Sonceboz-Sombeval

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Sonceboz-Sombeval

Total population

1,917

Coordinates47.20°, 7.17°

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

Overview

Sonceboz-Sombeval 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.

Geography

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

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

Roland Béguelin

Swiss politician (1921-1993)

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Pierre Bühler

Swiss theologian

Charles Albert Gobat

Swiss politician and lawyer (1843-1914)

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André Ramseyer

Swiss sculptor (1914-2007)

Antoinette Quinche

Swiss suffragist (1896–1979)

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Claude Berger

Swiss politician (1921-1981)

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Nicole Schnyder-Benoit

Swiss beach volleyball player

E

Etienne Primault

(1904-1984)

Friedrich Fiala

Swiss catholic prelate (1817-1888)

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Walter König

Swiss politician (1908-2003)

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Jakob Nobs

Swiss entrepreneur (1883-1986)

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André Luy

Swiss organist and musicologist (1927-2005)

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Georges Vuilleumier

Swiss footballer (1944–1988)

Samuel Frisching

Swiss politician (1605-1683)

Alexander Funk

Swiss politician (1806-1871)

Virgile Rossel

Swiss politician (1858-1933)

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

Nearby places in Bern

• Tavannes
  2.1 mi away · pop. 3,522
• Le Fuet
  3.3 mi away · pop. 269
• Saicourt
  3.7 mi away · pop. 604
• Magglingen
  4.4 mi away · pop. 574
• Loveresse
  4.4 mi away · pop. 348
• Les Reussilles
  4.5 mi away
• Pontenet
  5 mi away · pop. 222
• Biel/Bienne
  5.2 mi away · pop. 56,378
• Alfermée
  5.6 mi away
• Lamboing
  5.7 mi away · pop. 696
• Sornetan
  5.8 mi away · pop. 139
• Bévilard
  6 mi away · pop. 1,741

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

Common Bream

Abramis brama

Seen 2026-10-16

Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Seen 2026-10-16

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Seen 2026-10-16

Common Merganser

Mergus merganser

Seen 2026-10-16

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Seen 2026-10-16

birch polypore

Fomitopsis betulina

Seen 2026-10-16

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Seen 2026-10-13

maidenhair spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

Seen 2026-10-11

Hart's-tongue fern

Asplenium scolopendrium

Seen 2026-10-11

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

Official Identifiers