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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86" title="بيال/بيان – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بيال/بيان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil" title="Bil – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Bil" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86" title="بیل/بین – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بیل/بین" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C_(%D2%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0)" title="Биль (ҡала) – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Биль (ҡала)" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C_(%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4)" title="Біль (горад) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Біль (горад)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C_(%D0%A8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%86%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F)" title="Біль (Швайцарыя) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Біль (Швайцарыя)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB" title="Бил – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бил" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C_(%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0)" title="Биль (хула) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Биль (хула)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne_(munisipyo)" title="Biel/Bienne (munisipyo) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Biel/Bienne (munisipyo)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel" title="Biel – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Biel" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bienne" title="Bienne – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Bienne" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel" title="Biel – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Biel" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BB/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%AD%CE%BD" title="Μπιλ/Μπιέν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπιλ/Μπιέν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biena" title="Biena – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Biena" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84_(%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1)" title="بیل (شهر) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بیل (شهر)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bienne" title="Bienne – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bienne" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%8C/%EB%B9%84%EC%97%94" title="빌/비엔 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="빌/비엔" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%AB%D5%AC_(%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%84)" title="Բիլ (քաղաք) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բիլ (քաղաք)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel" title="Biel – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Biel" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C_(%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80)" title="Биль (сахар) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Биль (сахар)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bienne" title="Bienne – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bienne" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9C/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F" title="ביל/ביין – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ביל/ביין" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98)" title="ბილი (ქალაქი) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბილი (ქალაქი)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C_(%D2%9B%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0)" title="Биль (қала) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Биль (қала)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belna_(Helvetia)" title="Belna (Helvetia) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Belna (Helvetia)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C4%ABle" title="Bīle – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Bīle" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bylis" title="Bylis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bylis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel" title="Biel – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Biel" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A6%E1%83%90)" title="ბილი (ნოღა) – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ბილი (ნოღა)" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86" title="بيال بيان – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بيال بيان" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB/%E3%83%93%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8C" title="ビール/ビエンヌ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ビール/ビエンヌ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel" title="Biel – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Biel" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_(shahar)" title="Bil (shahar) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Bil (shahar)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bienna" title="Bienna – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Bienna" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bienna" title="Bienna – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bienna" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bienna" title="Bienna – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Bienna" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C_(%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4)" title="Биль (город) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Биль (город)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bienne" title="Bienne – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Bienne" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB/%D0%91%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Бил/Бјен – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Бил/Бјен" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel" title="Biel – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Biel" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB_(%D1%88%D3%99%D2%BB%D3%99%D1%80)" title="Бил (шәһәр) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Бил (шәһәр)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel/Bienne" title="Biel/Bienne – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Biel/Bienne" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C_(%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE)" title="Біль (місто) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Біль (місто)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biena" title="Biena – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Biena" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a 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7.250</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Switzerland</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">Canton</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">Bern</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Switzerland#Canton_of_Bern" title="Districts of Switzerland">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Biel/Bienne_(administrative_district)" title="Biel/Bienne (administrative district)">Biel/Bienne</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">Executive</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="#Government">Gemeinderat/Conseil municipal</a></i> <br />with 5 members</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor_(Switzerland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor (Switzerland)">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Stadtpräsident/le Maire</i><a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Biel/Bienne" title="List of mayors of Biel/Bienne"> (list)</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erich_Fehr&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Erich Fehr (page does not exist)">Erich Fehr</a> <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Social Democratic Party of Switzerland">SPS/PSS</a><br /><span class="nowrap">(as of February 2011)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Parliament" title="Parliament">Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="#Parliament">Stadtrat/Conseil de ville</a></i> <br />with 60 members</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-34465df301612b4c187d3751abe3e95527f60501-v18_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-34465df301612b4c187d3751abe3e95527f60501-v18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">21.21 km<sup>2</sup> (8.19 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (Railway station)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">437 m (1,434 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(31 December 2018)<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-7f97606afd925732b792729f5ac227eefd5faad1-v18_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-7f97606afd925732b792729f5ac227eefd5faad1-v18-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">55,159</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,600/km<sup>2</sup> (6,700/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Bieler/in</i>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Biennois(e)</i></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Switzerland" title="Time in Switzerland">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01:00" title="UTC+01:00">UTC+01:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">Central European Time</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B02:00" title="UTC+02:00">UTC+02:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">Central European Summer Time</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Switzerland_and_Liechtenstein" title="Postal codes in Switzerland and Liechtenstein">Postal code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">2500–2510</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Community_Identification_Number#Switzerland" title="Community Identification Number">SFOS number</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0371</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">CH-BE</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surrounded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%BCgg" class="mw-redirect" title="Brügg">Brügg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ipsach" title="Ipsach">Ipsach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leubringen/Magglingen" class="mw-redirect" title="Leubringen/Magglingen">Leubringen/Magglingen</a> (<i>Evilard/Macolin</i>), <a href="/wiki/Nidau" title="Nidau">Nidau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orpund" title="Orpund">Orpund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orvin" title="Orvin">Orvin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pieterlen" title="Pieterlen">Pieterlen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port,_Bern" class="mw-redirect" title="Port, Bern">Port</a>, <a href="/wiki/Safnern" title="Safnern">Safnern</a>, <a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCscherz-Alferm%C3%A9e" title="Tüscherz-Alfermée">Tüscherz-Alfermée</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vauffelin" title="Vauffelin">Vauffelin</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Switzerland" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Switzerland">Twin towns</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Iserlohn" title="Iserlohn">Iserlohn</a> (Germany)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biel-bienne.ch">www<wbr />.biel-bienne<wbr />.ch</a></span> <br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/maps/profile/profile.html?226.0371.en.geoRefStandard">SFSO statistics</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_Stadt_Biel_Ville_de_Bienne.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Logo_Stadt_Biel_Ville_de_Bienne.svg/220px-Logo_Stadt_Biel_Ville_de_Bienne.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Logo_Stadt_Biel_Ville_de_Bienne.svg/330px-Logo_Stadt_Biel_Ville_de_Bienne.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Logo_Stadt_Biel_Ville_de_Bienne.svg/440px-Logo_Stadt_Biel_Ville_de_Bienne.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="51" /></a><figcaption>Logo</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Biel/Bienne</b> (official bilingual wording; <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i>Biel</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[biːl]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/9\/99\/De-Biel.ogg\/De-Biel.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"De-Biel.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/De-Biel.ogg/De-Biel.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator 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href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">Bienna</i>; <a href="/wiki/Romansh_language" title="Romansh language">Romansh</a>: <i lang="rm">Bienna</i>; <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Belna</i>) is a bilingual <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">city</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">canton of Bern</a> in <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>. With over 55,000 residents, it is the country's <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Switzerland" title="List of cities in Switzerland">tenth-largest city by population</a>. The Biel urban area has a population of around 100,000 inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Biel/Bienne is the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Biel/Bienne_(administrative_district)" title="Biel/Bienne (administrative district)">Biel/Bienne administrative district</a>. The city has been an industrial and watchmaking heart of Switzerland since the 19th century. With world-famous watch brands such as <a href="/wiki/Rolex" title="Rolex">Rolex</a>, <a href="/wiki/Omega_SA" title="Omega SA">Omega</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swatch" title="Swatch">Swatch</a> based in Biel/Bienne, the city is one of the main centres of the Swiss watch industry and is also referred to as the "world capital of watchmaking".