Prêles
Prêles | |
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Prêles village | |
Location of Prêles | |
| Coordinates: 47°6′N 7°8′E / 47.100°N 7.133°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Jura bernois |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.98 km2 (2.69 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 822 m (2,697 ft) |
| Population (2011-12) | |
• Total | 908 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 2515 |
| SFOS number | 0725 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-BE |
| Surrounded by | Nods, Diesse, Lamboing, Twann, Ligerz, La Neuveville, Lignières (NE) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Prêles (French pronunciation: [pʁɛl]; German name: Prägelz) is a former municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois).
The proposed merger of the municipalities of Diesse, Lamboing, Nods and Prêles into the new municipality of Le Plateau de Diesse was rejected by voters. However, on 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Prêles, Diesse and Lamboing merged into the new municipality of Plateau de Diesse.