Biel/Bienne
Biel/Bienne is the 10th largest city of Switzerland and is located on the northern edge of the canton of Berne. Famous for watchmaking, and home to Rolex, Omega and Swatch among other famous makers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include New Museum Biel and Municipal Library.
Taubenloch
Photo: Stéphane Dewarrat, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Taubenloch is a gorge in the Canton of Bern, above Biel/Bienne in Switzerland. It crosses the first Jura Mountain chain, as considered from the Swiss Plateau.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nidau and Brügg.
Nidau
Village
Photo: Astrochim, Public domain.
Nidau is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Brügg
Village
Photo: Chriusha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brügg is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Biel/Bienne
- Type: Locality with 55,600 residents
- Also known as: “CH0371”
- Location: Biel/Bienne, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.1492° or 47° 8′ 57″ northLongitude
7.2611° or 7° 15′ 40″ eastPopulation
55,600Elevation
441 metres (1,447 feet)Open location code
8FV947X6+MCGeoNames ID
7285241
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Swedish—“Biel/Bienne” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “Bielo”
- French: “Biel/Bienne”
- French: “Bienne”
- German: “Biel”
- German: “Biel/Bienne”
- Italian: “Bienna” (historical)
- Italian: “Bienne”
- Latin: “Belna”
- Portuguese: “Bienna”
- Swedish: “Biel”
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