Souboz was a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
[2] For most of Souboz's history, it was owned by the college of canons of Moutier-Grandval Abbey under the Prince-Bishop of Basel.
During the Protestant Reformation, the village accepted the new faith and became part of the parish of Moutier.
After Napoleon's defeat and the Congress of Vienna, Souboz was assigned to the Canton of Bern in 1815.
In the early 20th century, the municipality was close to bankruptcy and from 1926 until 1937 the mayor of Moutier took over running Souboz to get it out of debt.
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 Or a Bull Gules passant in front of a Tree Vert issuant from a Base of the same.
[3] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (84 or 73.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (30 or 26.1%) and Portuguese is the third (1 or 0.9%).
[11] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][12] The entire village of Souboz is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
The number of jobs in the primary sector was 21, of which 20 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production.
Of the 4 jobs in the tertiary sector, 1 was in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry and 2 were in education.
[19] From the 2000 census[update], 67 or 58.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 15 or 13.0% 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.