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which was broken up by an elite team of
Bernese police on the following day. Two other plebiscites also came down on the side of remaining in the Canton of Bern, including one in 1998 which passed with a thin majority of 41 votes. In 2013 a third plebiscite ended with the majority of residents
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choosing to remain in Bern, though a majority of residents of
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In 1974 a plebiscite voted to remain part of Bern by a margin of only 70 votes. This led to acts of vandalism on 16 March 1974 and on 7 September 1975 an armed standoff at the HĂŽtel de la Gare in
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In 2010 the three districts were dissolved and merged to form the
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from 1815 to 2009. Since 2010, Biel/Bienne has been made the administrative capital of a separate
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662:La FerriĂšre
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326:Biel/Bienne
290:during the
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1830:Swiss Jura
1809:Categories
1779:47°10âČ29âłN
1729:Oberaargau
1397:2013-06-25
1339:References
882:Rebévelier
802:Perrefitte
581:Courtelary
426:Area in km
417:Population
334:Courtelary
120:Population
101:Courtelary
1782:7°18âČ21âłE
1692:Districts
1287:La Heutte
1276:Vauffelin
1142:Sorvilier
1122:Sonvilier
842:Petit-Val
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500:Corgémont
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1303:ChĂątelat
1299:Valbirse
1295:Pontenet
1291:Malleray
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1202:Valbirse
1182:Tramelan
1162:Tavannes
1062:Schelten
982:Saicourt
642:Grandval
602:Crémines
520:Cormoret
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375:(22,224)
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1835:Romandy
1739:Seeland
1683:Seeland
1656:Regions
1590:Italian
1484:31 July
1458:14 June
1428:Italian
1411:Moutier
1369:6 March
1307:Monible
1253:Mergers
1245:541.75
1242:53,715
742:Moutier
622:Eschert
460:Champoz
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279:to the
253:History
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1584:French
1578:German
1422:French
1416:German
1315:Souboz
1272:Plagne
1268:PrĂȘles
1260:Diesse
1229:16.23
1209:18.68
1206:3,971
1189:24.83
1186:4,607
1169:14.78
1166:3,485
1129:23.79
1126:1,223
1109:15.00
1106:1,954
1082:Seehof
1042:Saules
1029:13.46
1009:20.89
1006:5,156
989:13.76
962:Romont
942:Roches
929:12.63
906:2,380
869:25.55
866:2,056
829:23.78
826:1,908
789:21.59
786:1,198
769:26.66
749:19.60
746:7,348
686:3,780
669:14.20
589:22.17
586:1,405
567:24.61
564:1,417
547:14.78
527:13.49
507:17.61
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1089:8.41
1069:5.57
1049:4.28
1022:Sauge
969:7.03
949:9.05
922:Renan
909:8.24
889:3.54
849:23.9
809:8.57
782:Orvin
729:4.64
709:4.72
689:6.81
649:8.23
629:6.58
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467:7.17
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