primary students, 1.2% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 31.3% have a different mother language than the classroom language. , there were 34 students in Sonvilier who came from another municipality, while 110 residents attended schools outside the municipality. Sonvilier is home to the Bibliothèque communale et scolaire de Sonvilier library. The library has () 11,422 books or other media, and loaned out 12,898 items in the same year. It was open a total of 90 days with average of 4 hours per week during that year. Transportation The municipality has a railway station, . The station is located on the Biel/Bienne–La Chaux-de-Fonds line and has hourly service to and . Personalities Louis-Ulysse Chopard, watchmaker and manufacturer born in Sonvilier Ferdinand Gonseth, Swiss mathematician and philosopher born in Sonvilier References External links Website of the municipality of Sonvilier Municipalities of the canton of Bern Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Bern