Bernese Jura

The Bernese Jura (French Bernese Jura ) is a French-speaking part of the canton of Bern, with around 52,000 inhabitants. Traditional capital is Moutier, the seat of government governor is in Courtelary. Geologically, the Bernese Jura Jura folding.

History

After the secession of the canton of Jura from the canton of Bern in 1979, the Bernese Jura still consisted of the administrative districts Courtelary, Moutier and La Neuveville. In the course of the cantonal reform of decentralized management, the three districts were merged on 1 January 2010 to the administrative district of the Bernese Jura. This is congruent with the same management region.

There is a movement to connect to the Canton of Jura, but so far defeated in referendums. The small community Vellerat but that was geographically isolated after cleavage of the canton of Jura from the rest of the canton of Bern, could go to the Canton of Jura, a pan- Swiss referendum in 1996. In another regional vote on 24 November 2013, the Bernese Jura decided with 71.8 percent against the merger with the Canton of Jura.

Since 2006, the Bernese Jura on a regional Parliament, the Conseil du Bernese Jura has.

Government of the Canton Bern

The Bernese Jura had two from 1950 and since 1978 has a guaranteed seat in the government of the canton of Bern. He has been taken from:

Languages

The Bernese Jura comprises exception, all municipalities in the canton of Bern, most of whom are French-speaking, in addition some predominantly German -speaking communities. In the three communities Seehof, rebuke and Mont -Tramelan ( Mountain Tram Lingen ) clearly outweighs the German language with a speaker share of over 70 % compared to the French. After a two-thirds majority of the German- exist in the communities Châtelat and Rebévelier. Larger German -speaking minorities also exist in Romont ( Rothmund ) and Prêles ( Prägelz ). In these two communities exist linguistic minorities from 30 to over 40%.