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Ursy (; frp, Ursi ) is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of Glâne in the
canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...
of
Fribourg , neighboring_municipalities= Düdingen, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Marly, Pierrafortscha, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Villars-sur-Glâne , twintowns = Rueil-Malmaison (France) , website = www.ville-fribourg.ch , Location of , Location of () () o ...
in
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.


History

Ursy is first mentioned in 1160 as ''Ursei''.


Geography

Ursy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
After the 2012 merger of Vuarmarens, the area was . Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 33.5% is used for growing crops and 31.8% is pastures, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. On 1 January 2001 the former municipalities of Vauderens, Bionnens and Mossel merged into the municipality of Ursy.
accessed 4 April 2011
The municipality of
Vuarmarens Vuarmarens (; frp, Vouarmarens ) is a former municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On January 1, 2006, Vuarmarens incorporated the formerly independent municipality of Esmonts. On 1 January 2012, the m ...
merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Ursy.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011


Coat of arms

Ursy retained its traditional
coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central ele ...
after the mergers with Bionnens, Mossel and Vauderens: ''per fess, gules a cross bottony argent, and or a bear sable passant, langued of the first''.


Demographics

Ursy has a population () of . , 12.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals.Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Superweb database – Gemeinde Statistics 1981–2008
accessed 19 June 2010
Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 20.8%. Migration accounted for 15.8%, while births and deaths accounted for 4.3%.
accessed 17-November-2011
Most of the population () speaks
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
(668 or 88.0%) as their first language,
Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...
is the second most common (36 or 4.7%) and
Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...
is the third (26 or 3.4%). There are 14 people who speak
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...
, 7 people who speak
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...
. , the population was 48.4% male and 51.6% female. The population was made up of 739 Swiss men (42.5% of the population) and 104 (6.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 774 Swiss women (44.5%) and 123 (7.1%) non-Swiss women.Canton of Fribourg Statistics
accessed 3 November 2011
Of the population in the municipality, 218 or about 28.7% were born in Ursy and lived there in 2000. There were 246 or 32.4% who were born in the same canton, while 171 or 22.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 112 or 14.8% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 29.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 57.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12.4%. , there were 344 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 349 married individuals, 44 widows or widowers and 22 individuals who are divorced.STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 – 2000
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 505 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 72 households that consist of only one person and 43 households with five or more people. , a total of 258 apartments (79.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 48 apartments (14.8%) were seasonally occupied and 18 apartments (5.6%) were empty.Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB – Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 – Gebäude und Wohnungen
accessed 28 January 2011
, the construction rate of new housing units was 7.4 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.2%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1020 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:760 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:200 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:40 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1811 from:start till:108 text:"108" bar:1850 from:start till:145 text:"145" bar:1860 from:start till:168 text:"168" bar:1870 from:start till:196 text:"196" bar:1880 from:start till:188 text:"188" bar:1888 from:start till:162 text:"162" bar:1900 from:start till:179 text:"179" bar:1910 from:start till:219 text:"219" bar:1920 from:start till:191 text:"191" bar:1930 from:start till:235 text:"235" bar:1941 from:start till:256 text:"256" bar:1950 from:start till:243 text:"243" bar:1960 from:start till:244 text:"244" bar:1970 from:start till:304 text:"304" bar:1980 from:start till:368 text:"368" bar:1990 from:start till:492 text:"492" bar:2000 from:start till:759 text:"759"


Heritage sites of national significance

The D’Invau farm house is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.


Politics

In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 27.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (25.9%), the SVP (20.7%) and the FDP (5.9%).Canton of Fribourg National Council Election of 23 October 2011 Statistics
accessed 3 November 2011
The CVP improved their position in Ursy rising to first, from second in 2007 (with 24.9%) The SPS moved from first in 2007 (with 26.4%) to second in 2011, the SVP retained about the same popularity (23.6% in 2007) and the FDP retained about the same popularity (9.5% in 2007). A total of 481 votes were cast in this election, of which 5 or 1.0% were invalid.


Economy

, Ursy had an unemployment rate of 3.8%. , there were 68 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 27 businesses involved in this sector. 173 people were employed in the
secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction. ...
and there were 23 businesses in this sector. 454 people were employed in the
tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...
, with 43 businesses in this sector. There were 331 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 36.9% of the workforce. the total number of
full-time equivalent Full-time equivalent (FTE), or whole time equivalent (WTE), is a unit that indicates the workload of an employee, employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads or class loads comparable across various contexts. FTE is often used to me ...
jobs was 600. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 54, of which 52 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 161 of which 47 or (29.2%) were in manufacturing and 113 (70.2%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 385. In the tertiary sector; 247 or 64.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 10 or 2.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 2.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 1.0% were in the information industry, 2 or 0.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 31 or 8.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 11 or 2.9% were in education and 61 or 15.8% were in health care. , there were 351 workers who commuted into the municipality and 198 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.8 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Statweb
accessed 24 June 2010
Of the working population, 7.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 62.8% used a private car.


Religion

From the , 586 or 77.2% were
Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
, while 66 or 8.7% belonged to the
Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 36 individuals (or about 4.74% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 30 (or about 3.95% of the population) who were
Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
ic. 30 (or about 3.95% of the population) belonged to no church, are
agnostic Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable. (page 56 in 1967 edition) Another definition provided is the view that "human reason is incapable of providing sufficient ...
or
atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...
, and 26 individuals (or about 3.43% of the population) did not answer the question.


Education

In Ursy about 235 or (31.0%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 55 or (7.2%) have completed additional higher education (either
university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...
or a ''
Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...
''). Of the 55 who completed tertiary schooling, 81.8% were Swiss men, 18.2% were Swiss women. The Canton of Fribourg school system provides one year of non-obligatory
Kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...
, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend a three or four year optional upper Secondary school. The upper Secondary school is divided into gymnasium (university preparatory) and vocational programs. After they finish the upper Secondary program, students may choose to attend a Tertiary school or continue their
apprenticeship Apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a Tradesman, trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading). Apprenticeships can also enable practitioners ...
.Chart of the education system in Canton Fribourg
During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 195 students attending 10 classes in Ursy. A total of 356 students from the municipality attended any school, either in the municipality or outside of it. There were 2 kindergarten classes with a total of 44 students in the municipality. The municipality had 8 primary classes and 151 students. During the same year, there were no lower secondary classes in the municipality, but 79 students attended lower secondary school in a neighboring municipality. There were no upper Secondary classes or vocational classes, but there were 34 upper Secondary students and 42 upper Secondary vocational students who attended classes in another municipality. The municipality had no non-university Tertiary classes, but there were 2 non-university Tertiary students and 4 specialized Tertiary students who attended classes in another municipality. , there were 42 students in Ursy who came from another municipality, while 76 residents attended schools outside the municipality.


Transportation

The municipality has a railway station, , on the Lausanne–Bern line. It has limited service to and .


References


External links


Official website
{{Authority control Municipalities of the canton of Fribourg Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Fribourg