Corgémont
Sign in to saveCorgémont 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
- Corgémont
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Le Jean Guy, Mennoniten-Bibliothek 01 10.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Mennonite library north of Corgémont
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Corgémont COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Corgémont Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Bern
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BE
- Swiss town.district
- Jura bernois
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 2606
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0431
- Swiss town.area
- 17.6
- Swiss town.elevation
- 663
- Swiss town.website
- www.corgemont.ch
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Maire
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Tramelan, Mont-Tramelan, Cortébert, Nods, Orvin, Sonceboz-Sombeval, Tavannes
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Corgémont 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|upright|The Anabaptist bridge south of Corgémont in 1918. This is the only surviving picture of the intact bridge thumb|Aerial view from 1200 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1930) Corgémont was first mentioned in 1178 as Coriamont. In 1179 Pope Alexander III confirmed the rights of the Abbey of Moutier-Grandval to their property in Corgémont. From the 12th to 15th century much of the village was owned by the noble family de Corgémont (also known as de Chalmé), who had received the property from the Prince-Bishop of Basel. Later this property was transferred to the Family d'Asuel. Corgémont belonged to the Barony of Erguel which was under the Prince-Bishops. In 1530 Biel introduced the Reformation to Corgémont.