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Lamboing

Lamboing
Former municipality of Switzerland
Lamboing village and surrounding fields
Lamboing village and surrounding fields
Coat of arms of Lamboing
Coat of arms
Lamboing is located in Switzerland
Lamboing
Lamboing
Lamboing is located in Canton of Bern
Lamboing
Lamboing
Coordinates: 47°7′N 7°9′E / 47.117°N 7.150°E / 47.117; 7.150Coordinates: 47°7′N 7°9′E / 47.117°N 7.150°E / 47.117; 7.150
Country Switzerland
Canton Bern
District Jura bernois
Area
 • Total 9.1 km2 (3.5 sq mi)
Elevation 820 m (2,690 ft)
Population (Dec 2011)
 • Total 680
 • Density 75/km2 (190/sq mi)
Postal code 2516
SFOS number 0722
Surrounded by Nods, Diesse, Prêles, Twann, Tüscherz-Alfermée, Evilard, Orvin
Website www.lamboing.ch
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Lamboing is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois).

The proposed merger of the municipalities of Diesse, Lamboing, Nods and Prêles into the new municipality of Le Plateau de Diesse was rejected by voters. However, on 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Lamboing, Diesse and Prêles merged into the new municipality of Plateau de Diesse.

Lamboing is first mentioned in 1179 as Lamboens though this document is thought to be a forgery from the late 12th Century. In 1235 it was mentioned as Lamboens.

The noble de Lamboing family was first mentioned in a document from 1255. But very little is known about this family. In 1423 the de Vaumarcus family were given the village as a fief, which they held until 1509. In that year the village was acquired by the Prince-Bishopric of Basel who ruled over the village for almost three centuries. After the 1798 French invasion, Lamboing became part of the French Département of Mont-Terrible. Three years later, in 1800 it became part of the Département of Haut-Rhin. After Napoleon's defeat and the Congress of Vienna, Lamboing was assigned to the Canton of Bern in 1815. A village school house was built in 1863. During the late 19th century a watchmaker's workshop opened in the village. It was acquired by the Ebauches SA company in 1926 and continued making components for watches until 1981. Beginning in the 1970s the village's population began to grow as commuters settled in Lamboing.


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