District of Sarine
The district of Sarine (all. Saanebezirk) is one of the seven districts of the canton of Freiburg in Suisse. The chief town is Freiburg.
The district has a surface of 217,60 km ² and counts 92 369 inhabitants (2006).
The district is located at the center of the canton and the most is populated. It counts two electoral districts for the Great Council: the town of Freiburg and Sarine-Countryside.
The Council of State is represented by the prefect who is elected by the people since 1976.
The prefects of Sarine were the following:
- 1848 (June) Alexandre Thorin
- 1848 (July) - 1852: Jacques Blanc
- 1852-1857: Alexandre Thorin
- 1857-1862: Pierre Reynold
- 1862: François Ducrest
- 1862-1877: Albert Féguely
- 1877-1882: Antonin Boccard
- 1882-1918: Charles Wuilleret
- 1918-1919: Bernard Weck
- 1919-1932: Adrien Mauroux
- 1932-1951: Louis Renevey
- 1951-1957: Marcel Renevey
- 1957-1975: Laurent Butty
- 1976-1996: Hubert Lauper
- 1996-2008: Nicolas Deiss
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