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'''Bernese Jura''' ('''Jura bernois'' in [[French language|French]]) is the name for the French-speaking area of the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[canton of Bern]] and it consists of the 3 French-speaking districts of the [[canton of Bern]]. The Bernese Jura is located in the northern part of the canton. Its watch industry is known worldwide. According to the canton's constitution, one of the seven members of the executive cantonal governement has to be a French-speaking citizen of this area. The French-speaking part of the [[canton of Bern]], the '''Bernese Jura''', has 12 seats guaranteed and 3 seats are guaranteed for the French-speaking minority of the bilingual district of [[Biel/Bienne]] in the canton's [[Parliament]], which contains 160 seats. The '''Bernese Jura''' has a population of 51,405 in [[2004]]. |
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| official_name = Jura Bernois District |
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| native_name = Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois |
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| settlement_type = District |
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| image_skyline = Court_BE_CH.jpg |
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| image_caption = [[Court, Switzerland]] |
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| image_map = {{Swiss subdivision OSM map|district|entity=Q535897}} |
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| image_flag = CHE Courtelary Flag.svg |
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| image_shield = Courtelary-coat of arms.svg |
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| subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |
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| subdivision_name = {{CHE}} |
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| subdivision_type2 = [[Cantons of Switzerland|Canton]] |
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| subdivision_name2 = {{Flag|Bern}} |
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| subdivision_type3 = Capital |
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| subdivision_name3 = [[Courtelary]] |
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| area_total_km2 = 541 |
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| area_footnotes = |
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| population_as_of = {{Swiss populations YM|CH-BE}} |
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| population_total = {{Swiss populations NC|CH-BE|B0241}} |
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| population_footnotes = |
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| population_density_km2 = auto |
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| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |
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| utc_offset = +1 |
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| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |
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| utc_offset_DST = +2 |
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| blank_name_sec1 = Municipalities |
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| blank_info_sec1 = 40 |
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}} |
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'''Bernese Jura''' ({{langx|fr|Jura bernois}}, {{IPA|fr|ʒyʁa bɛʁnwa}}, German: Berner Jura) is the name for the French-speaking area of the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[canton of Bern]], and from 2010 one of ten [[Administrative divisions of Switzerland|administrative divisions]] of the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]].<ref name=fusion>{{Cite report|title=Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf |publisher=Federal Statistical Office |year=2009 |access-date=6 March 2010 |docket=2776 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118021059/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2010 }}</ref> |
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Comprising the three French-speaking districts in the northern part of the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]], it contains 40 municipalities with an area of {{convert|541.71|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-BE}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|B0241}}. More than 90% of the population of the three districts speaks French. |
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The 3 French-speaking districts in the [[canton of Bern]] are : |
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* [[Courtelary (district)|District of Courtelary]] (population : 22'224 in 2004) |
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From 1815 to 1979, the Bernese Jura comprised seven districts. Three of these seceded to form the [[canton of Jura]] in 1979, while a fourth, the [[Laufen district]], joined the canton of [[Basel-Landschaft]] in 1994. Additionally, [[Moutier]], a municipality, voted to secede from Bern in a referendum in 2021 and join Jura, with the change expected to be implemented by 2026. |
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* [[La Neuveville (district)|District of La Neuveville]] (population : 6'083 in 2004) |
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* [[Moutier (district)|District of Moutier]] (population : 23'098 in 2004) |
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==History== |
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{{further|History of the canton of Bern|Jurassic separatism}} |
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[[File:Fuerstbistum Basel 16Jh.png|thumb|Territories of the bishopric of Basel in the 16th century]] |
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Most of the territory of the Bernese Jura was passed from the [[County of Burgundy]] to the [[Bishopric of Basel]] in AD 999. |
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It was annexed by [[French First Republic|France]] during the [[Napoleonic period]], 1798-1814. In 1814, the [[Congress of Vienna]] accorded it to the [[canton of Bern]] to compensate for the loss of the new [[canton of Vaud]]. |
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From 1815 to 1979, the term Bernese Jura also included the territory now forming the [[canton of Jura]], which seceded following a national popular vote on 24 September 1978. |
