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Also known as Schelten BE

Schelten (La Scheulte in French) is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. This is one of two German speaking municipalities located in the majority French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois). The other is Seehof.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Schelten
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Schelten COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Schelten Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Bern
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-BE
Swiss town.district
Jura bernois
Swiss town.postal_code
2827
Swiss town.municipality_code
0708
Swiss town.area
5.61
Swiss town.elevation
746
Swiss town.population
39
Swiss town.populationof
Dec 2011
Swiss town.popofyear
2011
Swiss town.website
www.schelten.ch
Swiss town.executive_name
Gemeinderat
Swiss town.executive_number_of_members
5
Swiss town.mayor_title
Gemeindepräsident

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Schelten
Population
38
Area
5.56
Elevation
800
Official website
www.schelten.ch
Image
Andreaskapelle Scheltenpass.JPG
Dialing code
032
Licence plate code
BE
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postal code
2827
Commons category
Schelten
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/708
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Schelten (La Scheulte in French) is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. This is one of two German speaking municipalities located in the majority French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois). The other is Seehof.

==History== Schelten is first mentioned in 1563 as la Schilt. In 1914 it was mentioned as Schelten.

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