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Biel/Bienne lies on the language boundary between the <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>-speaking and <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>-speaking parts of Switzerland, and is <a href="/wiki/Bilingual" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilingual">bilingual</a> throughout. <i>Biel</i> is the German name for the city whereas <i>Bienne</i> is its French counterpart. The city is often referred to in both languages simultaneously. Since 1 January 2005, the official name has been "Biel/Bienne". Until then, the town was officially named <b>Biel</b> or <b>Bienne</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-AGV_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGV-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city lies at the foot of the first mountain range of the <a href="/wiki/Jura_Mountains" title="Jura Mountains">Jura Mountains</a> area, guarding the only practical connection to Jura, on the northeastern shores of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Biel" title="Lake Biel">Lake Biel</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bielersee</i></span>, <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Lac de Bienne</i></span>), sharing the eastern tip of the lake with its sister town, <a href="/wiki/Nidau" title="Nidau">Nidau</a>. The cities of <a href="/wiki/Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Neuchâtel">Neuchâtel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solothurn" title="Solothurn">Solothurn</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bern" title="Bern">Bern</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Capital_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (political)">capital</a> of Switzerland) lie southwest, northeast and southeast of Biel/Bienne. They all can be reached within about 30 minutes by train or car. The cities of <a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zurich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basel" title="Basel">Basel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lausanne" title="Lausanne">Lausanne</a> can each be reached in about one hour by car or train. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prehistoric_settlements">Prehistoric settlements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Prehistoric settlements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Biel_um_1546.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Biel_um_1546.jpg/220px-Biel_um_1546.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Biel_um_1546.jpg/330px-Biel_um_1546.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Biel_um_1546.jpg/440px-Biel_um_1546.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2671" data-file-height="1849" /></a><figcaption>Biel/Bienne in 1546</figcaption></figure> <p>The shoreline of Lake Biel has been inhabited since at least the <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> age. The remains of two neolithic settlements were found at <a href="/wiki/Vinelz" title="Vinelz">Vingelz</a> in 1874. The remains of the settlements became the Vingelz / Hafen archaeological site, which is now part of a <a href="/wiki/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="UNESCO World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a>. East of the Vingelz site, a late <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a> settlement was also discovered.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_Vingelz_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS_Vingelz-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/Gallic_Wars" title="Gallic Wars">Roman conquest</a>, the region was part of <a href="/wiki/Germania_Superior" title="Germania Superior">Germania Superior</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Roman_era" title="Switzerland in the Roman era">Roman era</a> the <a href="/wiki/Roman_road" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman road">Roman road</a> from <a href="/wiki/Petinesca" title="Petinesca">Petinesca</a> to <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Pertuis" class="mw-redirect" title="Pierre Pertuis">Pierre Pertuis</a> or Salodurum (now <a href="/wiki/Solothurn" title="Solothurn">Solothurn</a>) passed through the village of Mett, which is now part of Biel/Bienne. The foundations of buildings and a 4th-century cemetery in Mett come from a late Roman or an <a href="/wiki/Early_medieval" class="mw-redirect" title="Early medieval">early medieval</a> military guard station.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_Mett_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS_Mett-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A theory holds that the toponym is derived from the name of <a href="/wiki/Belenus" title="Belenus">Belenus</a>, probably from a Roman era sanctuary of that deity at a <a href="/wiki/Sacred_spring" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacred spring">sacred spring</a> nearby. However, no surviving records or inscriptions confirm this theory. Another theory states that the town grew up around a late Roman fortress. While no trace of the fortress has been found, the foundations of several Roman buildings have been found east of the medieval town.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town is mentioned in 1142 as <i>Apud Belnam</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is taken as evidence for its derivation from <i>Belenus</i>. In <a href="/wiki/Popular_etymology" class="mw-redirect" title="Popular etymology">popular etymology</a>, the name has been connected with the German name for <i>axe</i> (<a href="/wiki/Bernese_German" title="Bernese German">Bernese German</a> <i>bieli</i>), reflected in the two crossed axes in the town's coat of arms. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foundation">Foundation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Foundation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Merian_Biel_1642.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Merian_Biel_1642.jpg/220px-Merian_Biel_1642.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Merian_Biel_1642.jpg/330px-Merian_Biel_1642.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Merian_Biel_1642.jpg/440px-Merian_Biel_1642.