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In 1974 a plebiscite voted to remain part of Bern by a margin of only 70 votes. This led to acts of vandalism on 16 March 1974 and on 7 September 1975 an armed standoff at the Hôtel de la Gare in [[Moutier]] which was broken up by an elite team of Bernese police on the following day.<ref name=NZZ>{{cite news | url=http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/schweiz/die-jura-autonomisten-wittern-morgenluft-1.17358443 | title=Die Jura-Autonomisten wittern Morgenluft | work=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]] | date=16 July 2012 | access-date=2013-06-25 | author=Kucera, Andrea}}</ref> Two other plebiscites also came down on the side of remaining in the Canton of Bern, including one in 1998 which passed with a thin majority of 41 votes.<ref>{{HDS|414|Moutier}}</ref> In 2013 a third plebiscite ended with the majority of residents choosing to remain in Bern, though a majority of residents of Moutier wanted to join Jura.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/alle-augen-sind-auf-moutier-gerichtet-1.18191596 |title=Alle Augen sind auf Moutier gerichtet |last=Kucera |first=Andrea |date=25 November 2013 |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |access-date=14 June 2017}}</ref> On 18 June 2017 the municipality of Moutier voted to join the Canton of Jura by a small margin of 51.7% (2,067 for leaving and 1,930 for remaining part of Bern).<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/jurassic-future_in-moutier---bernxit--prevails-after-all-the-suspense/43268456 |title=Swiss town of Moutier votes to change cantons |first=Samuel |last=Jaberg |date=18 June 2017|work=SWI swissinfo.ch|access-date=31 July 2017 |language=en}}</ref> |
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Its administrative capital was [[Biel/Bienne]] from 1815 to 2009. Since 2010, Biel/Bienne has been made the administrative capital of a separate [[Biel/Bienne (administrative district)|district]], and the administrative capital of the remaining Bernese Jura is now [[Courtelary]]. |
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==Representation== |
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According to the canton's constitution, one of the seven members of the [[Executive Council of Bern]] has to be a French-speaking citizen of this area. Of the 160 seats in the [[Grand Council of Bern]], 12 seats are reserved for the Bernese Jura and an additional three seats are guaranteed for the French-speaking population of the bilingual district of [[Biel (district)|Biel/Bienne]]. |
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==Administrative divisions== |
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Historically, the region was divided into three [[Districts of Switzerland|districts]] (2004 population estimates): |
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* [[Courtelary (district)|District of Courtelary]] (22,224) |
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* [[La Neuveville (district)|District of La Neuveville]] (6,083) |
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* [[Moutier (district)|District of Moutier]] (23,098) |
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In 2010 the three districts were dissolved and merged to form the Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois.<ref name=Mutation>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113231755/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html |date=2015-11-13 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 April 2011</ref> |
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[[File:Gorges du Pichou, Jura-Bern, Switzerland.jpg|thumb|right|Gorges du Pichou]] |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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! Flag |
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!width="190" | Name |
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!width="100" | Population<br /><small>({{Swiss populations date|CH-BE}}){{Swiss populations ref|CH-BE}}</small> |
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!width="100" | Area in km<sup>2</sup> |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:CHE Belprahon COA.svg|35px|Belprahon]] |
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| [[Belprahon]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0681}} |
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| align="center" | 3.83 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Champoz-coat of arms.svg|35px|Champoz]] |
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| [[Champoz]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0683}} |
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| align="center" | 7.17 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Corcelles-BE-coat-of-arms.svg|35px|Corcelles]] |
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| [[Corcelles BE|Corcelles]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0687}} |
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| align="center" | 6.77 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Corgémont-coat of arms.svg|35px|Corgémont]] |
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| [[Corgémont]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0431}} |
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| align="center" | 17.61 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:CHE Cormoret COA.svg|35px|Cormoret]] |
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| [[Cormoret]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0432}} |
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| align="center" | 13.49 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Cortébert-coat of arms.svg|35px|Cortébert]] |
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| [[Cortébert]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0433}} |
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| align="center" | 14.78 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Court-coat of arms.svg|35px|Court]] |
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| [[Court BE|Court]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0690}} |
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| align="center" | 24.61 |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Courtelary-coat of arms.svg|35px|Courtelary]] |
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| '''[[Courtelary]]''' || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0434}} |
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| align="center" | 22.17 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Cremines-coat of arms.svg|35px|Crémines]] |
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| [[Crémines]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0691}} |
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| align="center" | 9.48 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Eschert-coat of arms.svg|35px|Eschert]] |
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| [[Eschert]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0692}} |
