Grolley

Geschichte

Grolley is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.HistoryGrolley is first mentioned around 1137-38 as de Groslerio.GeographyGrolley has an area, of 5.3km2. Of this area, 3.46km2 or 64.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.98km2 or 18.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.88km2 or 16.5% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 8.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 17.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 41.4% is used for growing crops and 23.0% is pastures.The municipality is located in the Sarine district, on the Fribourg-Payerne road. Since 2000 consists of the villages of Grolley and Corsalettes. On 1 January 2000 the former municipality of Corsalettes merged into the municipality of Grolley.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent chief Or a Bendlet of the first on a Bend Sable fimbriated Gules frette with a Bendlet sinister Vert on a Bend Sinister of the second fimbriated of the last. The new coat of arms was adopted after the 2000 merger of Corsaletters into Grolley.