Central Europe
Switzerland
Canton of Bern

Biel/Bienne

Biel/Bienne District is an administrative district in the , . It is located along both shores of the northeastern half of and is part of the Seeland administrative region, and its capital is .
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  • Type: administrative district of the canton of Bern with 95,700 residents
  • Description: administrative district of the canton of Bern, Switzerland (Verwaltungskreis)
  • Also known as: “Biel/Bienne administrative district”, “Biel/Bienne District”, and “Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne”

Places of Interest

Highlights include New Museum Biel and Municipal Library.

Museum
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Library
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Museum
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Biel and Nidau.

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Biel/Bienne is the 10th largest city of and is located on the northern edge of the canton of . Famous for watchmaking, and home to Rolex, Omega and Swatch among other famous makers.

Village
Photo: Astrochim, Public domain.
is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in .

Village
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is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of in .

Biel/Bienne

Latitude
47.1273° or 47° 7′ 38″ north
Longitude
7.2617° or 7° 15′ 42″ east
Population
95,700
Elevation
444 metres (1,457 feet)
Open location code
8FV947G6+WM
Geo­Names ID
8260136
Wiki­data ID
Q660893
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Biel/Bienne” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بيال/بيان”
  • Basque: “Biel/Bienne barruti administratiboa”
  • Catalan: “Districte administratiu de Bienne”
  • Cebuano: “Biel/Bienne District”
  • Chinese: “Biel/Bienne Koān”
  • Czech: “Okres Biel/Bienne”
  • Dutch: “Biel/Bienne”
  • Esperanto: “Bielo”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto Bielo”
  • French: “arrondissement administratif de Bienne”
  • French: “Arrondissement administratif de Bienne”
  • German: “Biel/Bienne”
  • German: “Verwaltungkreis Biel/Bienne”
  • German: “Verwaltungskreis Biel”
  • German: “Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne”
  • Greek: “Διοικητικό Διαμέρισμα της Μπιλ/Μπιέν”
  • Italian: “Circondario di Biel/Bienne”
  • Italian: “Circondario di Biel”
  • Italian: “Circondario di Bienne”
  • Japanese: “ビール/ビエンヌ”
  • Latin: “Belna”
  • Lombard: “Biel/Bienne”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Distriktet Biel/Bienne”
  • Polish: “Biel/Bienne (okręg)”
  • Polish: “Biel/Bienne”
  • Portuguese: “Bienna”
  • Romanian: “Biel/Bienne”
  • Romansh: “Circul administrativ da Bienna”
  • Spanish: “Distrito administrativo de Biel Bienne”
  • Spanish: “Distrito administrativo de Biel/Bienne”
  • Swedish: “Biel/Bienne District”
  • Swedish: “Biel”
  • Swiss German: “Verwautigskreis Bieu”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne”
  • Ukrainian: “адміністративний округ Біль/Б’єн”
  • Ukrainian: “Біль/Б’єн”
  • Ukrainian: “Біль”
  • Venetian: “Çircondario de Biena”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Biel/Bienne”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Privatklinik Linde Biel and Brügg BE railway station.

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