Bernese Jura
Bernese Jura is the name for the French-speaking area of the Swiss canton of Bern, and from 2010 one of ten administrative divisions of the canton. Comprising the three French-speaking districts in the northern part of the canton, it contains 39 municipalities with an area of 522.11 km2 and a population of 53,715.
- Type: district in Switzerland with 53,700 residents
- Description: Jura region of the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Part of it formed the canton of Jura
- Also known as: “Grand Chasseral” and “Jura bernes”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Col de Pierre Pertuis and Tavannes railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tavannes and Reconvilier.
Bernese Jura
- Location: Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.2189° or 47° 13′ 8″ north
Longitude
7.2198° or 7° 13′ 11″ east
Population
53,700
Elevation
870 metres (2,854 feet)
Open location code
8FV96699+HW
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Bernese Jura” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Jura berneze”
- Arpitan: “Jura bèrnês”
- Arpitan: “Jura mié-jœrn”
- Catalan: “Jura bernès”
- Cebuano: “Jura Bernois”
- Chinese: “伯尔尼汝拉”
- Chinese: “伯爾尼汝拉”
- Czech: “Bernský Jura”
- Dutch: “Bernese Jura”
- Esperanto: “Berna Ĵuraso”
- Finnish: “Bernin Jura”
- French: “Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois”
- French: “Jura bernois”
- French: “Jura Bernois”
- German: “Berner Jura”
- Hungarian: “Berni Jura”
- Indonesian: “Separatisme di Jura”
- Italian: “Giura bernese”
- Korean: “베른 쥐라”
- Malay: “Jura Bern”
- Polish: “Berner Jura”
- Polish: “Jura Berneńska (okręg)”
- Portuguese: “Jura Bernense”
- Romansh: “Giura bernais”
- Slovak: “Bernská Jura”
- Spanish: “Jura bernés”
- Swedish: “Jura bernois”
- Ukrainian: “Бернська Юра”
- Urdu: “برنیس جورا”
- Venetian: “Giura bernexe”
- Venetian: “Jura berneze”
- Waray (Philippines): “Jura Bernois”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Tavannes and Reconvilier.
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Highlights: Tavannes and Reconvilier.
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