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| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Fribourg |
| District | Sarine |
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| Population | 1,329 (January 2004) |
| - Density | 460 /km² (1,191 /sq. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the states of the Federal state of Switzerland. The Canton of Fribourg is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the west of the country In contrast to centrally organised States in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton iscompletely free to decide its own A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology January 2004: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume mi. ) |
| Area | 2.89 km² (1.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 614 m (2,014 ft) |
| Postal code | 1753 |
| SFOS number | 2208 |
| Surrounded by | Avry, Corminboeuf, Hauterive, Neyruz, Villars-sur-Glâne |
| Website | www.matran.ch |
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Matran nestles 614 m above sea level about 5. 5 km in the Glâne valley from the canton's capital Fribourg.
History
The first recorded mention is in 1138 under the name Martrens en Nuithonie. Later it changed to Martrans (1148), Matrans (1157), Martranz (1285), Martrant (1445), Martrand (1555) and Matrang (1668). The place name derives from "Martyrus".
In the Middle Ages the Abbey of Payerne owned much land in Matran. In 1442 the hamlet was sold and came into possession of Fribourg. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798) Matran belonged during the Helvetik and later to the county of Fribourg, and in 1848 it became a member of the "Saanebezirk" of the Canton of Fribourg.
Matran has grown from a sleepy hamlet of a few hundred farmers and their families to a population of over 4,000 inhabitants in the last 25 years. Matran boasts a wonderful gothic parish church dating back to the 1500s with rare 18th century ceiling paintings depicting the 4 evangelists by an unknown artist, and a gigantic bronze Pieta by Hugo de Matran at the town mortuary.
The town is dominated by the former Kollegium Sankt Joseph, once a boarding school run by the Redemptorist Fathers (CSSR), which since the early 1990 serves a spiritual retreat for groups. The chapel is frequently used for broadcasts by the TV de la Suisse Romande.
Former students and teachers include the Swiss author Peter Fahr; the Fribourg Cathedral Organist and music professor Francois Seydoux (an expert on Alois Moser the organ builder); Luc Seydoux, organist; Father Alois Schmid (CSSR), author and biology professor at the University of Fribourg; James d'Argantel Odrowaz, painter and author.
Matran is also home to the well-known sculptor and painter Hugo de Matran (Hugo Heule). A priest in the Redemptorist order, Hugo initially began his work as a sculptor in the late 1980s. He studied in Munich at the Kunsthochschule. His studio plays often host to groups of international artists who gather there for annual work shops or artists' symposia.
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