- Cortébert
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This article is about a Swiss municipality. For the watch company by the same name, see Cortébert (watch manufacturer).
Cortébert Country Switzerland Canton Bern District Jura bernois 47°11′N 7°6′E / 47.183°N 7.1°ECoordinates: 47°11′N 7°6′E / 47.183°N 7.1°E Population 703 (Dec 2010)[1] - Density 48 /km2 (123 /sq mi) Area 14.78 km2 (5.71 sq mi) Elevation 680 m (2,231 ft) Postal code 2607 SFOS number 0433 Mayor Michel Walther (as of 2008) Surrounded by Courtelary, Mont-Tramelan, Corgémont, Nods. Website www.cortebert.ch
SFSO statisticsView map of Cortébert Cortébert 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). It has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 703.[1]
Geography
Cortébert has an area, as of 2009[update], of 14.78 km2 (5.71 sq mi). Of this area, 7.28 km2 (2.81 sq mi) or 49.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.05 km2 (2.72 sq mi) or 47.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.47 km2 (0.18 sq mi) or 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.[2]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. 42.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 13.3% is used for growing crops and 9.1% is pastures and 26.8% is used for alpine pastures.[2]
References
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Datenwürfel für Thema 01.2 - Bevölkerungsstand und -bewegung (German) accessed 29 September
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (German) accessed 25 March 2010
External links
- Cortébert Municipality website
- Cortébert in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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