Montagny (Fribourg)

Geschichte

Montagny is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. In 2000 the municipality was created when Montagny-les-Monts and Montagny-la-Ville merged. On 1 January 2004 the former municipality of Mannens-Grandsivaz merged into the municipality of Montagny (FR).HistoryMontagny was created in 2000.GeographyMontagny has an area, of 17.5km2. Of this area, 10.03km2 or 57.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.91km2 or 33.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.44km2 or 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06km2 or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.08km2 or 0.5% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 31.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 35.0% is used for growing crops and 20.7% is pastures, while 1.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.It consists of the villages of Montagny-la-Ville, Montagny-les-Monts, Mannens-Grandsivaz and Cousset along with the hamlets of Tours, Les Arbognes and Le Grabou.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Paly of six Or and Gules and a Chief Argent. The coat of arms combines elements from the former municipalities of Montagny-la-Ville and Montagny-les-Monts.