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Corgémont
Bernvillage
Corgémont
Total population
1,677
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Corgémont is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking part of the canton in the Jura mountains.
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History
Corgémont was first mentioned in 1178 as Coriamont. In 1179 Pope Alexander III confirmed the rights of the Abbey of Moutier-Grandval to their property in Corgémont. From the 12th to 15th century much of the village was owned by the noble family de Corgémont (also known as de Chalmé), who had received the property from the Prince-Bishop of Basel. Later this property was transferred to the Family d'Asuel. Corgémont belonged to the Barony of Erguel which was under the Prince-Bishops. In 1530 Biel introduced the Reformation to Corgémont.
Geography
Corgémont has an area of . Of this area, or 55.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.0% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 31.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 12.0% is used for growing crops and 18.6% is pastures and 25.0% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
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Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
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Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Bern
- Cortébert1.8 mi away · pop. 710
- Tramelan2.8 mi away · pop. 4,419
- Les Reussilles3.5 mi away
- La Heutte3.8 mi away · pop. 485
- Le Fuet3.8 mi away · pop. 269
- Mont-Tramelan4.4 mi away · pop. 114
- Bellelay4.8 mi away
- Moron5 mi away
- Magglingen5 mi away · pop. 574
- Evilard5.4 mi away · pop. 2,465
- Diesse5.8 mi away · pop. 438
- Châtelat5.8 mi away · pop. 105
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Public attention
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Books about this place
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Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 431
- Population (Wikidata)
- 1,706
- Wikidata
- Q66917
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771