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Also known as Soyhières JU, Soyhieres, Soyhieres JU

Soyhières () is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Soyhières
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
Soyhieres-Blazono.png
Swiss town.canton
Jura
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-JU
Swiss town.district
Delémont
Swiss town.postal_code
2805
Swiss town.municipality_code
6724
Swiss town.area
7.55
Swiss town.elevation
402
Swiss town.population
486
Swiss town.populationof
2003
Swiss town.website
www.soyhieres.ch
Swiss town.mayor
M. Alain Widmer mayor_asof=
Swiss town.mayor_title
Maire
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Courroux, Delémont, Mettembert, Movelier, Roggenburg(BL), Liesberg(BL)

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Soyhières () is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|Aerial view (1953) Soyhières is first mentioned in 1102 as Sougere. In 1136 it was mentioned as Sohires and in 1212 as Sogron. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Saugern; however, that name is no longer used.

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