Biel/Bienne
town and municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland
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Summary
Biel/Bienne is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Biel/Bienne ranks in the top 2% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,751 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Climate Alliance[3], KlimaBündnis-Städte Schweiz[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Biel/Bienne administrative district[5]
- Country: Switzerland[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Lake Biel[7], Suze[8], Aare[9], Thielle[10]
- Head of government: Glenda Gonzalez Bassi[11]
- Instance of: city of Switzerland[12]
- Official language: German[13], French[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Iserlohn[15], Odesa[16]
- Postal code: 2500[17], 2502[18], 2503[19], 2504[20], 2505[21], 2501[22]
- Commons category: Biel/Bienne[23]
- Licence plate code: BE[24]
- Local dialing code: 032[25]
- Coordinate location: 47.137222222222, 7.2472222222222[26]
- Official website: https://www.biel-bienne.ch/[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Biel/Bienne[28]
- Commons gallery: Biel/Bienne[29]
- Email address: mailto:info@biel-bienne.ch[30]
- Population: 55,383[31], 50,852[32], 54,456[33], 54,640[34], 55,120[35], 56,441[36], 53,915[37], 53,352[38], 52,958[39], 52,576[40], 51,952[41], 51,341[42], 50,969[43], 51,193[44]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Biel/Bienne include Lake Biel[45], a lake[46], in Switzerland[47].
Why It Matters
Biel/Bienne has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Biel/Bienne is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]
Entities named for Biel/Bienne include Lake Biel[45], a lake[46], in Switzerland[47].