Plateau de Diesse () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of

Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, located in the French-speaking

Bernese Jura Bernese Jura (french: Jura bernois, ) is the name for the French-speaking area of the Swiss canton of Bern, and from 2010 one of ten administrative divisions of the canton. Comprising the three French-speaking districts in the northern part of the ...

(''Jura Bernois''). On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of

Diesse Diesse 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, ...

Lamboing Lamboing () is a 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, No ...

and

Prêles Prêles (; 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 municipali ...

merged into the municipality of Plateau de Diesse.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 13 December 2014

History

Diesse

Diesse is first mentioned in 1178 as ''Diesse''. In German it was known as ''Tess'' though this is no longer commonly used. The

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

of Diesse was first mentioned in 1185. Beginning in 1530 the

Protestant Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

gradually gained power until the parish switched to the new faith in 1554. Until 1798, Diesse was the capital of the district of Tessenberg. Following the 1798 French invasion, Diesse became part of France, where it remained until the

Congress of Vienna The Congress of Vienna (, ) of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon B ...

returned it to

. The village school was built in 1850-56. The village's population slowly declined until the 1980s, when commuters to the surrounding towns began to move into Diesse.

Lamboing

Lamboing is first mentioned in 1179 as ''Lamboens'' though this document is thought to be a forgery from the late 12th Century. In 1235 it was mentioned as ''Lamboens''. The noble de Lamboing family was first mentioned in a document from 1255. But very little is known about this family. In 1423 the de Vaumarcus family were given the village as a

fief A fief (; la, feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an Lord, overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a for ...

, which they held until 1509. In that year the village was acquired by the

Prince-Bishopric of Basel The Prince-Bishopric of Basel (german: Hochstift Basel, Fürstbistum Basel, Bistum Basel) was an ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire, ruled from 1032 by prince-bishops with their seat at Basel, and from 1528 until 1792 at Po ...

who ruled over the village for almost three centuries. After the 1798 French invasion, Lamboing became part of the French

Département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...

Mont-Terrible Mont-Terrible was a department of the First French Republic, with its seat at Porrentruy. The Mont Terrible for which the department was named is now known as , a peak of 804 metres near Courgenay (now in the canton of Jura, Switzerland). The ...

. Three years later, in 1800 it became part of the Département of

Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is the ...

. After

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

's defeat and the

, Lamboing was assigned to the Canton of Bern in 1815. A village school house was built in 1863. During the late 19th century a watchmaker's workshop opened in the village. It was acquired by the Ebauches SA company in 1926 and continued making components for watches until 1981. Beginning in the 1970s the village's population began to grow as commuters settled in Lamboing. It has always been part of the parish of Diesse. When Diesse converted to the new faith of the Protestant Reformation between 1530 and 1554, Lamboing converted as well.

Prêles

Prêles is first mentioned in 1179 as ''Prales'' though this document is believed to be a 12th-century forgery. In 1185 it was mentioned as ''Preles'' and it used to be known by its German name ''Prägelz''. Beginning in the 12th century the noble de Perls family first appears in records. The family existed for several centuries before vanishing from records in the 15th century. Throughout its history the village was part of the ''

Herrschaft The German term ''Herrschaft'' (plural: ''Herrschaften'') covers a broad semantic field and only the context will tell whether it means, "rule", "power", "dominion", "authority", "territory" or "lordship". In its most abstract sense, it refers ...

'' of Tessenberg (Diesse). The major landowners in the village included the

collegiate church In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons: a non-monastic or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, which may be presided over by a ...

Saint-Imier Saint-Imier () 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''). The Observatoire Astronomique de Mont-Soleil is located abo ...

and

Erlach Abbey Erlach Abbey or St. Johannsen Abbey (german: Kloster Erlach, otherwise ''Abtei St. Johannsen'') was a Benedictine monastery in Gals, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. It was founded between 1093 and 1103 by Kuno, Count of Fenis and Bishop of Lausanne, ...

