Pontenet

Pontenet
Looking across the fields toward Pontenet village
Location of Pontenet
Pontenet
Pontenet
Coordinates: 47°15′N 7°15′E / 47.250°N 7.250°E / 47.250; 7.250
CountrySwitzerland
CantonBern
DistrictJura bernois
Government
  MayorMaire
Area
  Total
2.74 km2 (1.06 sq mi)
Elevation
741 m (2,431 ft)
Population
 (Dec 2011)
  Total
216
  Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
2733
SFOS number0702
ISO 3166 codeCH-BE
Surrounded byLoveresse, Souboz, Malleray
Websitewww.valbirse.ch
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Pontenet 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 (Jura Bernois). On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Bévilard, Malleray and Pontenet merged to form the new municipality of Valbirse.