Sonceboz

Sonceboz-Sombeval

Sonceboz-Sombeval village

Coat of arms

Sonceboz-Sombeval

Location of Sonceboz-Sombeval

Coordinates: 47°12′N 7°11′E / 47.200°N 7.183°ECoordinates: 47°12′N 7°11′E / 47.200°N 7.183°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Maire
Paul-André Jeanfavre

Area

• Total

15.01 km² (5.80 sq mi)

Elevation

653 m (2,142 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,932

• Density

130/km² (330/sq mi)

Postal code

2605

SFOS number

0444

Surrounded by

Corgémont, Orvin, La Heutte, Tavannes

Website

www.sonceboz.ch
SFSO statistics

Sonceboz-Sombeval is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois).

Sonceboz-Sombeval is first mentioned in 866 as Summavallis. In 1179 it was mentioned as Sommeval and in 1303 it was Suntzelbo.

Its location at the foot of the historic Pierre Pertuis pass (in operation since the Roman era) made the villages an important stopping point and transportation hub. The Petinesca Roman road ran to the east of Sonceboz before it crossed the Jura mountains. The ruins of a 4th-century Roman settlement have been discovered at the Le Châtillon ridge. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, a medieval settlement developed over the Roman settlement. In 999 Moutier-Grandval Abbey gave the local farms and the Summavallis chapel to the Prince-Bishop of Basel. The Prince-Bishop assigned Moutier-Grandval Abbey to administer the village as the bailiff and the parish priest (placing the Abbey over the secular and spiritual needs of the village). This organization continued until Sonceboz and Sombeval accepted the Protestant Reformation in 1530. After the Reformation, the villages were under the secular administration of Erguel. After the 1797 French victory and the Treaty of Campo Formio, Sonceboz-Sombeval 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, Sonceboz-Sombeval was assigned to the Canton of Bern in 1815.

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