Schelten

Schelten (French: La Scheulte) is a municipality in the administrative district of Jura bernois in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. This is one of two German speaking cities in the majority French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois). The other is Seehof.^[3]

Schelten
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Schelten
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Coordinates: 47°20′N 7°33′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Jura bernois
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat with 5 members
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident Thomas Hirsbrunner
Area [1]
• Total	5.61 km2 (2.17 sq mi)
Elevation	746 m (2,448 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	36
• Density	6.4/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	2827
SFOS number	708
Surrounded by	Mervelier (JU), Vermes (JU), Aedermannsdorf (SO), Beinwil (SO)
Website	www.schelten.ch SFSO statistics