District of Courtelary
The district of Courtelary is one of the 26 districts canton of Bern in Suisse. It is one of the 3 entirely French-speaking districts of the Canton of Bern and constitutes the area of the the Bernese Jura with the 2 other French-speaking districts of the canton, the district of Neuveville and the district of Moutier. The commune of Courtelary is the chief town of the district. The district had a population of 22.298 inhabitants at December 31st, 2005. Its surface is of 266 km ² and counts 18 communes:
List prefects of the District of Courtelary
Charles-Auguste Langel (1832-1838)Xavier Wermeille (1839)
Ferdinand Morel (1840-1841)
Pierre-David Rollier (1842-1850)
François-Emmanuel Lombach (1851-1854)
Henri Antoine (1855-1866)
Jerome Desvoignes (1867-1890)
Albert Locher (1891-1911)
Leon Liengme (1912-1945)
Willy Sunier (1945-1972)
Marcel Monnier (1972-94)
Antoine Bigler (1995 -)
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