Moutier will vote on Sunday for the ninth time in 71 years on whether it wants to belong to the French-speaking canton of Jura or stay with German-speaking Bern.

@swissinfo_en traces the history back to deals struck at the post-Napoleon Vienna Conference

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The count at Moutier is live streamed: facebook.com/watch/live/?v=…

Ballots closed at noon. Counting began close to13:00. 3½ hours later and they're still counting.

Moutier has a population of 7,500. Last time about 4,000 voted.

And they're still counting. Checking every voter?
And finally the result. Moutier is set to leave Bern and join Jura by 2114 votes for, 1740 against.

rts.ch/info/12066705-…

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