Rue (Fribourg)

Geschichte

Rue is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 1993 the former municipality of Blessens merged into Rue, followed by Promasens and Gillarens in 2001.HistoryRue is first mentioned in 1152 as Rota. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Rüw, however, that name is no longer used.GeographyRue has an area, of 11.2km2. Of this area, 8.07km2 or 72.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.11km2 or 18.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.98km2 or 8.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.07km2 or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.8%. Out of the forested land, 15.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 36.8% is used for growing crops and 33.8% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located along the upper portion of the Broye gelegen. It consists of the villages of Rue, Blessens, Promasens and Gillarens. Blessens was incorporated in 1992, followed in 2001 by Promasens and Gillarens.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Gules and azure, overall a Wheel Or. Rue kept the same coat of arms when Blessens merged into Rue in 1992 and in 2001 when Promasens and Gillarens merged into it.