Valbirse

Valbirse
Valbirse main road
Location of Valbirse
Valbirse
Valbirse
Coordinates: 47°14′N 7°16′E / 47.233°N 7.267°E / 47.233; 7.267
CountrySwitzerland
CantonBern
DistrictJura bernois
Government
  MayorMaire
Jacques-Henri Jufer
(as of 2019)
Area
  Total
18.68 km2 (7.21 sq mi)
Elevation
699 m (2,293 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)
  Total
3,973
  Density210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
2733/2735
SFOS number0717
ISO 3166 codeCH-BE
Surrounded byReconvilier, Loveresse, Champoz, Péry-La Heutte
Twin townsTar (Hungary)
Websitehttps://www.valbirse.ch
SFSO statistics

Valbirse 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.