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1983" data-file-height="1178" /></a><figcaption>Biel/Bienne in 1642</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Biel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Biel.jpg/170px-Biel.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Biel.jpg/255px-Biel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Biel.jpg/340px-Biel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/City_Church_of_Biel" title="City Church of Biel">St Benedict's City Church</a> is one of the most important late-gothic buildings in Switzerland</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 5th century, the area was invaded by the <a href="/wiki/Burgundians" title="Burgundians">Burgundians</a>, and by the medieval period became part of <a href="/wiki/Upper_Burgundy" title="Upper Burgundy">Upper Burgundy</a>. During the 6th or 7th century, the <a href="/wiki/Alemannic_German" title="Alemannic German">Germanic speaking</a> <a href="/wiki/Alamanni" class="mw-redirect" title="Alamanni">Alamanni</a> moved into the area around Lake Biel, creating the language boundary that exists today. By the 8th century, the German-speaking population became the majority on the east end of the lake. In 999 <a href="/wiki/Rudolph_III_of_Burgundy" title="Rudolph III of Burgundy">Rudolph III of Burgundy</a> granted lands around Lake Biel to the <a href="/wiki/Bishopric_of_Basel" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric of Basel">Bishopric of Basel</a>, during the formative period of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>. Through the Bishop of Basel, the Counts of Neuchâtel and later the Counts of Neuchâtel-Nidau began to exercise their power in the foothills of the <a href="/wiki/Jura_Mountains" title="Jura Mountains">Jura Mountains</a>. In 1140 the counts built <a href="/wiki/Nidau_Castle" title="Nidau Castle">Nidau Castle</a> in the neighboring village of <a href="/wiki/Nidau" title="Nidau">Nidau</a> to help secure their land on the eastern end of the lake. The town was probably built by the Bishop of Basel, Heinrich II von Thun, between 1225 (mention of <i>domum de Bilne</i>) and 1230 (mention of <i>in urbe mea de Beuna</i>). <a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel_Castle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Biel Castle (page does not exist)">Biel Castle</a> was built either shortly before or shortly after the foundation of the town, to help support Nidau Castle.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Officially, Biel remained under the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Basel" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Basel">Bishop of Basel</a> throughout the 11th to 18th centuries. However, the early history of the town is filled with conflict between the town council and the Bishop's representative. In 1252, the town council partly succeeded in becoming a <a href="/wiki/Imperial_immediacy" title="Imperial immediacy">free imperial city</a>. In 1275 <a href="/wiki/List_of_German_monarchs" title="List of German monarchs">King of Germany</a> <a href="/wiki/Rudolph_I_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudolph I of Germany">Rudolph of Habsburg</a> granted Biel a <a href="/wiki/Town_charter" class="mw-redirect" title="Town charter">town charter</a>. The town's legal position was strengthened in 1296 when Bishop Peter Reich von Reichenstein signed an agreement with the town. This original agreement was strengthened in 1352 and remained in force until 1798. </p><p>The town's church, the Church of St. Benedict, was first mentioned in 1228. The current church was built in 1451–70 and is regarded, after <a href="/wiki/Bern_Minster" title="Bern Minster">Bern Cathedral</a>, as the second most important <a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture" title="Gothic architecture">late gothic</a> building in the Canton of Bern.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="An_associate_of_the_Swiss_Confederation">An associate of the Swiss Confederation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: An associate of the Swiss Confederation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While it officially remained part of the lands of the <a href="/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_Basel" title="Prince-Bishopric of Basel">Prince-Bishopric of Basel</a>, starting in the 13th century Biel began making alliances with neighboring nobles and cities. In 1279 it allied with <a href="/wiki/History_of_Bern" title="History of Bern">Bern</a>. This first alliance was followed in 1311 by an alliance with <a href="/wiki/Fribourg" title="Fribourg">Fribourg</a>, a 1334 alliance with Solothurn, 1342 with <a href="/wiki/Murten" title="Murten">Murten</a> and 1395 with <a href="/wiki/La_Neuveville" title="La Neuveville">La Neuveville</a>. The alliance with Bern became an eternal alliance in 1352, as Bern itself joined the <a href="/wiki/Old_Swiss_Confederacy" title="Old Swiss Confederacy">Old Swiss Confederacy</a>. Contradictory obligations to the Bishop of Basel, <a href="/wiki/Jean_de_Vienne_(archbishop,_died_1382)" title="Jean de Vienne (archbishop, died 1382)">Jean de Vienne</a>, and to the <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">Imperial City of Bern</a> led to a war in 1367. During the war, Biel was burned and the Bishop's castle was destroyed. After the extinction of the Counts of Neuchâtel-Nidau in 1375 the Bishop's power around the lake began to wane. In 1388, Bern gained control of Nidau Castle and the town of Nidau. However, the Bishop retained nominal power and influence in Biel. The two competing powers struggled for power in Biel for over 400 years and prevented the town from becoming completely independent from either powerful neighbor.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Biel was considered an <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Associates" title="Swiss Associates">associate</a> of the Swiss Confederacy during the 15th century, and after its participation in the <a href="/wiki/Burgundy_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Burgundy Wars">Burgundy Wars</a> even came to be recognized as a full member by 1494. </p><p>Even though Biel remained nominally under the control of the Catholic Bishops of Basel, in 1528 it converted to the new <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Reformation">Protestant</a> faith. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="From_the_French_invasion_to_modern_Biel/Bienne"><span id="From_the_French_invasion_to_modern_Biel.2FBienne"></span>From the French invasion to modern Biel/Bienne</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: From the French invasion to modern Biel/Bienne"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Biel_von_Westen_1805.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Biel_von_Westen_1805.jpg/220px-Biel_von_Westen_1805.