Sornetan

Also known as Sornetan BE

Sornetan is a former 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 Châtelat, Monible, Sornetan and Souboz merged to form the new municipality of Petit-Val.

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Place details

Locality: Petit-Val
Region: Bern/Berne
Country: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
Population: 116

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Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Sornetan
Swiss town.municipality_type: former
Swiss town.image_photo: Sornetan Reformierte Kirche.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Sornetan village church
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Sornetan COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Sornetan Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Bern
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BE
Swiss town.district: Jura bernois
Swiss town.postal_code: 2716
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0710
Swiss town.area: 5.62
Swiss town.elevation: 843
Swiss town.population: 129
Swiss town.populationof: Dec 2011
Swiss town.popofyear: 2011
Swiss town.website: www.petit-val.ch
Swiss town.mayor_title: Maire

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Heritage sites of national significance
Politics
Economy
Religion
Education
References

==History== Sornetan is first mentioned in 1179 as Sornetan. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Sornetal, however, that name is no longer used.

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