Biel

Biel is a village in the canton of , . It was an independent municipality until 2001, when it merged with Ritzingen and Selkingen into the municipality Grafschaft.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village and former municipality in Goms in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Biel (Goms)”, “Biel (Grafschaft)”, and “Biel, Valais”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Biel railway station and Mother of God chapel.

Railway station
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, is a railway station in the locality of Biel, within the municipality of , in the canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop and a request stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn and is served by local trains only.

Church
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Railway stop
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
, is a railway station in the locality of , within the municipality of , in the canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn and is served by local trains only.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ritzingen and Gluringen.

Village
Photo: SteveK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Ulamm, Public domain.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Ximonic, GFDL.
is a former municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of in . On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of , Grafschaft, Münster-Geschinen, and Reckingen-Gluringen merged into the municipality of .

Biel

Latitude
46.45589° or 46° 27′ 21″ north
Longitude
8.21661° or 8° 12′ 60″ east
Elevation
1,313 metres (4,308 feet)
Open location code
8FRCF648+9J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 436364835
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2661514
Wiki­data ID
Q667757
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Western Panjabi—“Biel” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Biel VS”
  • Dutch: “Biel”
  • French: “Biel (Grafschaft)”
  • French: “Biel”
  • German: “Biel (Grafschaft)”
  • German: “Biel VS”
  • German: “Biel”
  • Irish: “Biel”
  • Italian: “Biel (Grafschaft)”
  • Italian: “Biel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Biel”
  • Swedish: “Biel, Valais”
  • Swedish: “Biel”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Biel”
  • Western Panjabi: “بیل”
  • “Biel”
  • “Biel (Grafschaft)”
  • “Biel VS”

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