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Bévilard
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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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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
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  • Geography
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  • Demographics
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • References
  • External links

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bévilard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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