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

In 1515 they granted their lands in the village to Grosjean Girod de Loveresse.

During the Early Modern era it was administered by the provost of Moutier-Grandval for the Prince-Bishop of Basel.

After Napoleon's defeat and the Congress of Vienna, Pontenet was assigned to the Canton of Bern in 1815.

[2] In 1876 the Tavannes-Court branch line was built off the main Biel-Sonceboz-Delémont-Basel railroad.

Of the rest of the land, 0.17 km2 (0.066 sq mi) or 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads).

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

[5] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Bridge Argent and a Mullet of the same.

[3] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (170 or 89.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (18 or 9.5%) and Italian is the third (1 or 0.5%).

[3] In 2011, single family homes made up 65.4% of the total housing in the municipality.

In the federal election, a total of 85 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 55.2%.

In the tertiary sector; 13 or 81.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles while 2 or 12.5% were in education.

[18] In 2011 a total of 1.4% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.

[19] From the 2000 census[update], 117 or 61.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 38 or 20.0% 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.

[20] During the 2011–12 school year, there were a total of 17 students attending classes in Pontenet.