Nods

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Nods

Total population

738

Air quality index

30Good

Elevation892 m

Coordinates47.11°, 7.08°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Nods is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

M

Marie-Louise Ruedin

Swiss nun (1880-1960)

Charles-Ferdinand Morel

Swiss theologian (1772-1848)

W

Werner Renfer

Swiss journalist and poet (1898-1936)

A

Amanda Tröndle-Engel

Swiss painter (1862-1956)

Antoinette Quinche

Swiss suffragist (1896–1979)

C

Claude Berger

Swiss politician (1921-1981)

G

Georges Louis Ruedin

Swiss watchmaker (1870-1935)

P

Paul Martig

Swiss reformed theologian (1869-1933)

S

Samuel Henri Geiser

Swiss historian (1884-1973)

Mathieu Tschantré

Swiss ice hockey player

K

Karl Hänny

Swiss sculptor (1879-1972)

M

Manfred Gsteiger

Swiss writer, essayist, translator (1930–2020)

A

Alfred Stauffer

politician (1867–1959)

A

Albert Jahn

Swiss historian (1811-1900)

F

Francis Giauque

Swiss writer (1934-1965)

J

Jean-Michel Junod

Swiss writer (1916-2010)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Bern

• Diesse
  1.6 mi away · pop. 438
• Ligerz
  3.2 mi away · pop. 527
• Gaicht
  4 mi away
• Wingreis
  4.5 mi away
• Courtelary
  4.6 mi away · pop. 1,290
• Erlach
  4.9 mi away · pop. 1,340
• Tüscherz
  5.2 mi away · pop. 307
• Lüscherz
  5.7 mi away · pop. 492
• Vinelz
  5.7 mi away · pop. 825
• Alfermée
  5.7 mi away
• Tschugg
  6 mi away · pop. 459
• Hagneck
  6.3 mi away · pop. 424

Browse all places in Bern →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Hornet Mimic Hover Fly

Volucella zonaria

Seen 2026-09-20

Common Hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus

Seen 2026-09-19

Red Underwing

Catocala nupta

Seen 2026-09-19

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

Seen 2026-09-19

Eurasian Beaver

Castor fiber

Seen 2026-09-19

Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp

Sceliphron caementarium

Seen 2026-09-19

Yellow-legged Gull

Larus michahellis

Seen 2026-09-19

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-19

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers