Biel

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.
  • City with about 55,900 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 430 metres (1,420 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code ZDK
  • Description: town and municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland
  • Postal codes
    2500-2505
    2510
  • Also known as
    “Biel BE”
    “Biel, Switzerland”
    “Biel/Bienne”
    “Biel/Bienne BE”
    “Biel/Bienne, Switzerland”
    “Bienne”
    “Bienne BE”
    “Bienne, Switzerland”

Places of Interest

Discover Pasquart Kunsthaus and New Museum Biel.

Villages in the Area

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Latitude
47.1402° or 47° 8′ 25″ north
Longitude
7.2439° or 7° 14′ 38″ east
UN/LOCODE
CH BIE
Open location code
8FV946RV+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Biel” goes by many names.
Biel/BienneAlbanian
بيالArabic
بيال/بيانArabic
Biel/BienneAragonese
ԲիլArmenian
BilAzerbaijani
БильBashkir
Биль (ҡала)Bashkir
Biel/BienneBasque
БільBelarusian
Біль (Швайцарыя)Belarusian
Biel/BienneBreton
БилBulgarian
Biel/BienneCatalan
Biel/BienneCebuano
比尔Chinese
比尔市Chinese
比爾Chinese
БильChuvash
BienneCorsican
BielCroatian
BielCzech
Biel/BienneCzech
BienneCzech
Biel/BienneDanish
BielDutch
Biel/BienneDutch
BienneDutch
بيال بيانEgyptian Arabic
Biel/BienneEsperanto
BieloEsperanto
Biel/BienneEstonian
Biel/BienneFinnish
Μπιλ/ΜπιένGreek
ביל/בייןHebrew
बील/बियेनHindi
BielHungarian
Biel/BienneHungarian
BienneHungarian
Biel/BienneIcelandic
Biel BEIndonesian
Biel, SwissIndonesian
Biel/BienneIndonesian
Biel/Bienne, SwissIndonesian
BienneIndonesian
Biel/BienneIrish
Biel/BienneItalian
BiennaItalian
BienneItalian
ビール/ビエンヌJapanese
БильKazakh
빌/비엔Korean
Biel/BienneKurdish
BelnaLatin
BīleLatvian
BjēnaLatvian
BylisLithuanian
Biel/BienneLombard
BielLuxembourgish
Biel/BienneLuxembourgish
Biel/BienneMalay
Biel/BienneMin Nan Chinese
ბილიMingrelian
ბილი (ნოღა)Mingrelian
BielNauru
BielNorthern Frisian
Biel/BienneNorwegian
Biel/BienneNorwegian Bokmål
Biel/BienneNorwegian Nynorsk
Biel/BienneOccitan (post 1500)
Bienne/BielOccitan (post 1500)
БильOssetian
Биль/БьенOssetian
БьенOssetian
بیلPersian
بیل/بینPersian
بینPersian
BiennaPiemontese
BielPolish
Biel/BiennePolish
BiennePolish
Biel/BienneRomanian
Biel/BienneRomansh
BiennaRomansh
БильRussian
Biel/BienneScots
Biel/BienneScottish Gaelic
Бил/БјенSerbian
Biel/BienneSerbo-Croatian
BienneSicilian
Biel/BienneSilesian
Biel/BienneSlovak
BienneSlovak
Biel/BienneSlovenian
بیل/بینSouth Azerbaijani
Biel/BienneSwahili
BielSwedish
Biel/BienneSwiss German
BiuSwiss German
பியெல்/பியென்Tamil
БилTatar
บีล/บีแย็นThai
BelnaTurkish
BielTurkish
Biel BETurkish
Biel/BienneTurkish
Biel/Bienne BETurkish
BienneTurkish
Bienne BETurkish
БільUkrainian
Біль/Б’єннUkrainian
Biel/BienneUpper Sorbian
بیل/بیینUrdu
BilUzbek
Bil (shahar)Uzbek
BienaVenetian
BiennaVenetian
Biel-BienneVolapük
Biel/BienneWaray (Philippines)
BielWelsh
比尔(瑞士)Wu Chinese
標Yue Chinese
標 (瑞士)Yue Chinese

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Old Town of Bienne and Beaumont/Jutzhubel.
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