Prez, Switzerland

Prez
Municipality
Noréaz village
Coat of arms
Location of Prez
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Coordinates: 46°47′N 7°1′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Fribourg
District	Sarine
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area
• Total	12.61 km^2 (4.87 sq mi)
Population  (December 2020)
• Total	2,345
• Density	190/km^2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	1746,1747 & 1757
SFOS number	2237
ISO 3166 code	CH-FR
Surrounded by	Châtonnaye, Massonnens, Mézières, Romont, Sédeilles (Vaud), Villorsonnens
Website	prez.ch SFSO statistics

Prez (French pronunciation: [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 70 cm (28 in) of peat timbers, gravel and stone slabs were discovered.[3]

History

Corserey

Corserey is first mentioned around 1150-62 as Corserei.[4]

Noréaz

Noréaz is first mentioned in 1134 as Noarea.[5]

Prez-vers-Noréaz

Prez-vers-Noréaz is first mentioned in 1156 as de Pratellis.[6]

Geography

Post-merger Prez has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey), of 12.61 km^2 (4.87 sq mi).[7]

Demographics

The new municipality has a population (as of December 2020^[update]) of 2,345.[8]

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart:[9]

References

1. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 02 January 2020
2. UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
3. palafittes.org UNESCO nomination files-Volume II: Id-files of the component parts of the serial, Sites Switzerland (2) Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine accessed 10-December-2011
4. Corserey in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
5. Noréaz in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
6. Prez-vers-Noréaz in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
7. Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
8. "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
9. Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, 1850-2000 (in German) accessed 27 April 2016

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