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| align="center" | 6.58 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Grandval-coat of arms.svg|35px|Grandval]] |
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| [[Grandval BE|Grandval]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0694}} |
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| align="center" | 8.23 |
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| align="center" | [[Image:La Ferrière-coat of arms.svg|35px|La Ferrière]] |
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| [[La Ferrière BE|La Ferrière]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0435}} |
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| align="center" | 14.20 |
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| align="center" | [[Image:CHE La-Neuveville COA.svg|35px|La Neuveville]] |
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| [[La Neuveville]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0723}} |
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| align="center" | 6.81 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Loveresse-coat of arms.svg|35px|Loveresse]] |
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| [[Loveresse]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0696}} |
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| align="center" | 4.72 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Mont Tramelan-coat of arms.svg|35px|Mont-Tramelan]] |
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| [[Mont-Tramelan]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0437}} |
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| align="center" | 4.64 |
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| align="center" | [[Image:CHE Moutier COA.svg|35px|Moutier]] |
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| [[Moutier]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0700}} |
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| align="center" | 19.60 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Nods-coat of arms.svg|35px|Nods]] |
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| [[Nods BE|Nods]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0724}} |
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| align="center" | 26.66 |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Orvin-coat of arms.svg|35px|Orvin]] |
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| [[Orvin]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0438}} |
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| align="center" | 21.59 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Perrefitte-coat of arms.svg|35px|Perrefitte]] |
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| [[Perrefitte]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0701}} |
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| align="center" | 8.57 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Péry-La Heutte-coat of arms.svg|35px|Péry]] |
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| [[Péry-La Heutte]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0450}} |
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| align="center" | {{Swiss area|0450|km=yes}} |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Petit-Val-coat of arms2.svg|35px|Petit-Val]] |
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| [[Petit-Val]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0716}} |
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| align="center" | {{Swiss area|0716|km=yes}} |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Plateau de Diesse-coat of arms.png|35px|Plateau de Diesse]] |
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| [[Plateau de Diesse]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0726}} |
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| align="center" | {{Swiss area|0726|km=yes}} |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Rebévelier-coat of arms.svg|35px|Rebévelier]] |
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| [[Rebévelier]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0715}} |
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| align="center" | 3.54 |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Reconvilier-armoiries1.svg|35px|Reconvilier]] |
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| [[Reconvilier]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0703}} |
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| align="center" | 8.24 |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Renan-coat of arms.svg|35px|Renan]] |
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| [[Renan BE|Renan]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0441}} |
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| align="center" | 12.63 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Roches-coat of arms.svg|35px|Roches]] |
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| [[Roches BE|Roches]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0704}} |
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| align="center" | 9.05 |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Romont BE-coat of arms.svg|35px|Romont]] |
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| [[Romont BE|Romont]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0442}} |
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| align="center" | 7.03 |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Saicourt-coat of arms.svg|35px|Saicourt]] |
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| [[Saicourt]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0706}} |
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| align="center" | 13.76 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Saint Imier-coat of arms.svg|35px|Saint-Imier]] |
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| [[Saint-Imier]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0443}} |
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| align="center" | 20.89 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Sauge-coat of arms.svg|35px|Sauge]] |
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| [[Sauge]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0449}} |
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| align="center" | {{Swiss area|0449|km=yes}} |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Saules-coat of arms.svg|35px|Saules]] |
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| [[Saules BE|Saules]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0707}} |
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| align="center" | 4.28 |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Schelten-coat of arms.svg|35px|Schelten]] |
