Villaz, Switzerland

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| municipality_type = municipality

| image_photo = Neyruz - Villaz St Pierre (15.03.17) 63 (33465681436).jpg

| image_caption = Neyruz village, part of Villaz St Pierre

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| canton = Fribourg

| iso-code-region = CH-FR

| district = Glâne

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| postal_code = 1690, 1691

| municipality_code = 2117

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| website =https://www.communevillaz.ch/

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| neighboring_municipalities= Châtonnaye, Massonnens, Mézières, Romont, Sédeilles (in Vaud), Villorsonnens

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Villaz ({{langx|frp|Vela}} {{IPA|frp|ˈvəla|}}) is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipalities of Villaz-Saint-Pierre and La Folliaz merged to form the new municipality of Villaz.[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang|de}} accessed 02 January 2020

History

=Villaz=

Villaz-Saint-Pierre is first mentioned in 1177 as Villa.{{HDS|888|Villaz-Saint-Pierre}}

=Villarimboud=

Villarimboud is first mentioned in 1142 as Vilarrimolth.{{HDS|886|Lussy (FR)}}

=Lussy=

Lussy is first mentioned in the 12th century as Lussiei.{{HDS|864|Lussy (FR)}}

Geography

After the merger, Villaz has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey), of {{Swiss area|2117|mi=on}}.{{Swiss area data|2117|QUELLE}}

Demographics

The new municipality has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-FR}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-FR|2117}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-FR}}

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart:[https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/default.aspx?px_language=de Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, 1850-2000 ] {{in lang|de}} accessed 27 April 2016 La Folliaz was formed on 1 January 2005 from the union of the former municipalities of Lussy and Villarimboud.

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Transportation

The municipality has a railway station, {{rws|Villaz-St-Pierre}}, on the Lausanne–Bern line. It has regular service to {{rws|Romont FR}} and {{rws|Fribourg/Freiburg}}.

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