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| Population | 120 (Dec 2010)[1] | |||||||||
| - Density | 26 /km2 (67 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 4.63 km2 (1.79 sq mi)[2] | |||||||||
| Elevation | 1,060 m (3,478 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 2713 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 0437 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Courtelary, Cortébert, Corgémont, Tramelan, Tavannes, Saicourt, La Chaux-des-Breuleux | |||||||||
| Website | Mont-Tramelan.ch SFSO statistics |
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Mont-Tramelan 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).
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Around 1570 the Prince-Bishop of Basel allowed Anabaptist refugees from the Emmental settle in the Barony of Erguel. At the beginning of the 17th Century, a family from Neuchâtel founded the community which was known as Montagnes de la paroisse de Tramelan. The earliest record of the community is from 1647 when it was known simply as la Montagne. In 1685 it was acknowledged by the Bishop.[3]
Mont-Tramelan has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.63 square kilometers (1.79 sq mi). Of this area, 2.78 km2 (1.07 sq mi) or 60.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.76 km2 (0.68 sq mi) or 38.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.13 km2 (32 acres) or 2.8% is settled (buildings or roads).[4]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 29.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 8.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 4.8% is used for growing crops and 52.1% is pastures and 3.0% is used for alpine pastures.[4]
It consists of several scattered settlements (Les Fontaines, La Paule und Les Places) which are all about 1,000 meters (3,300 ft) above sea level.[3]
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (70.7%), with French being second most common (25.9%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.6%). While the majority of the population speaks German, the German form of the municipality name, Tramlingen-Berg, is no longer used. While it is in the French-speaking part of the canton of Bern, there is a German public school.
Mont-Tramelan has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 120.[1] As of 2007[update], 0.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -18.4%.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (34.6%), the local small left-wing parties (8.7%) and the Green Party (7.9%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 57.8% and the seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16.4%. In Mont-Tramelan about 61.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Mont-Tramelan has an unemployment rate of 0.38%. As of 2005[update], there were 48 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person is employed in the secondary sector and there is 1 business in this sector. 15 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 3 businesses in this sector.[5] The historical population is given in the following table:[3]
| year | population |
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| 1726 | 195 |
| 1850 | 169 |
| 1900 | 149 |
| 1950 | 134 |
| 2000 | 116 |