Pontenet | |
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 Looking across the fields toward Pontenet village | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Pontenet  | |
  Pontenet  Pontenet | |
| Coordinates: 47°15′N 7°15′E / 47.250°N 7.250°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Jura bernois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Maire |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.74 km2 (1.06 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 741 m (2,431 ft) |
| Population (Dec 2011) | |
| • Total | 216 |
| • Density | 79/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 2733 |
| SFOS number | 0702 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-BE |
| Surrounded by | Loveresse, Souboz, Malleray |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Pontenet is a 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 Bévilard, Malleray and Pontenet merged to form the new municipality of Valbirse.[1]
- ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013