Romont, Bern

Romont (French pronunciation: [ʁɔmɔ̃] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] The Basel Cathedral owned a fief in Romont, which they assigned to Bourkard de la Roche in 1311.

During the Middle Ages, Romont was part of the seigniory of Erguel which was owned by the Prince Bishop of Basel.

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

Beginning in 1971, the villages of Romont, Vauffelin and Frinvillier created a shared school district.

[5] The municipality is located on the first Jura ridge line above Pieterlen and the Aare valley.

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 a Tower embatteled Argent issuant from a Mount Vert and in a Chief of the second a Sparrow-Hawk displayed Azure.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (104 or 52.8%) as their first language, German is the second most common (81 or 41.1%) and Italian is the third (5 or 2.5%).

The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 8 of which 1 was in trade, sale or the repair of motor vehicles and 4 were in a hotel or restaurant.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 35 or 17.8% were Roman Catholic, while 117 or 59.4% 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.