Loveresse is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Loveresse is first mentioned in 1148 as de Loveresce though this document is probably a late 12th-century forgery.
During the second half of the 13th century, Bellelay Abbey expanded their holdings in the village and became the main landowner there.
In 1404 the Prince-Bishop of Basel granted extensive rights to Loveresse in a bid to attract settlers.
[3] By the beginning of the Early Modern era, the village was owned by the provost of Moutier-Grandval.
After Napoleon's defeat and the Congress of Vienna, Loveresse was assigned to the Canton of Bern in 1815.
[3] In the late 19th century, several watch manufactures established shops in Loveresse.
In 1906 the Canton of Bern purchased the hospice in the Vallée de Tavannes.
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 Gules on a Bar Argent a Rose of the first barbed and seeded proper.
[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (287 or 86.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (43 or 12.9%) and Italian is the third (1 or 0.3%).
In the federal election, a total of 113 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.7%.
In the tertiary sector; 12 or 20.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 3.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 11 or 18.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 3.4% were in the information industry, 8 or 13.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 3.4% were in education and 18 or 30.5% were in health care.
The greatest number of workers, 46, made between 50 and 75 thousand CHF per year.
[22] From the 2000 census[update], 170 or 51.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 57 or 17.1% were Roman Catholic.
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.