Bévilard

Also known as Bévilard BE, Bevilard, Bevilard BE

Bévilard (Frainc-Comtou: Bévlaîd) is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois). On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Bévilard, Malleray and Pontenet merged to form the new municipality of Valbirse.

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Place details

Locality: Valbirse
Region: Bern/Berne
Country: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
Population: 1,736

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Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Bévilard
Swiss town.municipality_type: former
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Bévilard COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Bévilard Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Bern
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BE
Swiss town.district: Jura bernois
Swiss town.postal_code: 2735
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0682
Swiss town.area: 5.63
Swiss town.elevation: 691
Swiss town.population: 1674
Swiss town.populationof: Dec 2011
Swiss town.popofyear: 2011
Swiss town.website: www.valbirse.ch
Swiss town.mayor_title: Maire
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Malleray, Champoz, Sorvilier, Péry

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Wikidata facts

Country: Switzerland
Located in: Canton of Berne
Official language: French
Area: 5.63
Elevation: 691
Dialing code: 032
Licence plate code: BE

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Commons category: Bévilard
postal code: 2735
replaced by: Valbirse
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections

Contents

History
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Politics
Economy
Religion
Education
References
External links

==History== thumb|Aerial view (1958) Bévilard is first mentioned in 1182 as Bevilar. In German it was known as Bewiler though this is not used currently.

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