Treyvaux


Treyvaux is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

History

Treyvaux is first mentioned around 1163-66 as Tribus Vallibus. Over the time it was known under numerous variations of the Latin name: Tresvaux, Trevaux, Tresvals, Trevauz, Trevoul, Treyvaul, Treyvas, Trevas, Trefels.

Geography

Treyvaux has an area,, of. Of this area, or 63.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.2% is settled, or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 21.7% is used for growing crops and 40.5% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Sarine district, on the right bank of the Sarine.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend sinister Or a Rooster's Head Sable crested unguled beaked and langued Gules and Gules.

Demographics

Treyvaux has a population of. , 8.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has changed at a rate of 10.5%. Migration accounted for 5.7%, while births and deaths accounted for 5%.
Most of the population speaks French as their first language, German is the second most common and Portuguese is the third. There are 6 people who speak Italian and 1 person who speaks Romansh.
, the population was 49.9% male and 50.1% female. The population was made up of 637 Swiss men and 62 non-Swiss men. There were 640 Swiss women and 62 non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 612 or about 49.0% were born in Treyvaux and lived there in 2000. There were 439 or 35.2% who were born in the same canton, while 101 or 8.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 88 or 7.1% were born outside of Switzerland.
, children and teenagers make up 30.1% of the population, while adults make up 56.9% and seniors make up 13%.
, there were 531 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 632 married individuals, 59 widows or widowers and 26 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 453 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 104 households that consist of only one person and 55 households with five or more people. , a total of 449 apartments were permanently occupied, while 27 apartments were seasonally occupied and 28 apartments were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.9 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality,, was 0.54%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:

Colors=
id:lightgrey value:gray
id:darkgrey value:gray
ImageSize = width:1080 height:210
PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100
AlignBars = justify
DateFormat = x.y
Period = from:0 till:1300
TimeAxis = orientation:vertical
AlignBars = justify
ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:300 start:0
ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:60 start:0
PlotData=
color:yellowgreen width:42 mark: align:center
bar:1417 from:start till:280
bar:1417 at:290 fontsize:S text: "70 Hearths" shift:
bar:1811 from:start till:666 text:"666"
bar:1850 from:start till:868 text:"868"
bar:1860 from:start till:841 text:"841"
bar:1870 from:start till:905 text:"905"
bar:1880 from:start till:952 text:"952"
bar:1888 from:start till:971 text:"971"
bar:1900 from:start till:1063 text:"1,063"
bar:1910 from:start till:1031 text:"1,031"
bar:1920 from:start till:971 text:"971"
bar:1930 from:start till:950 text:"950"
bar:1941 from:start till:1049 text:"1,049"
bar:1950 from:start till:1044 text:"1,044"
bar:1960 from:start till:919 text:"919"
bar:1970 from:start till:946 text:"946"
bar:1980 from:start till:937 text:"937"
bar:1990 from:start till:1087 text:"1,087"
bar:2000 from:start till:1248 text:"1,248"

Heritage sites of national significance

The former Church of Saint-Pierre and the farm house at Le Pré de la Maison 12 are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Politics

In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 23.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the FDP and the CVP.
The SVP improved their position in Treyvaux rising to first, from fourth in 2007 The SPS moved from third in 2007 to second in 2011, the FDP moved from first in 2007 to third and the CVP moved from second in 2007 to fourth. A total of 592 votes were cast in this election, of which 6 or 1.0% were invalid.

Economy

, Treyvaux had an unemployment rate of 1.7%. , there were 91 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 35 businesses involved in this sector. 238 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 18 businesses in this sector. 119 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 24 businesses in this sector. There were 611 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.3% of the workforce.
the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 385. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 72, of which 68 were in agriculture and 4 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 217 of which 135 or were in manufacturing and 83 were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 96. In the tertiary sector; 14 or 14.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 5.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 7 or 7.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 5 or 5.2% were the insurance or financial industry, 7 or 7.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 11 or 11.5% were in education and 3 or 3.1% were in health care.
, there were 188 workers who commuted into the municipality and 378 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 6.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 66.4% used a private car.

Religion

From the, 1,145 or 91.7% were Roman Catholic, while 38 or 3.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. There were 6 who were Islamic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist, 1 person who was Hindu and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 38 belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 18 individuals did not answer the question.

Education

In Treyvaux about 420 or of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 117 or have completed additional higher education. Of the 117 who completed tertiary schooling, 75.2% were Swiss men, 22.2% were Swiss women.
The Canton of Fribourg school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend a three or four year optional upper Secondary school. The upper Secondary school is divided into gymnasium and vocational programs. After they finish the upper Secondary program, students may choose to attend a Tertiary school or continue their apprenticeship.
During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 161 students attending 8 classes in Treyvaux. A total of 320 students from the municipality attended any school, either in the municipality or outside of it. There were 2 kindergarten classes with a total of 39 students in the municipality. The municipality had 6 primary classes and 122 students. During the same year, there were no lower secondary classes in the municipality, but 66 students attended lower secondary school in a neighboring municipality. There were no upper Secondary classes or vocational classes, but there were 30 upper Secondary students and 56 upper Secondary vocational students who attended classes in another municipality. The municipality had no non-university Tertiary classes, but there were 3 non-university Tertiary students and 4 specialized Tertiary students who attended classes in another municipality.
, there were 2 students in Treyvaux who came from another municipality, while 118 residents attended schools outside the municipality.