Moutier
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| Population | 7,793 (December 2003) | |||||||||
| - Density | 399 /km² (1,033 /sq.mi.) | |||||||||
| Area | 19.53 km² (7.5 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 535 m (1,755 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 2740 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 0700 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Perrefitte, Champoz, Court, Eschert, Belprahon, Roches, Châtillon, Soulce | |||||||||
| Website | www.moutier.ch | |||||||||
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Moutier is a municipality in the district of Moutier in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois).
Its population is approximately 8000. The German name for the town is Münster, but it is not frequently used.
The area around Moutier is called the Prévôté. It is a valley crossed by a river called the Birse.
The area has a lot of factories that produce high-precision machine tools, particularly CNC & CAD/CAM machining centres, e.g. internationally well known and established Tornos Bechler SA & Schaublin Machines SA.
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