Russy (; or , ) is a former
municipality
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in the district of
Broye
The Broye (; ''Dictionnaire-Dikchenéro: Français-Patois/Patê-Franché''. Société cantonale des patoisans fribourgeois. Fribourg: 2013. p. 87 ) is a 68 km long river, in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud, in Switzerland. It has a watershe ...
in the
canton of
Fribourg
or is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg and district of Sarine (district), La Sarine. Located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss Plateau, it is a major economic, adminis ...
in
Switzerland
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. On 1 January 2016, the former municipalities of
Domdidier
Domdidier (; , locally ) is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Broye (district), district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. On 1 January 2016, the former municipalities of Domdidier, Dompierre, Fribourg, ...
,
Dompierre,
Léchelles
Léchelles (; ) is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. On 1 September 1994 the former municipality of Chandon merged into the municipality of Léchelles, keeping the name Léchelles. and Russy merged to form
Belmont-Broye
Belmont-Broye () is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Broye (district), district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. On 1 January 2016, the former municipalities of Domdidier, Dompierre, Fribourg, Dompierre, Léche ...
.
History
Russy is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Rusie''.
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Geography
Russy had an area, , of . Of this area, or 60.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 35.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.1% is settled (buildings or roads).[Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics]
2009 data . Retrieved 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 32.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 40.8% is used for growing crops and 15.4% is pastures, while 4.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.[
The former municipality is located in the Broye district.
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Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Per fess, Argent two Keys Gules in saltire and Gules issuant from Coupeaux Vert five ears Or.''
Demographics
Russy had a population () of 221. , 3.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Superweb database – Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008]
. Retrieved 19 June 2010 Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of -0.9%. Migration accounted for 2.4%, while births and deaths accounted for -0.5%.
Retrieved 9 November 2011French
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France
** French people, a nation and ethnic group
** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices
Arts and media
* The French (band), ...
(191 or 97.9%) as their first language, German
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* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
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is the second most common (3 or 1.5%) and Polnisch is the third (1 or 0.5%).[
, the population was 47.8% male and 52.2% female. The population was made up of 95 Swiss men (46.3% of the population) and 3 (1.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 101 Swiss women (49.3%) and 6 (2.9%) non-Swiss women.][Canton of Fribourg Statistics]
. Retrieved 3 November 2011 Of the population in the municipality, 90 or about 46.2% were born in Russy and lived there in 2000. There were 63 or 32.3% who were born in the same canton, while 34 or 17.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 4 or 2.1% were born outside of Switzerland.[
The age distribution, , in Russy is; 19 children or 9.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 33 teenagers or 16.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 26 people or 13.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 26 people or 13.3% are between 30 and 39, 33 people or 16.9% are between 40 and 49, and 16 people or 8.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 13 people or 6.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 13 people or 6.7% are between 70 and 79, there are 16 people or 8.2% who are between 80 and 89.][
, there were 88 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 87 married individuals, 13 widows or widowers and 7 individuals who are divorced.][STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 – 2000]
. Retrieved 2 February 2011
, there were 74 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household.[ There were 18 households that consist of only one person and 7 households with five or more people. , a total of 73 apartments (93.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 1 apartment was seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (5.1%) were empty.][Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB – Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 – Gebäude und Wohnungen]
. Retrieved 28 January 2011
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Politics
In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (23.1%), the SP (18.4%) and the FDP (9.3%).[Canton of Fribourg National Council Election of 23 October 2011 Statistics]
. Retrieved 3 November 2011
The SVP received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election (33.6% in 2007 vs 29.7% in 2011). The CVP retained about the same popularity (27.5% in 2007), the SPS retained about the same popularity (16.2% in 2007) and the FDP retained about the same popularity (9.6% in 2007). A total of 83 votes were cast in this election.
Economy
, Russy had an unemployment rate of 0.8%. , there were 24 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. No one was employed in the secondary sector
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. 1 person was employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 1 business in this sector.[ There were 88 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.9% of the workforce.
the total number of ]full-time equivalent
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jobs was 18. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 17, all of which were in agriculture. There were no jobs in the secondary sector. There was one job in the tertiary sector, in education.
, there were 4 workers who commuted into the municipality and 66 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 16.5 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Statweb]
. Retrieved 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 6.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 68.2% used a private car.[
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Religion
From the , 150 or 76.9% were Roman Catholic
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, while 15 or 7.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
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. Of the rest of the population, there were 11 individuals (or about 5.64% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. 14 (or about 7.18% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
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or atheist
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, and 8 individuals (or about 4.10% of the population) did not answer the question.[
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Education
In Russy about 48 or (24.6%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 19 or (9.7%) have completed additional higher education (either university
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or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the 19 who completed tertiary schooling, 57.9% were Swiss men, 36.8% were Swiss women.[
The Canton of Fribourg school system provides one year of non-obligatory ]Kindergarten
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, 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
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.Chart of the education system in Canton Fribourg
During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 18 students attending one class in Russy. A total of 25 students from the municipality attended any school, either in the municipality or outside of it. There were no kindergarten classes in the municipality, but 1 student attended kindergarten in a neighboring municipality. The municipality had one primary class and 18 students. During the same year, there were no lower secondary classes in the municipality, but 9 students attended lower secondary school in a neighboring municipality. There were no upper Secondary classes or vocational classes, but there were 6 upper Secondary vocational students who attended classes in another municipality. The municipality had no non-university Tertiary classes. who attended classes in another municipality.[
, there were 12 students in Russy who came from another municipality, while 33 residents attended schools outside the municipality.][
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References
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Former municipalities of the canton of Fribourg
Populated places disestablished in 2016