Old Town of Bienne
Old Town of Bienne is a suburb in Biel, Canton of Bern. Old Town of Bienne is situated nearby to the suburb Beaumont/Jutzhubel, as well as near Neustadt / Nouvelle ville.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: quarter of the city of Bienne in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Old Town Biel”, “Old Town Biel/Bienne”, “Old Town Bienne”, and “Vieille Ville / Altstadt”
Places of Interest
Highlights include City Church of Biel and Ring.
City Church of Biel
Church
Photo: Donarreiskoffer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The City Church of Biel is a Swiss Reformed church in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Built in the Gothic style, its construction started around 1451 and was mostly complete in 1470.
City theatre of Biel
Theater building
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
City theatre of Biel is a theater building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Evilard and Champagne.
Evilard
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Evilard/Leubringen is a bilingual municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district of the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The French name of the municipality is Evilard and the German name is Leubringen.
Madretsch
Suburb
Madretsch is a former commune in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is a suburb of Biel/Bienne, which it joined in 1920. Previously a rural suburb with some remaining farms and green areas, it has now become fully integrated as a city suburb, without any real local character any more.
Old Town of Bienne
- Categories: neighborhood, geographic location, statistical territorial entity, old town, and locality
- Location: Biel, Biel/Bienne, Canton of Bern, Berne Region, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.14165° or 47° 8′ 30″ northLongitude
7.24636° or 7° 14′ 47″ eastOpen location code
8FV946RW+MGOpenStreetMap ID
node 2194907795OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q445469
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Old Town of Bienne” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Altstadt”
- French: “Vieille Ville”
- French: “vielle ville de Bienne”
- German: “Altstadt (Biel)”
- German: “Altstadt Biel/Bienne”
- German: “Altstadt”
- German: “Bieler Altstadt”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Beaumont/Jutzhubel and Neustadt / Nouvelle ville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fountain of the knight banneret and Atelier Bienne et son histoire / Atelier Bieler Geschichte.
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