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| [[Schelten]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0708}} |
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| align="center" | 5.57 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Seehof-coat of arms.svg|35px|Seehof]] |
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| [[Seehof BE|Seehof]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0709}} |
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| align="center" | 8.41 |
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| align="center" | [[Image:CHE Sonceboz-Sombeval COA.svg|35px|Sonceboz-Sombeval]] |
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| [[Sonceboz-Sombeval]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0444}} |
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| align="center" | 15.00 |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Sonvilier-coat of arms.svg|35px|Sonvilier]] |
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| [[Sonvilier]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0445}} |
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| align="center" | 23.79 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Sorvilier-coat of arms.svg|35px|Sorvilier]] |
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| [[Sorvilier]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0711}} |
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| align="center" | 6.89 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Tavannes-coat of arms.svg|35px|Tavannes]] |
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| [[Tavannes]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0713}} |
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| align="center" | 14.78 |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Tramelan-coat of arms.svg|35px|Tramelan]] |
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| [[Tramelan]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0446}} |
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| align="center" | 24.83 |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:CHE Valbirse COA.svg|35px|Valbirse]] |
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| [[Valbirse]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0717}} |
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| align="center" | {{Swiss area|0717|km=yes}} |
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|- |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Villeret-coat of arms.svg|35px|Villeret]] |
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| [[Villeret BE|Villeret]] || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0448}} |
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| align="center" | 16.23 |
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| || '''Total''' (40) || align="center" | {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|B0241}} |
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| align="center" | 541.75 |
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==Mergers== |
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* On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of [[Diesse]], [[Lamboing]] and [[Prêles]] merged into the new municipality of Plateau de Diesse and [[Plagne, Switzerland|Plagne]] and [[Vauffelin]] merged into the municipality of Sauge.<ref name=Mutation2>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113231755/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html |date=2015-11-13 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 13 December 2014</ref> |
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* On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of [[Péry]] and [[La Heutte]] merged to form the new municipality of Péry-La Heutte. The former municipalities of Bévilard, [[Malleray]] and [[Pontenet]] merged to form [[Valbirse]]. Finally, [[Châtelat]], [[Monible]], [[Sornetan]] and [[Souboz]] merged to form Petit-Val. |
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== See also == |
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* [[Radio Jura bernois]] |
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* [[Italian Graubünden]] |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* {{HLS|8577}} |
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*[http://www.jurabernois.ch Bernese Jura Tourism] |
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* [http://www.jurabernois.ch Bernese Jura Tourism] |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090724155618/http://www.watchvalley.ch/e/home/ Watch Valley] |
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{{Administrative districts of the canton of Bern}} |
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[[Category:Districts of the canton of Bern]] |
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[[de:Berner Jura]] |
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[[Category:Regions of the canton of Bern]] |
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Latest revision as of 15:55, 23 December 2024
Jura Bernois District
Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois | |
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District | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Bern |
Capital | Courtelary |
Area | |
• Total | 541 km2 (209 sq mi) |
Population (December 2020) | |
• Total | 53,715 |
• Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Municipalities | 40 |
Bernese Jura (French: Jura bernois, French pronunciation: [ʒyʁa bɛʁnwa], German: Berner Jura) is the name for the French-speaking area of the Swiss canton of Bern, and from 2010 one of ten administrative divisions of the canton.[1]
Comprising the three French-speaking districts in the northern part of the canton, it contains 40 municipalities with an area of 541.71 km2 (209.16 sq mi) and a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 53,715. More than 90% of the population of the three districts speaks French.
From 1815 to 1979, the Bernese Jura comprised seven districts. Three of these seceded to form the canton of Jura in 1979, while a fourth, the Laufen district, joined the canton of Basel-Landschaft in 1994. Additionally, Moutier, a municipality, voted to secede from Bern in a referendum in 2021 and join Jura, with the change expected to be implemented by 2026.
History
[edit]Most of the territory of the Bernese Jura was passed from the County of Burgundy to the Bishopric of Basel in AD 999.
It was annexed by France during the Napoleonic period, 1798-1814. In 1814, the Congress of Vienna accorded it to the canton of Bern to compensate for the loss of the new canton of Vaud.
From 1815 to 1979, the term Bernese Jura also included the territory now forming the canton of Jura, which seceded following a national popular vote on 24 September 1978.
