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Belfaux
Belfaux (; , locally ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Its former German name was ''Gumschen'', but this is no longer in use. History Belfaux is first mentioned in the 12th century as ''Bellofago''. In 1229 it was mentioned as ''Bellfozen''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Gumschen'', however, that name is no longer used. On 1 January 2016, Belfaux annexed the neighboring municipality of Autafond. Geography Belfaux has an area, , of . Of this area, or 53.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 31.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarine (district)
Sarine District ( ; ; ) is one of the seven districts of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Fribourg (canton), Fribourg in Switzerland. It is largely French language, French-speaking, with a German language, German-speaking minority. Its territory is drained by the Saane/Sarine, Sarine river (which gives it its name), and by its tributary, the Glâne (river), Glâne. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities The district consists of the following twenty-five municipalities, including the cantonal capital Fribourg: Demographics Sarine has a population () of . Most of the population () speaks French language, French (64,341 or 75.3%) as their first language, German language, German is the second most common (12,373 or 14.5%) and Italian language, Italian is the third (2,008 or 2.3%). There are 80 people who speak Romansh language, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grolley-Ponthaux
Grolley-Ponthaux () is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2025 by the merger of Grolley and Ponthaux. It had an official population of 2881 as of 31 December 2022. Geography Grolley-Ponthaux is located between Fribourg in the east and Payerne in the west, on the divide between the Broye and Sarine watersheds. It borders the municipalities of Belfaux, Belmont-Broye, Corminboeuf, Misery-Courtion, Montagny, and Prez. It has an area of . History Grolley became part of Fribourg's in 1442, while Ponthaux has been in Fribourg's possession since 1478, except when it was briefly attached to the canton of Léman from 1798 to 1803. A vehicle park for the Swiss Army and a wastewater treatment plant were built in Grolley in 1970, and a new primary school in 1972. The municipality of merged with Ponthaux in 1981, and Corsalettes merged with Grolley in 2000. A proposal to merge Grolley and Ponthaux nar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autafond
Autafond is a former municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016, Autafond was annexed by the municipality of Belfaux. History Autafond is first mentioned in 1236 as ''Auta-fonz''. Geography Autafond had an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.7% 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 0.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 28.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Givisiez
Givisiez (; ) 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 formerly known in German language, German as ''Siebenzach'', but this usage is no longer common. History Givisiez is first mentioned in 1142 as ''Juvinsie''. Until the beginning of the 19th century it was known as ''Juvisy''. Geography Givisiez has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 40.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data . Retrieved 25 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Sonnaz
La Sonnaz () is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. The municipality was created in 2004 through the merger of Cormagens, La Corbaz and Lossy-Formangueires.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19 July 2011 The municipal administration, the kindergarten and the primary school are in Lossy. Geography La Sonnaz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 22.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 4.1% is either rivers or lakes.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misery-Courtion
Misery-Courtion (; ) is a municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was formed on January 1, 1997 by the union of the villages of Misery, Courtion, Cormérod, and Cournillens.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19 July 2011 Geography Misery-Courtion has an area of . Of this area, or 75.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.2009 data accessed 25 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corminboeuf
Corminboeuf (; , locally ) 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. In 2017 the former municipality of Chésopelloz merged into the municipality of Corminboeuf. History Corminboeuf is first mentioned in 1142 as ''Cormenbo''. In the 15th and 16th centuries it was known as ''Sankt Görg'' or ''St Georg''. Geography After the 2017 merger Corminboeuf had an area of . Before the merger Corminboeuf had an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 51.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.3% is forested and 14.9% is settled (buildings or roads). In the 2013/18 survey a total of or about 12.9% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of over the 1981 amount. Over the same time period, the amount of recreational space in the municipality increased by and is now about 0.89% of the total area. Of the agr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democratic People's Party Of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (, CVP), also called the Christian Democratic Party (, PDC), Democratic People's Party (, PPD) and Swiss Christian Democratic Party (, PCD), was a Christian democracy, Christian democratic List of political parties in Switzerland, political party in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021, it merged with the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP/PBD) to form The Centre (political party), The Centre, which now operates at the federal level. The name Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP) was used by some cantonal and regional organisations until 2024. Its seats in the Federal Assembly (Switzerland), Federal Assembly were transferred to the new party, as was its sole seat on the Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council. The party was founded as the Catholic Conservative Party in 1912. It peaked in the 1950s, having three members of the Federal Council (1954–1958) before agreeing to the Magic formula (Swiss politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party (, SVP; , PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (, UDC; , UDC), is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Marcel Dettling, it is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 62 members of the National Council and 6 of the Council of States. The SVP originated in 1971 as a merger of the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB) and the Democratic Party, while the BGB, in turn, had been founded in the context of the emerging local farmers' parties in the late 1910s. The SVP initially did not enjoy any increased support beyond that of the BGB, retaining around 11% of the vote through the 1970s and 1980s. This changed however during the 1990s, when the party underwent deep structural and ideological changes under the influence of Christoph Blocher; the SVP then became the strongest party in Switzerland by the 2000s. In line with the changes fostered by Blocher, the party s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Swiss Federal Election
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007. For the 48th legislative term of the federal parliament (2007–2011), voters in 26 cantons elected all 200 members of the National Council as well as 43 out of 46 members of the Council of States. The other three members of the Council of States for that term of service were elected at an earlier date.The date of the election of the members of the Council of States is a matter of cantonal law. 24 cantons have chosen to let the elections coincide with the federally regulated National Council elections. Two cantons are electing their members of the Council of States at an earlier date: Zug reelected its incumbents Peter Bieri and Rolf Schweiger on 29 October 2006, while Appenzell Innerrhoden elected Ivo Bischofsberger as its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primary Sector Of The Economy
The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining. The primary sector tends to make up a larger portion of the economy in developing countries than it does in developed countries. For example, in 2018, agriculture, forestry, and fishing comprised more than 15% of GDP in sub-Saharan Africa but less than 1% of GDP in North America. In developed countries the primary sector has become more technologically advanced, enabling for example the mechanization of farming, as compared with lower-tech methods in poorer countries. More developed economies may invest additional capital in primary means of production: for example, in the United States corn belt, combine harvesters pick the corn, and sprayers spray large amounts of insecticides, herbicides and fungicide Fungicides are pesticides used to kill parasitic fungi or their spores. Fungi can cause serious d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tertiary Sector Of The Economy
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 secondary sector (manufacturing). The tertiary sector consists of the provision of Service (economics), services instead of Product (business), end products. Services (also known as "Intangible good, intangible goods") include attention, advice, access, experience and affective labour. The tertiary sector involves the provision of services to other businesses as well as to final consumers. Services may involve the transport, distribution (economics), distribution and sale of goods from a producer to a consumer, as may happen in wholesaler, wholesaling and retailer, retailing, pest control or financial services. The goods may be transformed in the process of providing the service, as happens in the restaurant industry. However, the focus is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
