Prêles
Prêles | |
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Prêles village | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Prêles | |
Prêles Prêles | |
| Coordinates: 47°6′N 7°8′E / 47.100°N 7.133°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Jura bernois |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.98 km2 (2.69 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 822 m (2,697 ft) |
| Population (Dec 2011) | |
• Total | 908 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (337/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 2515 |
| SFOS number | 725 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-BE |
| Surrounded by | Nods, Diesse, Lamboing, Twann, Ligerz, La Neuveville, Lignières (NE) |
| Website | www.preles.ch |
Prêles (French pronunciation: [pʁɛl]; German name: Prägelz) is a former 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 Prêles, Diesse and Lamboing merged into the new municipality of Plateau de Diesse.