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Biel_von_Westen_1805.jpg/330px-Biel_von_Westen_1805.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Biel_von_Westen_1805.jpg/440px-Biel_von_Westen_1805.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2757" data-file-height="1649" /></a><figcaption>Biel/Bienne in 1805, while part of the First French Republic</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Biel_Volkshaus_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Biel_Volkshaus_02.jpg/170px-Biel_Volkshaus_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Biel_Volkshaus_02.jpg/255px-Biel_Volkshaus_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Biel_Volkshaus_02.jpg/340px-Biel_Volkshaus_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="5184" /></a><figcaption>The Volkshaus/Maison du Peuple (People's House) is a symbol of the Social Democratic era of the town in the 1930s</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a> changed the political situation in Biel/Bienne. In 1793, the <a href="/wiki/Campaigns_of_1793_in_the_French_Revolutionary_Wars" title="Campaigns of 1793 in the French Revolutionary Wars">French Revolutionary Army</a> captured the Bishopric of Basel and brought the French into the lands near Biel. When they conquered the <a href="/wiki/Moutier" title="Moutier">Moutier</a> valley and <a href="/wiki/Erguel" title="Erguel">Erguel</a> in 1797 it brought the French practically to the gates of Biel/Bienne. On 6 February 1798, French troops marched through the open city gate while the population celebrated their arrival. Bienne and its neighboring communities were incorporated as the "Canton de Bienne" into the <a href="/wiki/Mont-Terrible" title="Mont-Terrible">département du Mont-Terrible</a> of the <a href="/wiki/First_French_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="First French Republic">First French Republic</a>. Two years later, in 1800, it went to the Département du <a href="/wiki/Haut-Rhin" title="Haut-Rhin">Haut-Rhin</a>. Under Mayor Sigmund Wildermeth (1765–1847) Biel strictly followed every dictate from Paris. </p><p>After the collapse of the <a href="/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">French Empire</a>, Biel sent Georg Friedrich Heilmann to the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Vienna" title="Congress of Vienna">Congress of Vienna</a> in 1814 to push for the creation of an independent Canton of Biel. However, he was unsuccessful and the Congress granted most of the territory of the Bishopric to the canton of Bern. Biel was able to resist unification until Bern agreed to retain some of Biel's historic privileges and rights. In 1815 Biel finally joined the Canton of Bern as part of the Oberamt of Nidau. The city council of Biel struggled to make it the capital of its own district. Finally in 1832 the Biel Amtsbezirk was created and Biel became the district capital. The democratic reforms of the <a href="/wiki/Restoration_and_Regeneration_(Switzerland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Restoration and Regeneration (Switzerland)">Regeneration</a> era helped the citizens of Biel to identify with and feel a part of the Canton of Bern.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Plan_der_Stadt_Biel_1906_c.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Plan_der_Stadt_Biel_1906_c.JPG/220px-Plan_der_Stadt_Biel_1906_c.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Plan_der_Stadt_Biel_1906_c.JPG/330px-Plan_der_Stadt_Biel_1906_c.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Plan_der_Stadt_Biel_1906_c.JPG/440px-Plan_der_Stadt_Biel_1906_c.JPG 2x" data-file-width="9469" data-file-height="6771" /></a><figcaption>town map from 1906</figcaption></figure> <p>By the beginning of the 20th century <a href="/wiki/Anarcho-syndicalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Anarcho-syndicalist">anarcho-syndicalist</a> groups, which saw strikes and sabotage as legitimate means to bring about reform, began to influence the labor movement in Biel/Bienne. The first large scale strike was the construction workers strike of 1902. The following years were marked with bitterly fought labor disputes. The largest strike was the journeymen carpenters strike of 1907, which lasted almost a year. Also in 1907 labor secretary Gottfried Reimann from the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Social Democratic Party of Switzerland">Social Democratic Party</a> was elected mayor. His election marked the first time that a Social Democrat was elected to such a powerful office in Switzerland. </p><p>The First World War meant a setback for the labor movement, even though Switzerland was not directly involved in the war. Wages were reduced significantly when the war started while inflation made everything more expensive. In July 1918, a demonstration of starving workers erupted into street riots that required military action to suppress. </p><p>In 1919 a Communist Party was founded in Biel, but it remained a minor party in the town. In 1921, the Social Democrats won a slim majority in the city councils. Under the leadership of the Social Democratic Mayor Guido Müller "Red Biel" began a series of socialist community experiments. During the 1930s the entire neighborhood around the train station was redeveloped according to the social planning theories of the era. The Volkshaus (People's House), built under the direction of Edward Lanz between 1928 and 1932, is an example of the "new building" style and a symbol of the Social Democratic era of the city. </p><p>In the years leading up to the Second World War, the Social Democrats began to lose power in the city. In the last year of the war, the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Party_of_Labour" title="Swiss Party of Labour">Swiss Party of Labour</a> gained nine seats on the city council and ended the Social Democrat majority. With the resignation of Mayor Müller in 1947, it would be almost thirty years (1976) before the Social Democrats had another mayor in Biel.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the occasion of the secession of the <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Jura" title="Canton of Jura">canton of Jura</a> in 1978, Biel had been asked to become its capital, but it remained with the canton of Bern. </p><p>The town was officially named <i>Biel</i> or <b>Bienne</b> until 2004, even though the bilingual <i>Biel-Bienne</i> was in common use. Since 2005, the official name has been <i>Biel/Bienne</i>, with <a href="/wiki/Slash_(punctuation)" title="Slash (punctuation)">forward slash</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the beginning of the 20th century, the town's population was at 30,000 people. It doubled over the next 60 years, peaking at 65,000 in the mid-1960s. It declined gradually over the 1970s to 1990s, to below 49,000 in 2000, again rising slightly to just over 50,000 during the 2000s. Another 89,000 people live in the immediately surrounding <a href="/wiki/Urban_agglomeration" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban agglomeration">urban agglomeration</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ETH-BIB-Biel,_Altstadt,_Neumarktplatz-Inlandfl%C3%BCge-LBS_MH01-004400.