Lake Biel

Lake Biel or Lake Bienne is a lake in western . Together with Lake Morat and , it is one of the three large lakes in the Jura region of Switzerland. It lies on the language boundary between German and French speaking areas.
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  • Lake
  • …has a surface elevation of 429 metres (1,407 feet)
  • Description: lake at Biel/Bienne, Canton of Bern, Switzerland
  • Also known as
    “Bielersee”
    “Lac de Bienne”
    “Lake Bienne”
    “Lake of Bienne”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Twann railway station and Court Ligerz.
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is a railway station in the…
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is a castle, which is situated 3 km west of Lake Biel.
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is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Lake Biel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Twann and Bipschal.
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was a municipality in the district of Nidau in the canton of Bern in .
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is a neighborhood.
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is a municipality in the… is situated 2½ km southeast of Lake Biel.

Lake Biel

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Latitude
47.08101° or 47° 4′ 52″ north
Longitude
7.17187° or 7° 10′ 19″ east
Open location code
8FV935JC+CP
Geo­Names ID
2661512
Wiki­data ID
Q14429

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Wu Chinese—“Lake Biel” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Լիճ Բիել”
  • Bulgarian: “Биелерсе”
  • Bulgarian: “Билско езеро”
  • Catalan: “Llac de Bienne”
  • Cebuano: “Bielersee”
  • Chinese: “比爾湖”
  • Chuvash: “Биль кӳлли”
  • Czech: “Bielské jezero”
  • Dutch: “Meer van Biel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره بيل”
  • Esperanto: “Lago de Bielo”
  • Finnish: “Bieljärvi”
  • French: “Lac de Bienne”
  • Galician: “Lago de Biel/Bienne”
  • Galician: “Lago de Biena”
  • Georgian: “ბილის ტბა”
  • German: “Bielersee”
  • Hebrew: “אגם ביל”
  • Hungarian: “Bieli-tó”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Biel”
  • Italian: “Lago di Bienne”
  • Japanese: “ビール湖”
  • Korean: “빌호”
  • Latin: “Lacus Erliacensis”
  • Latvian: “Bīles ezers”
  • Lithuanian: “Bylio ežeras”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bieler Séi”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bielersee”
  • Luxembourgish: “Séi vu Bienne”
  • Macedonian: “Билско Езеро”
  • Mingrelian: “ბილიშ ტობა”
  • Northern Frisian: “Bieler Sia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bielsjøen”
  • Polish: “Bielersee”
  • Portuguese: “Lago de Bienna”
  • Romanian: “Lacul Biel”
  • Romansh: “Lai da Bienna”
  • Russian: “Бильское озеро”
  • Serbian: “Билско језеро”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bienne (jezero)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bienne”
  • Sicilian: “Lacu di Bienne”
  • Slovak: “Bielske jazero”
  • Slovenian: “Bielsko jezero”
  • Spanish: “Lago de Biel/Bienne”
  • Swedish: “Bielsjön”
  • Swiss German: “Bielersee”
  • Turkish: “Biel Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Біль”
  • Ukrainian: “Більське озеро”
  • Venetian: “Łago de Bienna”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Biel”
  • Wu Chinese: “比尔湖”

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Notable Places Nearby

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