Sornetan
Sign in to saveSornetan 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
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Berne
- Official language
- French
- Area
- +5.62
- Elevation
- +843
- Image
- Sornetan Reformierte Kirche.jpg
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- P1366
- Petit-Val
- P8168
- Juliusz Bursche
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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.
==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.