Vauffelin

Also known as Vauffelin BE

Vauffelin () is a former 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 2014 the former municipalities of Vauffelin and Plagne merged into the new municipality of Sauge.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Vauffelin
Swiss town.municipality_type: former
Swiss town.image_photo: Frinvillier Dorfstrasse.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Frinvillier village main street
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Vauffelin COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Vauffelin Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Bern
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BE
Swiss town.district: Jura bernois
Swiss town.postal_code: 2537
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0447
Swiss town.area: 5.92
Swiss town.elevation: 707
Swiss town.population: 427
Swiss town.populationof: Dec 2011
Swiss town.website: www.vauffelin.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Orvin, Péry, Plagne, Romont, Pieterlen, Biel/Bienne

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Wikidata facts

Area: 5.92
Elevation: 707
Image: Frinvillier Dorfstrasse.jpg
Dialing code: 032
Licence plate code: BE

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Commons category: Vauffelin
postal code: 2537
P8168: William Christian Bouck

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History
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Sights
Politics
Economy
Religion
Education
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==History== thumb|left|Ruins of a Roman watchtower at Rondchâtel Vauffelin and its parish is first mentioned in the Lausanne Chartular of 1228 as Vualfelim. It was formerly known by its German names Füglistal or Füglisthal though this name is no longer used. The village of Frinvillier was first mentioned in 1393 as Frunwelier.