January 2010, it joined the newly created Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Deer Sable attired and hoofed Gules trippant on a Mount of 5 Coupeaux Vert. Demographics Rebévelier has a population () of , all Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years (2001-2011) the population has changed at a rate of -2.1%, all due to migration. Most of the population () speaks German (20 or 66.7%) as their first language with the rest speaking French. , the population was 59.6% male and 40.4% female. The population was made up of 28 Swiss men and 19 Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 22 or about 73.3% were born in Rebévelier and lived there in 2000. There were 5 or 16.7% who were born in the same canton, while 3 or 10.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and or 0.0% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 34.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 41.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 23.9%. , there were 16 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 13 married individuals and 1 widow or widower. , there were 3 households that consist of only one person and 4 households with five or more people. , a total of 9 apartments (52.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 5 apartments (29.4%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (17.6%) were empty. In 2011, single family homes made up 46.7% of the total housing in the municipality. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 43.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Evangelical People's Party (EVP) (17.2%), the Christian Social Party (CSP) (17.2%) and the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP) (16.6%). In the federal election, a total of 23 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 69.7%. Economy , Rebévelier had an unemployment rate of 2.6%. , there were a total of 23 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 23 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. No one was employed in the secondary sector or the tertiary sector.