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St. Silvester

St. Silvester (French: Saint-Silvestre; Arpitan: Sent-Savéthro [ʃɛ̃ ʃaˈviθʁo] ) is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

St. Silvester
St. Silvester church
Location of St. Silvester
St. Silvester
St. Silvester
Coordinates: 46°44′N 7°13′E / 46.733°N 7.217°E / 46.733; 7.217
CountrySwitzerland
CantonFribourg
DistrictSense
Government
 • MayorGemeindeammann
Area
 • Total7.1 km2 (2.7 sq mi)
Elevation
848 m (2,782 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total958
 • Density130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
1736
SFOS number2303
Surrounded byGiffers, Le Mouret, Plasselb, Tentlingen
Websitewww.stsilvester.ch
SFSO statistics

History edit

St. Silvester is first mentioned in 1148 as sancto Silvestro und Baselgin.[3]

Geography edit

St. Silvester has an area of 7.04 km2 (2.72 sq mi).[4] Of this area, 3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi) or 52.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.65 km2 (1.02 sq mi) or 37.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.56 km2 (0.22 sq mi) or 7.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.14 km2 (35 acres) or 2.0% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.[5]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 35.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 10.6% is used for growing crops and 33.1% is pastures and 8.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[5]

The municipality is located in the Sense district. It consists of a number of hamlets.

Coat of arms edit

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure on a mount Vert a Church between two Trees proper. The church on the coat of arms is the municipal parish church.[6]

Demographics edit

St. Silvester has a population (as of December 2020) of 952.[7] As of 2008, 1.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[8] Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of -4.7%. Migration accounted for -7.3%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.2%.[9]

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (905 or 94.8%) as their first language, French is the second most common (41 or 4.3%) and Polish is the third with 2 people (0.2%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian.[10]

As of 2008, the population was 49.8% male and 50.2% female. The population was made up of 456 Swiss men (49.5% of the population) and 3 (0.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 455 Swiss women (49.4%) and 7 (0.8%) non-Swiss women.[11] Of the population in the municipality, 479 or about 50.2% were born in St. Silvester and lived there in 2000. There were 306 or 32.0% who were born in the same canton, while 99 or 10.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 35 or 3.7% were born outside of Switzerland.[10]

As of 2000, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 64.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8.3%.[9]

As of 2000, there were 432 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 457 married individuals, 40 widows or widowers and 26 individuals who are divorced.[10]

As of 2000, there were 334 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household.[9] There were 64 households that consist of only one person and 41 households with five or more people. In 2000, a total of 321 apartments (96.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 9 apartments (2.7%) were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (1.2%) were empty.[12] As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 8.6 new units per 1000 residents.[9] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 3.25%.[9]

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13]

Politics edit

In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 38.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (18.9%), the SPS (13.0%) and the CVP (12.0%).[14]

The SVP gained an additional 8.6% of the vote from the 2007 Federal election (30.1% in 2007 vs 38.7% in 2011). The FDP lost popularity (24.8% in 2007), the SPS moved from below fourth place in 2007 to third and the CVP moved from third in 2007 (with 18.8%) to fourth. A total of 338 votes were cast in this election, of which 2 or 0.6% were invalid.[15]

Economy edit

As of  2010, St. Silvester had an unemployment rate of 0.5%. As of 2008, there were 55 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 25 businesses involved in this sector. 11 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 7 businesses in this sector. 57 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 14 businesses in this sector.[9] There were 509 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 37.1% of the workforce.

In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 80. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 32, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 10 of which 4 were in manufacturing and 6 were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 38. In the tertiary sector; 7 or 18.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 13 or 34.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 15.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 6 or 15.8% were in education.[16]

In 2000, there were 28 workers who commuted into the municipality and 392 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 14.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[17] Of the working population, 10.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 71.1% used a private car.[9]

Religion edit

 
Parish church of St. Silvester

From the 2000 census, 811 or 84.9% were Roman Catholic, while 64 or 6.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 10 individuals (or about 1.05% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 3 (or about 0.31% of the population) who were Islamic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist. 33 (or about 3.46% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 38 individuals (or about 3.98% of the population) did not answer the question.[10]

Education edit

In St. Silvester about 309 or (32.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 47 or (4.9%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 47 who completed tertiary schooling, 76.6% were Swiss men, 14.9% were Swiss women.[10]

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 (university preparatory) and vocational programs. After they finish the upper Secondary program, students may choose to attend a Tertiary school or continue their apprenticeship.[18]

During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 87 students attending 4 classes in St. Silvester. A total of 166 students from the municipality attended any school, either in the municipality or outside of it. There was one kindergarten class with a total of 23 students in the municipality. The municipality had 3 primary classes and 64 students. During the same year, there were no lower secondary classes in the municipality, but 44 students attended lower secondary school in a neighboring municipality. There were no upper Secondary classes or vocational classes, but there were 8 upper Secondary students and 29 upper Secondary vocational students who attended classes in another municipality. The municipality had no non-university Tertiary classes, but there was one non-university Tertiary student who attended classes in another municipality.[11]