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/ETH-BIB-Biel%2C_Altstadt%2C_Neumarktplatz-Inlandfl%C3%BCge-LBS_MH01-004400.tif/lossy-page1-220px-ETH-BIB-Biel%2C_Altstadt%2C_Neumarktplatz-Inlandfl%C3%BCge-LBS_MH01-004400.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/ETH-BIB-Biel%2C_Altstadt%2C_Neumarktplatz-Inlandfl%C3%BCge-LBS_MH01-004400.tif/lossy-page1-330px-ETH-BIB-Biel%2C_Altstadt%2C_Neumarktplatz-Inlandfl%C3%BCge-LBS_MH01-004400.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/ETH-BIB-Biel%2C_Altstadt%2C_Neumarktplatz-Inlandfl%C3%BCge-LBS_MH01-004400.tif/lossy-page1-440px-ETH-BIB-Biel%2C_Altstadt%2C_Neumarktplatz-Inlandfl%C3%BCge-LBS_MH01-004400.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6795" data-file-height="4751" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view by <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mittelholzer" title="Walter Mittelholzer">Walter Mittelholzer</a> (1925)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_climate">Geography and climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Geography and climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Topology">Topology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Topology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CH-Biel-Panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/CH-Biel-Panorama.jpg/300px-CH-Biel-Panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/CH-Biel-Panorama.jpg/450px-CH-Biel-Panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/CH-Biel-Panorama.jpg/600px-CH-Biel-Panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="721" data-file-height="320" /></a><figcaption>Lake Bienne with part of Biel/Bienne in the background</figcaption></figure> <p>Biel/Bienne has an area of 21.19 km<sup>2</sup> (8.18 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-Arealstatistik_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arealstatistik-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of this area, 1.7 km<sup>2</sup> (0.66 sq mi) or 8.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.63 km<sup>2</sup> (3.72 sq mi) or 45.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.65 km<sup>2</sup> (3.73 sq mi) or 45.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.13 km<sup>2</sup> (32 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.14 km<sup>2</sup> (35 acres) or 0.7% is unproductive land.<sup id="cite_ref-BFS_land_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFS_land-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 21.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.7% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 4.7% is used for growing crops and 2.0% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.<sup id="cite_ref-BFS_land_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFS_land-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The municipality is at the southeastern foot of the <a href="/wiki/Jura_Mountains" title="Jura Mountains">Jura Mountains</a> on the northeast end of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Biel" title="Lake Biel">Lake Biel</a>. It consists of the village of Biel/Bienne, Vingelz (since 1900), Bözingen (since 1917), Madretsch and Mett (both since 1920). </p><p>On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Biel, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created <i>Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne</i>. It remained the capital of the new Verwaltungskreis.<sup id="cite_ref-AGV_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGV-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Biel/Bienne (1981–2010) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7<br />(38.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6<br />(42.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.9<br />(58.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.6<br />(67.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7<br />(40.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7<br />(33.3) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6<br />(34.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5<br />(41.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDCBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5<br />(49.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.4<br />(63.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.9<br />(66.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.8<br />(58.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7AF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3<br />(50.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8<br />(40.6) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8<br />(35.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9.9<br />(49.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #DEDEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.5<br />(29.3) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.4<br />(29.5) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6<br />(34.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7<br />(40.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1<br />(48.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(54.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.4<br />(57.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6<br />(51.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2<br />(36.0) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.4<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">6.1<br />(43.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #68FF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">101<br />(4.0) </td> <td style="background: #6FFF6F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88<br />(3.5) </td> <td style="background: #7AFF7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(3.5) </td> <td style="background: #85FF85; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79<br />(3.1) </td> <td style="background: #69FF69; color:#000000;" class="notheme">100<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #65FF65; color:#000000;" class="notheme">100<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #67FF67; color:#000000;" class="notheme">102<br />(4.0) </td> <td style="background: #56FF56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">113<br />(4.4) </td> <td style="background: #69FF69; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97<br />(3.8) </td> <td style="background: #64FF64; color:#000000;" class="notheme">104<br />(4.1) </td> <td style="background: #68FF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #50FF50; color:#000000;" class="notheme">117<br />(4.6) </td> <td style="background: #68FF68; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,187<br />(46.