Seehof, Switzerland
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| Coordinates: 47°18′N 7°31′E / 47.300°N 7.517°ECoordinates: 47°18′N 7°31′E / 47.300°N 7.517°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Bern | |
| District | Jura bernois | |
| Government | ||
| • Executive | Gemeinderat | |
| • Mayor | Gemeindepräsident | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 8.41 km2 (3.25 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 752 m (2,467 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 68 | |
| • Density | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 2747 | |
| SFOS number | 0709 | |
| Surrounded by | Corcelles, Vermes (JU), Aedermannsdorf (SO), Herbetswil (SO), Welschenrohr (SO), Gänsbrunnen(SO) | |
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Seehof (Elay in French) is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is one of two municipalities with German as its official language in the otherwise French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois). The other is Schelten.
Seehof is first mentioned in 1540 as Seehoft. In 1673 it was mentioned as Eslay. Until 1914 the official name was the French name Elay. By 1880 almost the entire population (97%) of the village was German speaking.
For most of its history, the village was part of the lands of the provost of Moutier-Grandval under the Prince-Bishop of Basel. During the Protestant Reformation in 1528, Seehof/Elay was part of the Sous-les-Roches region that remained by the old faith. After the 1797 French victory and the Treaty of Campo Formio, Seehof 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, Seehof was assigned to the Canton of Bern in 1815.
Today it is part of the Catholic parish of Vermes. The Swiss Reformed residents are part of the German speaking parish of Moutier or the parish of Grandval.
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