Canton of Freiburg - SpeedyLook encyclopedia

History

On the shores of the Neuchâtel Lake and of that of the Lake Morat, prehistoric vestiges were discovered.

The canton of Freiburg joined the Swiss Confédération in 1481.

Population

In 2006, the canton of Freiburg counted 262 ' 904 inhabitants including 16,6% from abroad.

Language S

Official languages (2000)

French: 63,2%.
German: 29,2% (they are mainly the Switzerland-Germanic dialects which is spoken, but standard German (Hochdeutsch) is used with the writing, like in the schools and for all the official functions). One speaks mainly the dialect singinois " there; Senslerdeutsch" or " Seislertütsch". This one tends to disappear and be replaced by the Bernese dialect " Bernerdeutsch" or " Bärntütsch".

unofficial Language: another Freibourgese speciality, the " bolze" , patois of the low-city of Freiburg, which is a mixture of singinois and French.

other languages: 7,6%
Freibourgese Patois: Franco-Provençal dialect, especially spoken in the countryside by the people about a certain age, which is likely in the short run to cause its disappearance (today, few people still include/understand it and he survives mainly by the music, good number of traditional songs having been written in patois). The zone assigned with French (official language) belongs traditionally to the francoprovençal.

Sex

(2006)

Men: 130.296
Women: 132.608

Religion

(2000)

Roman catholic: 73,25%
Protesting: 15,85%
Without confession: 6,25%
Other: 4,65%

Evolution of the population

Evolution of the population of the canton of Freiburg of 1999 to 2005:

Source:

OFS - State of the population and demographic trends - Analyzes

Linguistic distribution by district

At the time of the census carried out in 2000, the linguistic distribution was the following one:

Source:

OFS - linguistic landscape in Switzerland

Geography

Culminating point : the Black Vanil with 2389 meters

Other tops: the Moléson (2002 m)

Not low: 430 meters with Estavayer-the-Lake at the edge of the Neuchâtel Lake

Transport

The canton of Freiburg is located on the highway axes, and of the rail-bound transports which go from Geneva/Lausanne to Bern/Zurich.

Economy

Policy

See also: Political of the canton of Freiburg

Traditions

Lyoba
Poya
Bénichon
Choir singing

Districts and their chief towns

The canton of Freiburg is broken up into 7 districts:

Lake/Chief town: Morat (france) or Murten (all.)
Broye/Chief town: Estavayer-the-Lake
Sarine/Chief town: Freiburg
Singine/Chief town: Tavel (france) or Tafers (all.)
Glâne/Chief town: Romont
Gruyere/Chief town: Bubble
Veveyse/Chief town: Châtel-Saint-Denis

Communes

In the canton of Freiburg, only Freiburg, Bubble and Villars-sur-Glâne is regarded statistically as cities. However several communes enjoy the title of city from their history. The most famous example being the town of Gruyeres, old seat of the Counts de Gruyère. The 10 larger common S are:

Freiburg, 36.974 inhabitants (2006)
Bubble, 16.521 inhabitants (2006)
Villars-sur-Glâne, 10.413 inhabitants (2006)
Marly, 7.550 inhabitants (2006)
Düdingen/Guin, 7.131 inhabitants (2006)
Murten/Morat, 5.797 inhabitants (2006)
Châtel-St-Denis, 5.060 inhabitants in (2006)
Wünnewil-Flamatt, 5.013 inhabitants in (2006)
Estavayer-the-Lake, 4 760 inhabitants in (2006)
Chiètres/Kerzers, 4.409 inhabitants in (2006)

to see all communes of the canton of Freiburg as well as the list of the fusions of communes.

History of the Freibourgese flag

The Duke Berthold IV of Zaehringen founded the Ville of Freiburg in 1157. The history tells that it was then with hunting and that, surprised by the night and by the storm, it was lost and was accommodated for the night by a logger. This last being extremely poor, it made it sleep under two bags, one of flour and the other of coal. The Duke sees, while waking up the next morning, his white clothing with half and half blacks. Thus it decided that the city that it was going to found would have like colors the white and the black. With the wire of time, this emblem became that, no longer of the city, but of the canton of Freiburg.

External bonds

official Internet site of the Canton of Freiburg
Official site of tourism of the Canton of Freiburg

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