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Tavannes
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Also known as Tavannes BE

Tavannes is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking part of the canton in the Jura mountains.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Tavannes
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.image_photo
Tavannes 1797.JPG
Swiss town.image_caption
Tavannes town
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Tavannes COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Tavannes Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Bern
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-BE
Swiss town.district
Jura bernois
Swiss town.postal_code
2710
Swiss town.municipality_code
0713
Swiss town.area
14.65
Swiss town.elevation
754
Swiss town.population
3525
Swiss town.populationof
Dec 2011
Swiss town.popofyear
2011
Swiss town.website
www.tavannes.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Jean-Pierre Aellen

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Accueil - Tavannes

Bienvenue sur le site internet de Tavannes, commune de 3500 habitants situé dans la région du Grand Chasseral.

tavannes.ch

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Transportation
  • Attractions
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Tavannes is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking part of the canton in the Jura mountains.

==History== thumb|left|Hotel de Ville thumb|left|The Birs river near Tavannes thumb|left|Aerial view from 900 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1930) The area around Tavannes was traversed by the early inhabitants of the Helvetic plain because of the natural tunnel through the Jura between the valley of the Suze and the valley of the Birse. Under the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the Romans improved this road between 161 and 169 AD. The Roman administrator left an inscription in the cliff at Pierre-Pertuis to this effect.

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