Ederswiler

Ederswiler
Coat of arms
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Location of Ederswiler
Coordinates: 47°25′N 07°20′E / 47.417°N 7.333°E / 47.417; 7.333Coordinates: 47°25′N 07°20′E / 47.417°N 7.333°E / 47.417; 7.333
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Jura
District	Delémont
Government
• Mayor	Maire
Area
• Total	3.31 km2 (1.28 sq mi)
Elevation	553 m (1,814 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	113
• Density	34/km2 (88/sq mi)
Postal code	2813
SFOS number	6713
Surrounded by	Pleigne, Movelier, Roggenburg(BL)
Website	website missing SFSO statistics

Ederswiler is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It is the only German-speaking municipality in the canton, where all others are French-speaking.

Ederswiler is first mentioned in 1323 as Ernswilre. The village was part of the parish of Roggenburg, which fell under the control of the Bishop of Basel. Between 1389 and 1454, the parish was handed over as a fiefdom to the Count of Thierstein. Between 1793 and 1815, Ederswiler was part of France and was initially in the département of Mont-Terrible, but was merged with the département of Haut-Rhin in 1800. In 1815, the Congress of Vienna established that the municipality would become part of the canton of Bern.

In the 1974 Plebiscite of Jura, Ederswiler objected to the creation of the French-speaking canton of Jura. However, the community had no border with the district of Laufen, so unlike all other border communities, it was not able to decide for itself which canton it would belong to. On 1 January 1979, Ederswiler was handed over from Bern to the new canton of Jura. For a long time, it was debated that Ederswiler should be returned to the canton of Bern, while the municipality of Vellerat, which had refused to join Jura for similar reasons, would finally become part of that canton. In 1990, when the population of Laufen voted to transfer to the canton of Basel-Country, Ederswiler was left with no common border with the canton of Bern. Since then, there has been no new discussion regarding Ederswiler switching cantons.

Ederswiler has an area of 3.31 km² (1.28 sq mi). Of this area, 1.83 km² (0.71 sq mi) or 55.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.37 km² (0.53 sq mi) or 41.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.14 km² (35 acres) or 4.2% is settled (buildings or roads).