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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
Moutier wanted to join Jura. On 18 June 2017 the municipality of Moutier voted to join the Canton of Jura by a small margin of 51.7% (2,067 for leaving and 1,930 for remaining part of Bern).
241:, it contains 40 municipalities with an area of 541.71 km (209.16 sq mi) and a population (as of December 2020) of 53,715. More than 90% of the population of the three districts speaks French.
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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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Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / RĂ©pertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009
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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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From 1815 to 1979, the
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170: âą Summer (
34:Jura Bernois District
1802:47.17472°N 7.30583°E
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1793:7°18âČ21âłE
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1287:Vauffelin
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1133:Sonvilier
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1213:Valbirse
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1173:Tavannes
1073:Schelten
993:Saicourt
653:Grandval
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1846:Romandy
1750:Seeland
1694:Seeland
1667:Regions
1601:Italian
1495:31 July
1469:14 June
1439:Italian
1422:Moutier
1380:6 March
1318:Monible
1264:Mergers
1256:541.75
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1589:German
1433:French
1427:German
1326:Souboz
1283:Plagne
1279:PrĂȘles
1271:Diesse
1240:16.23
1220:18.68
1217:3,971
1200:24.83
1197:4,607
1180:14.78
1177:3,485
1140:23.79
1137:1,223
1120:15.00
1117:1,954
1093:Seehof
1053:Saules
1040:13.46
1020:20.89
1017:5,156
1000:13.76
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917:2,380
880:25.55
877:2,056
840:23.78
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1100:8.41
1080:5.57
1060:4.28
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980:7.03
960:9.05
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920:8.24
900:3.54
860:23.9
820:8.57
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720:4.72
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660:8.23
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