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.

Aliases (6)

city of Biel/Bienne ×3
Bern (French-speaking part) ×1
Biel (German) ×1
Biel/Bienne (partly, exclaves/enclaves may differ) ×1
Bienne (French) ×1
Bienne, Switzerland ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
canton	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 Biel →
hasNameInLanguage	Biel (German) → Bienne (French) →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.biel-bienne.ch →
hasRailConnectionTo	Basel → Bern → Geneva → Neuchâtel → Zurich →
hasSportsTeam	EHC Biel →
hasTransport	Biel/Bienne railway station →
hasTwinTown	Besançon → Chambery → Lublin → San Marcos → Yverdon-les-Bains →
isBilingual	true →
isPartOf	bilingual belt of Switzerland →
isSeatOf	Seeland administrative district →
knownFor	bilingual culture → precision engineering → watchmaking industry →
languageMajority	German →
languageMinority	French →
locatedAt	eastern end of Lake Biel →
locatedIn	Seeland administrative district →
locatedInRegion	Jura foothills → Swiss Plateau →
locatedNear	Jura Mountains →
locatedOn	Lake Biel →
officialLanguage	French → German →
postalCode	2500 →
timeZone	Central European Time →
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time →
usesCurrency	Swiss franc →
vehicleRegistrationCode	BE →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aare → Suze → Suze ("city of Biel/Bienne") →	flowsThrough
Lake of Biel ("city of Biel/Bienne") → Ligerz → Saint-Imier →	locatedNear
Bern-Mittelland administrative district ("Biel/Bienne (partly, exclaves/enclaves may differ)") → Swiss Plateau →	contains
Seeland region → Three-Lakes Region →	hasCity
Biel/Bienne ("Biel (German)") → Biel/Bienne ("Bienne (French)") →	hasNameInLanguage
Romandy → Western Switzerland →	majorCity
Edouard Heuer ("Bienne, Switzerland") →	businessLocation
Lake of Biel →	hasBilingualCityOnShore
Romandie →	hasMajorCity
Suze →	hasMouthLocation
La Chaux-de-Fonds →	hasRailConnectionTo
Western Switzerland ("Bern (French-speaking part)") →	includesCanton
St. Peter’s Island ("city of Biel/Bienne") →	near
Jura Mountains →	nearCity
France–Switzerland border →	passesNearCity