Seehof (Elay in French) is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] For most of its history, the village was part of the lands of the provost of Moutier-Grandval under the Prince-Bishop of Basel.

During the Protestant Reformation in 1528, Seehof/Elay was part of the Sous-les-Roches region that remained by the old faith.

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

Of the rest of the land, 0.19 km2 (0.073 sq mi) or 2.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km2 (12 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes.

It consists of the village of Seehof and the hamlets of Bächlen, Karlisberg and Stägen.

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 Argent a Cow Gules statant on a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.

In the federal election, a total of 25 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 41.0%.

[9] There were 34 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 29.4% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] there were a total of 25 full-time equivalent jobs, of which 23 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production.

[22] From the 2000 census[update], 48 or 60.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 5 or 6.3% 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.

[23] During the 2011-12 school year, there were a total of 7 students attending classes in Seehof.