Prez, Switzerland Explained

Subject Name:Prez
Municipality Type:municipality
Canton:Fribourg
Iso-Code-Region:CH-FR
Coordinates:46.7833°N 8°W
Postal Code:1746,1747 & 1757
Municipality Code:2237
Website:https://prez.ch/
Mayor Title:Syndic

Prez (in French pronounced as /pʁe/) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020, the former municipalities of Corserey, Noréaz and Prez-vers-Noréaz merged to form the new municipality of Prez.[1]

World Heritage Site

The former municipality of Noréaz is home to the En Praz des Gueux prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[2]

En Praz des Gueux is the only prehistoric lakeside settlement on the banks of a small lake in the Canton of Fribourg. The site is dated to the classic Cortaillod era (4000-3500 BC). The site was discovered by accident in 1971 in a boggy area near the present shore of the Lac de Seedorf. Under a layer of about 70cm (30inches) of peat timbers, gravel and stone slabs were discovered.[3]

History

Corserey

Corserey is first mentioned around 1150-62 as Corserei.

Noréaz

Noréaz is first mentioned in 1134 as Noarea.

Prez-vers-Noréaz

Prez-vers-Noréaz is first mentioned in 1156 as de Pratellis.

Geography

Post-merger Prez has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey), of .

Demographics

The new municipality has a population of .

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart:[4] Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8)ImageSize = width:1100 height:500PlotArea = height:350 left:100 bottom:90 right:100Legend = columns:3 left:220 top:70 columnwidth:160AlignBars = justifyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:1800TimeAxis = orientation:verticalAlignBars = justifyScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:300 start:0ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:60 start:0Colors= id:CO value:yellowgreen legend:Corserey id:NO value:green legend:Noréaz id:PR value:blue legend:Prez-vers-NoréazPlotData= color:yellowgreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from: 0 till:172 text:"172" color:CO bar:1860 from: 0 till:191 text:"191" color:CO bar:1870 from: 0 till:222 text:"222" color:CO bar:1880 from: 0 till:212 text:"212" color:CO bar:1888 from: 0 till:206 text:"206" color:CO bar:1900 from: 0 till:232 text:"232" color:CO bar:1910 from: 0 till:244 text:"244" color:CO bar:1920 from: 0 till:226 text:"226" color:CO bar:1930 from: 0 till:243 text:"243" color:CO bar:1941 from: 0 till:246 text:"246" color:CO bar:1950 from: 0 till:234 text:"234" color:CO bar:1960 from: 0 till:190 text:"190" color:CO bar:1970 from: 0 till:186 text:"186" color:CO bar:1980 from: 0 till:187 text:"187" color:CO bar:1990 from: 0 till:243 text:"243" color:CO bar:2000 from: 0 till:262 text:"262" color:CO bar:2010 from: 0 till:335 text:"335" color:CO bar:1850 from: 172 till:553 text:"381" color:NO bar:1860 from: 191 till:638 text:"447" color:NO bar:1870 from: 222 till:688 text:"466" color:NO bar:1880 from: 212 till:681 text:"469" color:NO bar:1888 from: 206 till:702 text:"496" color:NO bar:1900 from: 232 till:687 text:"455" color:NO bar:1910 from: 244 till:812 text:"568" color:NO bar:1920 from: 226 till:867 text:"641" color:NO bar:1930 from: 243 till:808 text:"565" color:NO bar:1941 from: 246 till:844 text:"598" color:NO bar:1950 from: 234 till:820 text:"586" color:NO bar:1960 from: 190 till:714 text:"524" color:NO bar:1970 from: 186 till:642 text:"456" color:NO bar:1980 from: 187 till:594 text:"407" color:NO bar:1990 from: 243 till:707 text:"464" color:NO bar:2000 from: 262 till:734 text:"472" color:NO bar:2010 from: 335 till:898 text:"563" color:NO bar:1850 from: 553 till:898 text:"345" color:PR bar:1860 from: 638 till:987 text:"349" color:PR bar:1870 from: 688 till:1054 text:"366" color:PR bar:1880 from: 681 till:1124 text:"443" color:PR bar:1888 from: 702 till:1158 text:"456" color:PR bar:1900 from: 687 till:1236 text:"549" color:PR bar:1910 from: 812 till:1364 text:"552" color:PR bar:1920 from: 867 till:1482 text:"615" color:PR bar:1930 from: 808 till:1378 text:"570" color:PR bar:1941 from: 844 till:1393 text:"549" color:PR bar:1950 from: 820 till:1376 text:"556" color:PR bar:1960 from: 714 till:1199 text:"485" color:PR bar:1970 from: 642 till:1134 text:"492" color:PR bar:1980 from: 594 till:1102 text:"508" color:PR bar:1990 from: 707 till:1330 text:"623" color:PR bar:2000 from: 734 till:1540 text:"806" color:PR bar:2010 from: 898 till:1787 text:"889" color:PR

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
  2. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1363/ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
  3. http://www.palafittes.org/uploads/media/Volume_II_CH_P_96-207.pdf palafittes.org UNESCO nomination files-Volume II: Id-files of the component parts of the serial, Sites Switzerland (2)
  4. https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/default.aspx?px_language=de Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, 1850-2000

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