Cormoret is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

In 1317 Rodolphe IV., count of Neuchâtel granted the village and inhabitants to Jean Compagnet de Courtelary, under the authority of the Prince-Bishop of Basel.

A fire destroyed part of the town in 1795, but about thirty buildings from the 16th to 19th century still remain in the village.

Several water powered mills from the same period also still exist, though many of them were converted into factories in the 19th century.

The local economy was built on agriculture and starting in the 19th century on watch manufacturing.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or two Pales Azure and overall on a Bend Argent three Mullets of Five Gules.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (459 or 86.6%) as their first language, German is the second most common (62 or 11.7%) and Russian is the third (2 or 0.4%).

In the federal election, a total of 161 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 42.9%.

In the tertiary sector; 11 or 29.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 16 or 43.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 8.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 10.8% were in education.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 95 or 17.9% were Roman Catholic, while 295 or 55.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.

[17] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 62 students attending classes in Cormoret.

The library has (as of 2008[update]) 2,208 books or other media, and loaned out 1,800 items in the same year.