Sonvilier
Sign in to saveSonvilier (Frainc-Comtou: Sonvlie) 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).
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Sonvilier
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Sonvilier 01 10.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Sonvilier village from the ruins of Erguel Castle
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Sonvilier COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Sonvilier Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Bern
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BE
- Swiss town.district
- Jura bernois
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 2615
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0445
- Swiss town.area
- 23.78
- Swiss town.elevation
- 802
- Swiss town.website
- www.sonvilier.ch
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Maire
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Renan, Saint-Imier, Les Bois, Le Pâquier, Dombresson, Chézard-Saint-Martin
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Sonvilier (Frainc-Comtou: Sonvlie) 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).
==History== thumb|left|Ruins of Erguel Castle thumb|left|Aerial view (1950) Sonvilier is first mentioned in 1298 as Sunuilier. In 1307 it was mentioned as Sonvelier.