Sonvilier
Sonvilier 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.Photo: Chriusha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,220 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Sonvilier BE”
- Postal code: 2615
Places of Interest
Highlights include Reformed Parish Church and Sonvilier railway station.
Sonvilier railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Peter17, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sonvilier railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Sonvilier, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Biel/Bienne–La Chaux-de-Fonds line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Erguel Castle
Castle
Photo: Chriusha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Erguel Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Sonvilier in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is the best preserved castle ruin in the French-speaking Bernese Jura.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Imier and Renan.
Saint-Imier
Village
Photo: Green slash, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Imier 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. The Observatoire Astronomique de Mont-Soleil is located above the village. Saint-Imier is situated 2½ km northeast of Sonvilier.
Renan
Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Renan 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. Renan is situated 3½ km southwest of Sonvilier.
Villeret
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villeret 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. Villeret is situated 4½ km northeast of Sonvilier.
Sonvilier
- Categories: Municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Sonvilier, Bernese Jura, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.13909° or 47° 8′ 21″ northLongitude
6.96654° or 6° 57′ 60″ eastPopulation
1,220Elevation
810 metres (2,657 feet)Open location code
8FV84XQ8+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 240061393OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2658553Wikidata ID
Q66471
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Sonvilier” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Sonvilier”
- Basque: “Sonvilier”
- Breton: “Sonvilier”
- Bulgarian: “Сонвилиер”
- Catalan: “Sonvilier”
- Cebuano: “Sonvilier”
- Chinese: “松維利耶”
- Chinese: “松维利耶”
- Chuvash: “Сонвилье”
- Czech: “Sonvilier”
- Dutch: “Sonvilier”
- Esperanto: “La Chaux-d’Abel”
- Esperanto: “Sonvilier”
- French: “Sonvilier”
- German: “Sonvilier”
- German: “Sumwiler”
- Hungarian: “Sonvilier”
- Irish: “Sonvilier”
- Italian: “Sonvilier”
- Kazakh: “Сонвийе”
- Lombard: “Sonvilier”
- Malay: “Sonvilier”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sonvilier”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sonvilier”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Sonvilier”
- Polish: “Sonvilier”
- Portuguese: “Sonvilier”
- Russian: “Сонвийе”
- Russian: “Сонвилье”
- Spanish: “Sonvilier”
- Swedish: “Sonvilier”
- Swiss German: “Sonvilier”
- Tosk Albanian: “Sonvilier”
- Turkish: “Sonvilier”
- Ukrainian: “Сонвільє”
- Upper Sorbian: “Sonvilier”
- Venetian: “Sonvilier”
- Vietnamese: “Sonvilier”
- Volapük: “Sonvilier”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sonvilier”
- Welsh: “Sonvilier”
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