Erguel

Erguel Erguël
1264-1797[1]
Flag Coat of arms
Capital	Erguël
Religion	Catholic
Sire
• 1264-?	Otto of Arguel
History
• Established	1264-1797[1]
• Becomes Protectorate of Biel/Bienne	1335
• Merged into the French department of Mont-Terrible	1797
• Merged into the French department of Haut-Rhin	1800
• Part of Courtelary District, (BE) Switzerland	1815

Erguël is a medieval seigniory of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel, and under protectorate of Biel/Bienne, under military jurisdiction from 1335, in the now called valley of St.-Imier, in the now Bernese Jura, Switzerland.^[2]

The Sire of the area used to live in the Château d'Erguel.

In 1264, the Bishop of Basel appointed Otto of Erguel as the vogt over the Saint-Imier valley fief. Otto raised the valley to become a seigniory and parish of the Diocese of Basel, named Erguel.^[3][4]

Asteroid 282669 Erguël, discovered by Swiss amateur astronomer Michel Ory at the Tenagra II Observatory in 2005, was named in memory of the seigniory.^[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 22 July 2013 (M.P.C. 84383).^[5]

• Article dans le Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse

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