As of 2000, there were 54 students from St. Silvester who attended schools outside the municipality.[17]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b St. Silvester in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ^ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
  5. ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010
  6. ^ Flags of the World.com accessed 19-December-2011
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 (in German) accessed 19 June 2010
  9. ^ a b c d e f g Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19-December-2011
  10. ^ a b c d e STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 9 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 2 February 2011
  11. ^ a b Canton of Fribourg Statistics (in German) accessed 3 November 2011
  12. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen 7 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 January 2011
  13. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 30 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 29 January 2011
  14. ^ Canton of Fribourg National Council Election of 23 October 2011 Statistics (in German and French) accessed 3 November 2011
  15. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton (in German) accessed 28 May 2010
  16. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 25 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 January 2011
  17. ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb Archived 4 August 2012 at archive.today (in German) accessed 24 June 2010
  18. ^ Chart of the education system in Canton Fribourg (in German)

External links edit

  • Official website (in German)

silvester, saint, pope, sylvester, french, saint, silvestre, arpitan, sent, savéthro, ʃɛ, ʃaˈviθʁo, municipality, district, sense, canton, fribourg, switzerland, municipalities, with, large, majority, german, speakers, mostly, french, speaking, canton, fribour. For the saint see Pope Sylvester I St Silvester French Saint Silvestre Arpitan Sent Savethro ʃɛ ʃaˈvi8ʁo is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg St SilvesterMunicipalitySt Silvester churchCoat of armsLocation of St SilvesterSt SilvesterShow map of SwitzerlandSt SilvesterShow map of Canton of FribourgCoordinates 46 44 N 7 13 E 46 733 N 7 217 E 46 733 7 217CountrySwitzerlandCantonFribourgDistrictSenseGovernment MayorGemeindeammannArea 1 Total7 1 km2 2 7 sq mi Elevation848 m 2 782 ft Population 31 December 2018 2 Total958 Density130 km2 350 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 Central European Time Summer DST UTC 02 00 Central European Summer Time Postal code s 1736SFOS number2303Surrounded byGiffers Le Mouret Plasselb TentlingenWebsitewww wbr stsilvester wbr ch SFSO statistics Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Demographics 5 Politics 6 Economy 7 Religion 8 Education 9 References 10 External linksHistory editSt Silvester is first mentioned in 1148 as sancto Silvestro und Baselgin 3 Geography editSt Silvester has an area of 7 04 km2 2 72 sq mi 4 Of this area 3 74 km2 1 44 sq mi or 52 9 is used for agricultural purposes while 2 65 km2 1 02 sq mi or 37 5 is forested Of the rest of the land 0 56 km2 0 22 sq mi or 7 9 is settled buildings or roads 0 14 km2 35 acres or 2 0 is either rivers or lakes and 0 01 km2 2 5 acres or 0 1 is unproductive land 5 Of the built up area housing and buildings made up 5 1 and transportation infrastructure made up 2 3 Out of the forested land 35 2 of the total land area is heavily forested and 2 3 is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees Of the agricultural land 10 6 is used for growing crops and 33 1 is pastures and 8 6 is used for alpine pastures All the water in the municipality is flowing water 5 The municipality is located in the Sense district It consists of a number of hamlets Coat of arms editThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure on a mount Vert a Church between two Trees proper The church on the coat of arms is the municipal parish church 6 Demographics editSt Silvester has a population as of December 2020 update of 952 7 As of 2008 update 1 1 of the population are resident foreign nationals 8 Over the last 10 years 2000 2010 the population has changed at a rate of 4 7 Migration accounted for 7 3 while births and deaths accounted for 2 2 9 Most of the population as of 2000 update speaks German 905 or 94 8 as their first language French is the second most common 41 or 4 3 and Polish is the third with 2 people 0 2 There is 1 person who speaks Italian 10 As of 2008 update the population was 49 8 male and 50 2 female The population was made up of 456 Swiss men 49 5 of the population and 3 0 3 non Swiss men There were 455 Swiss women 49 4 and 7 0 8 non Swiss women 11 Of the population in the municipality 479 or about 50 2 were born in St Silvester and lived there in 2000 There were 306 or 32 0 who were born in the same canton while 99 or 10 4 were born somewhere else in Switzerland and 35 or 3 7 were born outside of Switzerland 10 As of 2000 update children and teenagers 0 19 years old make up 26 8 of the population while adults 20 64 years old make up 64 9 and seniors over 64 years old make up 8 3 9 As of 2000 update there were 432 people who were single and never married in the municipality There were 457 married individuals 40 widows or widowers and 26 individuals who are divorced 10 As of 2000 update there were 334 private households in the municipality and an average of 2 8 persons per household 9 There were 64 households that consist of only one person and 41 households with five or more people In 2000 update a total of 321 apartments 96 1 of the total were permanently occupied while 9 apartments 2 7 were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments 1 2 were empty 12 As of 2009 update the construction rate of new housing units was 8 6 new units per 1000 residents 9 The vacancy rate for the municipality in 2010 update was 3 25 9 The historical population is given in the following chart 3 13 Politics editIn the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 38 7 of the vote The next three most popular parties were the FDP 18 9 the SPS 13 0 and the CVP 12 0 14 The SVP gained an additional 8 6 of the vote from the 2007 Federal election 30 1 in 2007 vs 38 7 in 2011 The FDP lost popularity 24 8 in 2007 the SPS moved from below fourth place