Tavannes

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Tavannes

Total population

3,522

Elevation765 m

Coordinates47.22°, 7.20°

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

Overview

Tavannes 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.

Geography

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

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)

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Nicole Schnyder-Benoit

Swiss beach volleyball player

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André Luy

Swiss organist and musicologist (1927-2005)

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Georges Vuilleumier

Swiss footballer (1944–1988)

Virgile Rossel

Swiss politician (1858-1933)

Jacques Verlier

Swiss actor (1933-1992)

Jean-Daniel Rohrer

Canadian painter

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Laurent Boillat

Swiss sculptor (1911-1985)

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Adolf Fluri

(1865-1930)

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Roland Rossel

association football player

Franck Giovannini

Swiss chef

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Marx Lévy

politician

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Jacques Rossel

born:1915-01-22|died:2008|; Rossel, Jacques, 1915-....; Rossel, Jacques

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

Nearby places in Bern

• Saicourt
  1.7 mi away · pop. 604
• Le Fuet
  1.8 mi away · pop. 269
• Sonceboz-Sombeval
  2.1 mi away · pop. 1,917
• Loveresse
  2.3 mi away · pop. 348
• Pontenet
  3 mi away · pop. 222
• Sornetan
  3.9 mi away · pop. 139
• Bévilard
  4.2 mi away · pop. 1,741
• Souboz
  4.3 mi away · pop. 131
• Rebévelier
  4.9 mi away · pop. 45
• Sorvilier
  5.1 mi away · pop. 262
• Vauffelin
  5.2 mi away · pop. 455
• Les Reussilles
  5.4 mi away

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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

blackedged shield

Pluteus atromarginatus

Seen 2026-09-21

Great Banded Grayling

Brintesia circe

Seen 2026-09-20

Weaver's Fritillary

Boloria dia

Seen 2026-09-20

Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp

Sceliphron caementarium

Seen 2026-09-19

Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp

Isodontia mexicana

Seen 2026-09-18

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

Seen 2026-09-18

great stinging nettle

Urtica dioica

Seen 2026-09-18

Upland Green Bush-cricket

Tettigonia cantans

Seen 2026-09-17

Leopard Slug

Limax maximus

Seen 2026-09-17

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

Official Identifiers