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall cm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #2222FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.8<br />(5.8) </td> <td style="background: #2727FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(5.2) </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6<br />(2.2) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(0.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7<br />(1.5) </td> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(5.4) </td> <td style="background: #BDBDFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">51.7<br />(20.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.2 </td> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8 </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8 </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #7171FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5 </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">127.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 cm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1 </td> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4 </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.9 </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.5 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000B8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">85 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000F6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69 </td> <td style="background: #0000F2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70 </td> <td style="background: #0000F6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76 </td> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83 </td> <td style="background: #0000BC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">84 </td> <td style="background: #0000B8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">85 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">76 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: MeteoSwiss<sup id="cite_ref-MeteoSwiss_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MeteoSwiss-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coat_of_arms">Coat of arms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Coat of arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Blazon" title="Blazon">blazon</a> of the municipal <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> is <i>Gules two Axes Argent in saltire.</i><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subdivisions">Subdivisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government">Government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Municipal Council (fr: <b>Conseil municipal</b>, de: <b>Gemeinderat</b>) constitutes the <a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">executive</a> government of the City of Biel/Bienne and operates as a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Collegiate_authority&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Collegiate authority (page does not exist)">collegiate authority</a>. It is composed of five councilors (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Conseiller municipal/ Conseillère municipale</i>, <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Gemeinderat/ Gemeinderätin</i>), each presiding over a directorate. The president of the presidential directorate acts as <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a> (fr: <i>Maire</i>, de: <i>Stadtpräsident</i>). In the mandate period 2021–2024 (<i>législature</i>, <i>Legislatur</i>) the Municipal Council is presided by <i>Maire/ Stadtpräsident</i> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Erich_Fehr&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Erich Fehr (page does not exist)">Erich Fehr</a>. Departmental tasks, coordination measures and implementation of laws decreed by the City Council (parliament) are carried by the Municipal Council. The regular election of the Municipal Council by any inhabitant valid to vote is held every four years. Any resident of Biel/Bienne allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the Municipal Council. The current mandate period is from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2024. The mayor is elected as such by public election by means of a system of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Majorz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Majorz (page does not exist)">Majorz</a>, while the heads of the other directorates are assigned by the collegiate. The delegates are selected by means of a system of <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">Proporz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2021<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Biel/Bienne's Municipal Council is made up of two representatives of the PS/SP (<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Social Democratic Party of Switzerland">Social Democratic Party</a>, of whom one is also the mayor), one member of the <i>Grünes Bündnis (GB)</i> (<a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Green Party of Switzerland">Green Party</a>), one of the PRR (<a href="/wiki/FDP.The_Liberals" class="mw-redirect" title="FDP.The Liberals">Les Radicaux Romands</a>), and one of the UDC/SVP (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_People%27s_Party" title="Swiss People's Party">Swiss People's Party</a>), giving the left parties a majority of three out of five seats. The last regular election was held on 27 September 2020. The mayor has been reelected with 6889 votes (57.16%) and the voter turnout was 39.4%.<sup id="cite_ref-W2020_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-W2020-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><i>Le Conseil municipal</i> of Biel/Bienne<sup id="cite_ref-CM_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CM-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Municipal Councillor<br />(<i>Conseiller communal/ Conseillère communale</i>,<br />Stadtrat/ Stadträtin)</th> <th>Party</th> <th>Head of Directorate (<i>Directeur/Directrice de</i>,<br /><i>Direktor/Direktorin</i>, since) of</th> <th>elected since</th> <th>Native language </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erich_Fehr&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Erich Fehr (page does not exist)">Erich Fehr</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>CC 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4002B; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> PS</td> <td>Mayor's Office (<i>mairie</i>/ <i>Präsidialdirektion</i>, 2011)</td> <td>2010</td> <td>DE </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silvia_Steidle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Silvia Steidle (page does not exist)">Silvia