Bévilard
Sign in to saveBévilard (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
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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
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Berne
- Official language
- French
- Area
- +5.63
- Elevation
- +691
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- P1366
- Valbirse
- P8168
- Matt Blunt
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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.
==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.