Seeland

Seeland District in the was created on 1 January 2010. It is part of the Seeland administrative region. It contains 42 municipalities with an area of 334.14 km2 and a population of 76,052.
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  • Type: administrative district of the canton of Bern with 76,100 residents
  • Description: administrative district of the canton of Bern, Switzerland (Verwaltungskreis)
  • Also known as: Seeland administrative district”, “Seeland District”, and “Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aarberg Castle and Aarberg railway station.

Castle
is a castle in the municipality of in the canton of in . It's a class B cultural property and part of the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance.

Railway station
is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of . It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss railway line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Railway station
Photo: Gestumblindi, CC0.
is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of . It sits at the junction of the standard gauge Biel/Bienne–Bern, Lyss–Solothurn, and Palézieux–Lyss lines of Swiss Federal Railways. is situated 3½ km east of Seeland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lyss and Aarberg.

Town
is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in . On 1 January 2011, the former municipality of was merged with .

Village
is a historic town and a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the in . lies 20 km from above the river .

Village
Photo: HansSch, Public domain.
is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in .

Seeland

Latitude
47.0664° or 47° 3′ 59″ north
Longitude
7.2633° or 7° 15′ 48″ east
Population
76,100
Elevation
442 metres (1,450 feet)
Open location code
8FV93787+G8
Geo­Names ID
8260137
Wiki­data ID
Q660822
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Seeland” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مقاطعة سيلاند
  • Basque: Seeland barruti administratiboa
  • Bavarian: Vawoitungskroas Seeland
  • Catalan: districte administratiu del Seeland
  • Catalan: Districte administratiu del Seeland
  • Cebuano: Seeland District
  • Chinese: Seeland Koān
  • Chinese: 西兰区
  • Chinese: 西蘭區
  • Czech: Okres Seeland
  • Dutch: Seeland
  • Esperanto: Administra distrikto Seeland
  • Esperanto: Lagolando
  • Esperanto: Seeland
  • French: arrondissement administratif du Seeland
  • French: Arrondissement administratif du Seeland
  • French: Seeland
  • German: Seeland
  • German: Verwaltungskreis Seeland
  • Italian: Circondario del Seeland
  • Japanese: ゼーラント
  • Latin: Seeland
  • Latin: Terra Lacuum
  • Lombard: Seeland
  • Min Nan Chinese: Seeland Koān
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Distriktet Seeland
  • Polish: Seeland (okręg)
  • Polish: Seeland
  • Portuguese: Distrito administrativo de Seeland
  • Portuguese: Seeland
  • Romanian: Districtul Seeland
  • Romanian: Seeland (district)
  • Romansh: Circul administrativ dal Seeland
  • Slovenian: Upravno okrožje Seeland
  • Slovenian: Verwaltungskreis Seeland
  • Spanish: Distrito administrativo del Seeland
  • Swedish: Seeland District
  • Swedish: Seeland
  • Swiss German: Verwautigskreis Seeland
  • Tatar: Зееланд мәэмүри бүлгесе
  • Tosk Albanian: Verwaltungskreis Seeland
  • Ukrainian: Адміністративний округ Зеланд
  • Ukrainian: Зееланд
  • Ukrainian: Зеланд (адміністративний округ)
  • Ukrainian: Зеланд (округ)
  • Ukrainian: Округ Зеланд
  • Venetian: Çircondario del Seeland
  • Vietnamese: Huyện Seeland
  • Vietnamese: Seeland
  • Waray (Philippines): Seeland

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Spital Netz Bern AG, Spital Aarberg and Bargen BE railway station.

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