Schelten

Schelten (French: La Scheulte) is a municipality in the administrative district of Jura bernois in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. This is one of two German speaking cities in the majority French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois). The other is Seehof.[1]

Coat of arms 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
CountrySwitzerland
CantonBern
DistrictJura bernois
Government
 • ExecutiveGemeinderat
with 5 members
 • MayorGemeindepräsident
Thomas Hirsbrunner
Area
 • Total5.61 km2 (2.17 sq mi)
Elevation
746 m (2,448 ft)
Population
 (Dec 2011)
 • Total39
 • Density6.95/km2 (18.01/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
2827
Surrounded byMervelier (JU), Vermes (JU), Aedermannsdorf (SO), Beinwil (SO)
Websitewww.schelten.ch
SFSO statistics

References

  1. Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS), Schwabe AG, Basel, ISBN 3-7965-1900-8 (2002–)