In 1974 a plebiscite voted to remain part of Bern by a margin of only 70 votes. This led to acts of vandalism on 16 March 1974 and on 7 September 1975 an armed standoff at the Hôtel de la Gare in Moutier which was broken up by an elite team of Bernese police on the following day.[2] Two other plebiscites also came down on the side of remaining in the Canton of Bern, including one in 1998 which passed with a thin majority of 41 votes.[3] In 2013 a third plebiscite ended with the majority of residents choosing to remain in Bern, though a majority of residents of Moutier wanted to join Jura.[4] On 18 June 2017 the municipality of Moutier voted to join the Canton of Jura by a small margin of 51.7% (2,067 for leaving and 1,930 for remaining part of Bern).[5]
Its administrative capital was Biel/Bienne from 1815 to 2009. Since 2010, Biel/Bienne has been made the administrative capital of a separate district, and the administrative capital of the remaining Bernese Jura is now Courtelary.
Representation
[edit]According to the canton's constitution, one of the seven members of the Executive Council of Bern has to be a French-speaking citizen of this area. Of the 160 seats in the Grand Council of Bern, 12 seats are reserved for the Bernese Jura and an additional three seats are guaranteed for the French-speaking population of the bilingual district of Biel/Bienne.
Administrative divisions
[edit]Historically, the region was divided into three districts (2004 population estimates):
- District of Courtelary (22,224)
- District of La Neuveville (6,083)
- District of Moutier (23,098)
In 2010 the three districts were dissolved and merged to form the Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois.[6]
Flag | Name | Population (31 December 2020)[7] |
Area in km2 |
---|---|---|---|
Belprahon | 279 | 3.83 | |
Champoz | 174 | 7.17 | |
Corcelles | 201 | 6.77 | |
Corgémont | 1,774 | 17.61 | |
Cormoret | 494 | 13.49 | |
Cortébert | 696 | 14.78 | |
Court | 1,417 | 24.61 | |
Courtelary | 1,405 | 22.17 | |
Crémines | 488 | 9.48 | |
Eschert | 377 | 6.58 | |
Grandval | 388 | 8.23 | |
La Ferrière | 530 | 14.20 | |
La Neuveville | 3,780 | 6.81 | |
Loveresse | 349 | 4.72 | |
Mont-Tramelan | 111 | 4.64 | |
Moutier | 7,348 | 19.60 | |
Nods | 788 | 26.66 | |
Orvin | 1,198 | 21.59 | |
Perrefitte | 481 | 8.57 | |
Péry-La Heutte | 1,908 | 23.78 | |
Petit-Val | 392 | 23.9 | |
Plateau de Diesse | 2,056 | 25.55 | |
Rebévelier | 41 | 3.54 | |
Reconvilier | 2,380 | 8.24 | |
Renan | 934 | 12.63 | |
Roches | 190 | 9.05 | |
Romont | 202 | 7.03 | |
Saicourt | 645 | 13.76 | |
Saint-Imier | 5,156 | 20.89 | |
Sauge | 827 | 13.46 | |
Saules | 147 | 4.28 | |
Schelten | 39 | 5.57 | |
Seehof | 56 | 8.41 | |
Sonceboz-Sombeval | 1,954 | 15.00 | |
Sonvilier | 1,223 | 23.79 | |
Sorvilier | 283 | 6.89 | |
Tavannes | 3,485 | 14.78 | |
Tramelan | 4,607 | 24.83 | |
Valbirse | 3,971 | 18.68 | |
Villeret | 941 | 16.23 | |
Total (40) | 53,715 | 541.75 |
Mergers
[edit]- On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Diesse, Lamboing and Prêles merged into the new municipality of Plateau de Diesse and Plagne and Vauffelin merged into the municipality of Sauge.[8]
- On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Péry and La Heutte merged to form the new municipality of Péry-La Heutte. The former municipalities of Bévilard, Malleray and Pontenet merged to form Valbirse. Finally, Châtelat, Monible, Sornetan and Souboz merged to form Petit-Val.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 (PDF) (Report). Federal Statistical Office. 2009. 2776. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ Kucera, Andrea (16 July 2012). "Die Jura-Autonomisten wittern Morgenluft". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ Moutier in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ Kucera, Andrea (25 November 2013). "Alle Augen sind auf Moutier gerichtet". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ Jaberg, Samuel (18 June 2017). "Swiss town of Moutier votes to change cantons". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Archived 2015-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 4 April 2011
- ^ "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.
- ^ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Archived 2015-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 13 December 2014
External links
[edit]- Bernese Jura in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Bernese Jura Tourism
- Watch Valley