in 2007 to third and the CVP moved from third in 2007 with 18 8 to fourth A total of 338 votes were cast in this election of which 2 or 0 6 were invalid 15 Economy editAs of 2010 update St Silvester had an unemployment rate of 0 5 As of 2008 update there were 55 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 25 businesses involved in this sector 11 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 7 businesses in this sector 57 people were employed in the tertiary sector with 14 businesses in this sector 9 There were 509 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity of which females made up 37 1 of the workforce In 2008 update the total number of full time equivalent jobs was 80 The number of jobs in the primary sector was 32 all of which were in agriculture The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 10 of which 4 were in manufacturing and 6 were in construction The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 38 In the tertiary sector 7 or 18 4 were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles 13 or 34 2 were in the movement and storage of goods 6 or 15 8 were in a hotel or restaurant 1 was the insurance or financial industry 1 was a technical professional or scientist 6 or 15 8 were in education 16 In 2000 update there were 28 workers who commuted into the municipality and 392 workers who commuted away The municipality is a net exporter of workers with about 14 0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering 17 Of the working population 10 2 used public transportation to get to work and 71 1 used a private car 9 Religion edit nbsp Parish church of St SilvesterFrom the 2000 census update 811 or 84 9 were Roman Catholic while 64 or 6 7 belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church Of the rest of the population there were 10 individuals or about 1 05 of the population who belonged to another Christian church There were 3 or about 0 31 of the population who were Islamic There was 1 person who was Buddhist 33 or about 3 46 of the population belonged to no church are agnostic or atheist and 38 individuals or about 3 98 of the population did not answer the question 10 Education editIn St Silvester about 309 or 32 4 of the population have completed non mandatory upper secondary education and 47 or 4 9 have completed additional higher education either university or a Fachhochschule Of the 47 who completed tertiary schooling 76 6 were Swiss men 14 9 were Swiss women 10 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 university preparatory and vocational programs After they finish the upper Secondary program students may choose to attend a Tertiary school or continue their apprenticeship 18 During the 2010 11 school year there were a total of 87 students attending 4 classes in St Silvester A total of 166 students from the municipality attended any school either in the municipality or outside of it There was one kindergarten class with a total of 23 students in the municipality The municipality had 3 primary classes and 64 students During the same year there were no lower secondary classes in the municipality but 44 students attended lower secondary school in a neighboring municipality There were no upper Secondary classes or vocational classes but there were 8 upper Secondary students and 29 upper Secondary vocational students who attended classes in another municipality The municipality had no non university Tertiary classes but there was one non university Tertiary student who attended classes in another municipality 11 As of 2000 update there were 54 students from St Silvester who attended schools outside the municipality 17 References edit a b Arealstatistik Standard Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen Federal Statistical Office Retrieved 13 January 2019 Standige Wohnbevolkerung nach Staatsangehorigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde Provisorische Jahresergebnisse 2018 Federal Statistical Office 9 April 2019 Retrieved 11 April 2019 a b St Silvester in German French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland Arealstatistik Standard Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office Land Use Statistics 2009 data in German accessed 25 March 2010 Flags of the World com accessed 19 December 2011 Standige und nichtstandige Wohnbevolkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen Geburtsort und Staatsangehorigkeit bfs admin ch in German Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT TAB 31 December 2020 Retrieved 21 September 2021 Swiss Federal Statistical Office Superweb database Gemeinde Statistics 1981 2008 in German accessed 19 June 2010 a b c d e f g Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19 December 2011 a b c d e STAT TAB Datenwurfel fur Thema 40 3 2000 Archived 9 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine in German accessed 2 February 2011 a b Canton of Fribourg Statistics in German accessed 3 November 2011 Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT TAB Datenwurfel fur Thema 09 2 Gebaude und Wohnungen Archived 7 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine in German accessed 28 January 2011 Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT TAB Bevolkerungsentwicklung nach Region 1850 2000 Archived 30 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine in German accessed 29 January 2011 Canton of Fribourg National Council Election of 23 October 2011 Statistics in German and French accessed 3 November 2011 Swiss Federal Statistical Office Nationalratswahlen 2007 Starke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung nach Gemeinden Bezirk Canton in German accessed 28 May 2010 Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT TAB Betriebszahlung Arbeitsstatten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 Abschnitte Sektoren 1 3 Archived 25 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine in German accessed 28 January 2011 a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office Statweb Archived 4 August 2012 at archive today in German accessed 24 June 2010 Chart of the education system in Canton Fribourg in German External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Silvester Official website in German Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Silvester amp 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