Le Bry

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Le Bry
Former municipality
Aerial view (1963)
Coat of arms
Location of Le Bry
Le Bry Location within Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Le Bry Location within Canton of Fribourg Show map of Canton of Fribourg
Coordinates: 46°42′00″N 7°05′00″E / 46.699998°N 7.083337°E / 46.699998; 7.083337
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Fribourg
District	Gruyère
Municipality	Pont-en-Ogoz
Population  (2000)
• Total	274
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
SFOS number	2146
ISO 3166 code	CH-FR
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Le Bry is a former municipality in the Gruyère district of the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. In 2003 it merged with Avry-devant-Pont and Gumefens to form the new municipality of Pont-en-Ogoz. It lies on the motorway from Fribourg to Bulle, on the shore of the Lake of Gruyère.

History

Le Bry was a hamlet of the former municipality of Pont-en-Ogoz. In 1970 it became a municipality, formed by the merger of Pont-en-Ogoz and Villars-d'Avry. There are remains of a Gallo-Roman settlement of the 2nd and 3rd centuries and a rich early medieval cemetery at the site of Le Bry-La Chavanne.

Le Bry belonged to the lordship of Pont, with its 12th-century castle and former small town (bourg) in a meander of the Sarine. In 1482 the lordship was sold to Fribourg and became the canton's first bailiwick; in 1798 it was attached to the district of Bulle. Le Bry is part of the parish of Avry-devant-Pont.

Fodder crops are grown and cattle are raised. Part of the land was flooded by the Lake of Gruyère in 1948. From 1990 tourist facilities were built, with a harbor, a leisure area and a residential zone. As late as 1990 more than a quarter of the working population was employed in the primary sector. A gravel pit was worked from 1957 to 1990. The Distillerie Morard SA was founded in 1957.

Le Bry had 216 inhabitants in 1970 and 274 in 2000.

References

 This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC-BY SA. Text taken from Bry, Le​, Marianne Rolle, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

Bibliography

• O. Wey and A.-F. Auberson Fasel, "Das frühmittelalterliche Gräberfeld von Le Bry-La Chavanne FR", in Archäologie der Schweiz, 15, 1992, pp. 100–108