Evilard

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Evilard

Location of Evilard

Coordinates: 47°09′N 7°14′E / 47.150°N 7.233°ECoordinates: 47°09′N 7°14′E / 47.150°N 7.233°E

Country

Area

• Total

3.68 km² (1.42 sq mi)

Elevation

697 m (2,287 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

2,552

• Density

690/km² (1,800/sq mi)

Postal code

2533

SFOS number

0372

Surrounded by

Biel/Bienne, Lamboing, Orvin, Tüscherz-Alfermée

Website

www.evilard.ch
SFSO statistics

Evilard is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The German name of the bilingual municipality is Leubringen.

The first appearance of Evilard in written documents was in 1300, under the name Lomeringen. The French name was Evillard or es Villard ("in the town"). A number of monasteries and the Bishopric of Basel held land in this area during the Middle Ages. However, judicially and militarily the town was subordinate to the city of Biel. From 1798 to 1815, Evilard belonged to France and was part of the Canton de Bienne in the département of Mont-Terrible, which was joined with Haut-Rhin in 1800. At the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the town was returned to Switzerland and placed in the Canton of Bern. At first, Evilard was attached to the Oberamt Nidau; in 1832 it was placed in the Biel district. At times, there is debate over merging with the city of Biel; such a situation was however rejected by the residents in 1902. Evilard doesn't have its own church parish, but until 1821 belonged to the parish of Orvin, and since then to that of Biel.

Evilard lies 697 meters (2,287 ft) above sea level, and 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) north of the district capital city, Biel/Bienne, as the crow flies. The town spans a southeast-facing clearing of the front of the Jura mountains, about 300 m (980 ft) over the city of Biel. In clear weather, the view from Evilard of the Swiss plateau and the Alps from Mont Blanc to the region of Glärnisch and Alpstein is quite impressive.

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