Biel/Bienne

E24186

city municipality

Biel/Bienne is a bilingual (German-French) Swiss city in the canton of Bern, known for its watchmaking industry and location at the eastern end of Lake Biel.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Biel/Bienne canonical	50
city of Biel/Bienne	3
Bern (French-speaking part)	1
Biel (German)	1
Biel/Bienne (partly, exclaves/enclaves may differ)	1
Biel/Bienne is a bilingual city	1
Biel/Bienne, Switzerland	1
Bienne (French)	1
Bienne, Switzerland	1
Stadtalle Biel	1
town of Biel/Bienne	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
canton	canton of Bern ⓘ surface form: Canton of Bern
climate	temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
elevation	approximately 434 metres above sea level ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution	Bern University of Applied Sciences (campus in Biel/Bienne) ⓘ
hasIndustry	microtechnology ⓘ services ⓘ watch manufacturing ⓘ
hasLake	Lake of Biel ⓘ surface form: Lake Biel
hasNameInLanguage	Biel/Bienne self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Biel (German) Biel/Bienne self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bienne (French)
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.biel-bienne.ch ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo	Basel-Stadt ⓘ surface form: Basel Bern ⓘ Geneva ⓘ Neuchâtel ⓘ Zurich ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	EHC Biel ⓘ
hasTransport	Biel/Bienne railway station ⓘ
hasTwinTown	Besançon ⓘ Chambéry ⓘ surface form: Chambery Lublin ⓘ San Marcos ⓘ Yverdon-les-Bains ⓘ
isBilingual	true ⓘ
isPartOf	bilingual belt of Switzerland ⓘ
isSeatOf	Seeland region ⓘ surface form: Seeland administrative district
knownFor	bilingual culture ⓘ precision engineering ⓘ watchmaking industry ⓘ
languageMajority	German ⓘ
languageMinority	French ⓘ
locatedAt	eastern end of Lake Biel ⓘ
locatedIn	Seeland region ⓘ surface form: Seeland administrative district
locatedInRegion	Jura Mountains ⓘ surface form: Jura foothills Swiss Plateau ⓘ
locatedNear	Jura Mountains ⓘ
locatedOn	Lake of Biel ⓘ surface form: Lake Biel
officialLanguage	French ⓘ German ⓘ
postalCode	2500 ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time ⓘ
usesCurrency	Swiss franc ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode	BE ⓘ

Referenced by (62)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

France–Switzerland border → passesNearCity → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Romandy → majorCity → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Lake of Biel → locatedNear → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Biel/Bienne

Lake of Biel → hasBilingualCityOnShore → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Swiss Plateau → contains → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Western Switzerland → includesCanton → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bern (French-speaking part)

Western Switzerland → majorCity → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Biel/Bienne → hasNameInLanguage → Biel/Bienne self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biel (German)

Biel/Bienne → hasNameInLanguage → Biel/Bienne self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bienne (French)

Romandie → hasMajorCity → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Jura Mountains → nearCity → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Three-Lakes Region → hasCity → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

village of Ligerz → locatedNear → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

subject surface form: Ligerz

Seeland region → hasCity → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Aare → flowsThrough → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Edouard Heuer → businessLocation → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bienne, Switzerland

Saint-Imier → locatedNear → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Suze → flowsThrough → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Biel/Bienne

Suze → hasMouthLocation → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

La Chaux-de-Fonds → hasRailConnectionTo → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

St. Peter’s Island → near → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Biel/Bienne

Canton of Bern administrative district of Bern-Mittelland → contains → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

subject surface form: Bern-Mittelland administrative district

this entity surface form: Biel/Bienne (partly, exclaves/enclaves may differ)

canton of Bern → contains → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Thielle River → locatedNear → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

this entity surface form: town of Biel/Bienne

Bern–Biel/Bienne railway line → connects → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Bern–Biel/Bienne railway line → servesCity → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Bern–Biel/Bienne railway line → hasEndpointCityRole → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biel/Bienne is a bilingual city

Bern S-Bahn → connectsTo → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

EHC Biel → basedIn → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

EHC Biel → homeCity → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

EHC Biel → formerHomeArena → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stadtalle Biel

Bern University of Applied Sciences (campus in Biel/Bienne) → locatedIn → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Bern University of Applied Sciences (campus in Biel/Bienne) → city → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

San Marcos → twinCity → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Biel/Bienne railway station → locatedIn → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Biel/Bienne railway station → servesCity → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

A5 motorway (Switzerland) → connectsCity → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Chasseral → nearestCity → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

A16 motorway (Switzerland) → terminusNear → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Jura Foot Railway → connectsCity → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Twann → locatedNear → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Eupen → twinnedWith → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Bernese Mittelland → containsCity → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Swatch → headquartersLocation → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

Administrative District of Biel/Bienne → capital → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Administrative District of Biel/Bienne → administrativeCenter → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Administrative District of Biel/Bienne → namedAfter → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Administrative District of Biel/Bienne → contains → Biel/Bienne ⓘ

Administrative District of Biel/Bienne → hasBilingualCity → Biel/Bienne ⓘ