuss - 158 km - 3,425 km2 #Linth / Limmat - 140 km - 2,416 km2 #Inn - 104 km - 2,150 km2 # Saane/La Sarine - 128 km - 1,892 km2 # Thur - 125 km - 1,724 km2 #Ticino - 91 km - 1,616 km2 # Hinterrhein - 57.3 km - 1,693 km2 #Vorderrhein - 67.5 km - 1,514 km2 #Doubs - 74 km - 1,310 km2 # Kander - 44 km - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Baths
Public baths originated when most people in population centers did not have access to private bathing facilities. Though termed "public", they have often been restricted according to gender, religious affiliation, personal membership, and other criteria. In addition to their hygienic function, public baths have also been social meeting places. They have included saunas, massages, and other relaxation therapies, as are found in modern day spas. As the percentage of dwellings containing private bathrooms has increased in some societies, the need for public baths has diminished, and they are now almost exclusively used recreationally. History Public facilities for bathing were constructed, as excavations have provided evidence for, in the 3rd millennium BC, as with the Great Bath, Mohenjo-daro. Ancient Greece In Greece by the sixth century BC men and women washed in basins near places of physical and intellectual exercise. Later gymnasia had indoor basins set overhead, the open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hauterive, Fribourg
Hauterive (; frp, Hôtariva) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Sarine (district), Sarine in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Fribourg (canton), Fribourg in Switzerland. It was created from the union in 2001Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office . Retrieved 19 July 2011 of the villages of Posieux (; frp, Posiôls, links=no ) and Ecuvillens (; frp, Ecuvilyens, links=no ). History 
Its Cistercians, Cistercian Abbey of Hauterive, abbey was founded in 1138, closing ...
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Villars-sur-Glâne
Villars-sur-Glâne (; frp, Velârs-sur-Gllânna ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Geography Villars-sur-Glâne has an area, , of . Of this area, or 29.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 51.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 27.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 13.8%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.7% of the area while parks, green belts and sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matran
Matran (, ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Matran is first mentioned in 1123 as ''Martrans''. It is then mentioned in 1138 under the name Martrens en Nuithonie. Later it changed to Martrans (1148), Matrans (1157), Martranz (1285), Martrant (1445), Martrand (1555) and Matrang (1668). The place name derives from "Martyrus". In the Middle Ages the Abbey of Payerne owned much land in Matran. In 1442 the hamlet was sold and came into possession of Fribourg. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798) Matran belonged, during the Helvetic Republic and later, to the county of Fribourg. In 1848 it became a member of the Saane District of the Canton of Fribourg. Matran has grown from a sleepy hamlet of a few hundred farmers and their families to a population of over 1,000 inhabitants in the last 25 years. Matran boasts a wonderful gothic parish church dating back to the 16th century with rare 18th-century ceiling paint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neyruz, Switzerland
Neyruz (; frp, Nêruz ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Neyruz is first mentioned in 1137 as ''Nuerus''. In 1138 it was mentioned as ''Nuruos''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Rauschenbach'', however, that name is no longer used. Geography Neyruz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 57.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.6% and transportation infrastructur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottens, Fribourg
Cottens (; frp, Cotens, locally ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Its German name of ''Cottingen'' has now largely fallen out of use. History Cottens is first mentioned in 1138 as ''Cotens''. Geography Cottens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 69.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.6% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data . Retrieved 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farvagny
Farvagny (; frp, Farvagni) is a former municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. The former municipalities of Farvagny-le-Grand, Farvagny-le-Petit, Grenilles and Posat merged in 1996 to form it.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office . Retrieved 19 July 2011 On 1 January 2016 it merged with Corpataux-Magnedens, Le Glèbe, Rossens and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chénens
Chénens (; local frp, Tsinin , otherwise spelled as in French) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. A French-speaking community, its earlier German name of ''Geiningen'' is no longer in common use. History Chénens is first mentioned in 1138 as ''Cheineis''. Geography Chénens has an area of . or 67.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 22.5% is forested. The rest of the region or 10.1% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data . Retrieved 25 March 2010 Housing and buildings made up 4.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas make up 1.3% of the area. All of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Folliaz
La Folliaz ( frp, La Folyê) is a former municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was formed on January 1, 2005 from the union of the former municipalities of Lussy and Villarimboud. On 1 January 2020 the former municipalities La Folliaz and Villaz-Saint-Pierre merged to form the new municipality of Villaz. History Lussy is first mentioned in the 12th century as ''Lussiei''. Geography La Folliaz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 75.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 18.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
