La Heutte is located in the lower part of Vallon de Saint-Imier, 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) from the town of Biel/Bienne.
 It is located in the narrow Suze valley that lies on the old Roman road between Augusta Raurica (Augst) und Petinesca (Studen).

Before the merger, La Heutte had a total area of 8.1 km² (3.1 sq mi).
 Of this area, 2 km² (0.77 sq mi) or 24.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.24 km² (2.02 sq mi) or 64.9% is forested.
Of the rest of the land, 0.74 km² (0.29 sq mi) or 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km² (7.4 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.05 km² (12 acres) or 0.6% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.0%.
 Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.8% of the area Out of the forested land, 62.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.
 Of the agricultural land, 5.9% is used for growing crops and 9.5% is pastures and 9.0% is used for alpine pastures.
 All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

On 31 December 2009 District de Courtelary, the municipality's former district, was dissolved.
 On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois.
La Heutte is located in the lower part of Vallon de Saint-Imier, 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) from the town of Biel/Bienne.  It is located in the narrow Suze valley that lies on the old Roman road between Augusta Raurica (Augst) und Petinesca (Studen).
Before the merger, La Heutte had a total area of 8.1 km² (3.1 sq mi).  Of this area, 2 km² (0.77 sq mi) or 24.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.24 km² (2.02 sq mi) or 64.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.74 km² (0.29 sq mi) or 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km² (7.4 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.05 km² (12 acres) or 0.6% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.0%.  Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.8% of the area Out of the forested land, 62.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 5.9% is used for growing crops and 9.5% is pastures and 9.0% is used for alpine pastures.  All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
On 31 December 2009 District de Courtelary, the municipality's former district, was dissolved.  On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois.
La Heutte