Schelten

Schelten
Coat of arms
Schelten Show map of Switzerland Schelten Show map of Canton of Bern
Location of Schelten
Coordinates: 47°20′N 7°33′E / 47.333°N 7.550°E / 47.333; 7.550Coordinates: 47°20′N 7°33′E / 47.333°N 7.550°E / 47.333; 7.550
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Jura bernois
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat with 5 members
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident
Area
• Total	5.56 km2 (2.15 sq mi)
Elevation	746 m (2,448 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	38
• Density	6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
Postal code	2827
SFOS number	0708
Surrounded by	Mervelier, Vermes (JU), Aedermannsdorf (SO), Beinwil (SO)
Website	www.schelten.ch SFSO statistics

Schelten (La Scheulte in French) is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. This is one of two German speaking municipalities located in the majority French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois). The other is Seehof.

Schelten is first mentioned in 1563 as la Schilt. In 1914 it was mentioned as Schelten.

For most of its history it was owned by the provost of Moutier-Grandval under the Prince-Bishop of Basel. When many of the nearby cities and towns converted to the new faith of the Protestant Reformation, Schelten remained Catholic along with the sous les Roches region. After the 1797 French victory and the Treaty of Campo Formio, Schelten 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, Schelten was assigned to the Canton of Bern in 1815.

The village is part of the parish of Mervelier. In 1861 the Chapel of St. Anthony was built in the village. The Chapel was restored in 1985-87.