. It was part of the

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

of Diesse and accepted the Protestant Reformation along with the rest of the parish between 1530 and 1554. After the 1798 French invasion, Prêles 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, Prêles was assigned to the Canton of Bern in 1815. Initially it was part of the District of Erlach but in 1846 it became part of the La Neuveville District. The construction of a

cable railway Cable may refer to: Mechanical * Nautical cable, an assembly of three or more ropes woven against the weave of the ropes, rendering it virtually waterproof * Wire rope, a type of rope that consists of several strands of metal wire laid into a hel ...

between

Ligerz Ligerz (french: Gléresse) is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Ligerz is first mentioned in 1236 as ''Ligerce''. The shore of Lake Biel was inhabited during the neolithic ...

and Prêles in 1912 turned it into a minor tourist destination. Until the 1950s agriculture was the most important industry in the village. Today many residents commute to jobs in

Biel , french: Biennois(e) , neighboring_municipalities= Brügg, Ipsach, Leubringen/Magglingen (''Evilard/Macolin''), Nidau, Orpund, Orvin, Pieterlen, Port, Safnern, Tüscherz-Alfermée, Vauffelin , twintowns = Iserlohn (Germany) B ...

or La Neuveville. In the past decades a number of new houses were built for the growing commuter population.

Geography

The former municipalities that now make up Plateau de Diesse have a total combined area of .

Demographics

The total population of Plateau de Diesse () is .

Historic population

The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width: auto height:500 barincrement:45 PlotArea = top:20 left:35 bottom:90 right:35 Legend = columns:3 left:20 top:70 columnwidth:160 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:2000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:400 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:80 start:0 Colors= id:DI value:yellowgreen legend:Diesse id:LA value:green legend:Lamboing id:PR value:blue legend:Prêles PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from: 0 till:408 text:"408" color:DI bar:1860 from: 0 till:405 text:"405" color:DI bar:1870 from: 0 till:464 text:"464" color:DI bar:1880 from: 0 till:403 text:"403" color:DI bar:1890 from: 0 till:369 text:"369" color:DI bar:1900 from: 0 till:387 text:"387" color:DI bar:1910 from: 0 till:371 text:"371" color:DI bar:1920 from: 0 till:372 text:"372" color:DI bar:1930 from: 0 till:328 text:"328" color:DI bar:1940 from: 0 till:337 text:"337" color:DI bar:1950 from: 0 till:325 text:"325" color:DI bar:1960 from: 0 till:310 text:"310" color:DI bar:1970 from: 0 till:277 text:"277" color:DI bar:1980 from: 0 till:280 text:"280" color:DI bar:1990 from: 0 till:363 text:"363" color:DI bar:2000 from: 0 till:419 text:"419" color:DI bar:1850 from: 408 till:977 text:"569" color:LA bar:1860 from: 405 till:972 text:"567" color:LA bar:1870 from: 464 till:1075 text:"611" color:LA bar:1880 from: 403 till:934 text:"531" color:LA bar:1890 from: 369 till:935 text:"566" color:LA bar:1900 from: 387 till:908 text:"521" color:LA bar:1910 from: 371 till:849 text:"478" color:LA bar:1920 from: 372 till:902 text:"530" color:LA bar:1930 from: 328 till:857 text:"529" color:LA bar:1940 from: 337 till:787 text:"450" color:LA bar:1950 from: 325 till:810 text:"485" color:LA bar:1960 from: 310 till:784 text:"474" color:LA bar:1970 from: 277 till:741 text:"464" color:LA bar:1980 from: 280 till:725 text:"445" color:LA bar:1990 from: 363 till:934 text:"571" color:LA bar:2000 from: 419 till:1066 text:"647" color:LA bar:1850 from: 977 till:1307 text:"330" color:PR bar:1860 from: 972 till:1353 text:"381" color:PR bar:1870 from: 1075 till:1517 text:"442" color:PR bar:1880 from: 934 till:1341 text:"407" color:PR bar:1890 from: 935 till:1329 text:"394" color:PR bar:1900 from: 908 till:1283 text:"375" color:PR bar:1910 from: 849 till:1232 text:"383" color:PR bar:1920 from: 902 till:1346 text:"444" color:PR bar:1930 from: 857 till:1359 text:"502" color:PR bar:1940 from: 787 till:1251 text:"464" color:PR bar:1950 from: 810 till:1317 text:"507" color:PR bar:1960 from: 784 till:1356 text:"572" color:PR bar:1970 from: 741 till:1375 text:"634" color:PR bar:1980 from: 725 till:1374 text:"649" color:PR bar:1990 from: 934 till:1658 text:"724" color:PR bar:2000 from: 1066 till:1952 text:"886" color:PR

Sights

The entire village of Diesse is designated as part of the

Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites The Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage. Sites of national importance Types The types are based on t ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Plateau de Diesse Municipalities of the canton of Bern