Steidle</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>CC 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0E52A0; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> PRR</td> <td>Finance (<i>Direction des finances</i>/ <i>Finanzdirektion</i>, 2009)</td> <td>2008</td> <td>FR </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beat_Feurer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beat Feurer (page does not exist)">Beat Feurer</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#009F4F; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> SVP</td> <td>Social Services and Security (<i>Direction de l'action sociale et de la sécurité</i>/ <i>Direktion Soziales und Sicherheit</i>, 2013)</td> <td>2012</td> <td>DE </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glenda_Gonzalez_Bassi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Glenda Gonzalez Bassi (page does not exist)">Glenda Gonzalez Bassi</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4002B; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> PSR</td> <td>Education, Culture, and Sports (<i>Direction de la formation, de la culture et du sport</i>/ <i>Direktion Bildung, Kultur und Sport</i>, 2021)</td> <td>2020</td> <td>FR </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lena_Frank&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lena Frank (page does not exist)">Lena Frank</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#84B414; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> GB</td> <td>Civil Engineering and Construction, Energy, and Environmental Sustainability (<i>Direction des travaux publics, de l'énergie et de l'environnement</i>/ <i>Direktion Bau, Energie und Umwelt</i>, 2021)</td> <td>2020</td> <td>DE </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mayor (fr: <i>Maire</i>, de: <i>Stadtpräsident</i>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vice-Mayor (fr: <i>vice-président</i>, de: <i>Vize-Stadtpräsidentin)</i></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p>Barbara Labbé is Town Chancellor (<i>chancelière municipale</i>/ <i>Stadtschreiberin</i>) since , and Bertrand Cottier is Deputy Town Chancellor (<i>vice-chancelier</i>/ <i>Vize-Stadtschreiber</i>) since for the Municipal Council. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliament">Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; 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top:100px; border-width:30.901699437495px 95.105651629515px 0 0; border-top-color:#b4dc00"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#b4dc00"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:0; border-width:0 932.64236482217px 100px 0; border-right-color:Grey"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;right:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 100px 0;border-color:Grey"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:0; border-width:0 307.76835371753px 100px 0; border-right-color:#84B414"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;right:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 100px 0;border-color:#84B414"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:0; border-width:0 44.774059537341px 100px 0; border-right-color:#E4002B"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;right:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 100px 0;border-color:#E4002B"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:2.1419095674528px; border-width:0 0 97.858090432547px 20.586260876988px; border-bottom-color:#E4002B"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:69.098300562505px; border-width:0 0 30.901699437495px 95.105651629515px; border-bottom-color:#E93C1A"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:79.413739123012px; border-width:0 0 20.586260876988px 97.858090432547px; border-bottom-color:#E4002B"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>The <i>Conseil de ville/Stadtrat</i> of Biel/Bienne for the mandate period of 2021–2024 </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4002B; color:white;"> </span> JS/JUSO (3.3%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E93C1A; color:black;"> </span> POP/PdA (1.7%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4002B; color:white;"> </span> SP (16.7%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4002B; color:white;"> </span> PSR (10%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#84B414; color:black;"> </span> LesVerts/Grüne (13.3%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Grey; color:black;"> </span> Passarelle (3.3%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#b4dc00; color:black;"> </span> pvl/glp (6.7%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:yellow; color:black;"> </span> PEV/EVP (3.3%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#EF7D00; color:black;"> </span> BDP / CVP (3.3%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0E52A0; color:white;"> </span> FDP (11.7%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0E52A0; color:white;"> </span> PRR (6.7%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#009F4F; color:black;"> </span> UDC/SVP/DE (18.3%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C71585; color:white;"> </span> UDF/EDU (1.7%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>The City Council (fr: <b>Conseil de ville</b>, de: <b>Stadtrat</b>), the city parliament, holds <a href="/wiki/Legislative_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative power">legislative power</a>. It is made up of 60 members, with elections held every four years. The City Council decrees regulations and by-laws that are executed by the Municipal Council and the administration. The delegates are selected by means of a system of <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a>. </p><p>The sessions of the City Council are public. Unlike members of the Municipal Council, members of the City Council are not politicians by profession, and they are paid a fee based on their attendance. Any resident of Biel/Bienne allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the City Council. The Parliament holds its meetings in the <i>Stadtratssaal</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The last regular election of the City Council was held on 27 September 2020 for the mandate period (<i>la législature</i>) from 2021 to 2024. The voter turnout was 39.23%.<sup id="cite_ref-W2020_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-W2020-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Currently the City Council consist of 18 members of the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Social Democratic Party of Switzerland">Social Democratic Party (PSR/SP)</a> including 6 members of the French branch <i>Parti Socialiste Romand (PSR)</i> and 2 members of its junior parties <i>JUSO/JS</i>, 11 members of the <a href="/wiki/FDP.The_Liberals" class="mw-redirect" title="FDP.The Liberals">Liberals (PRR/FDP)</a> including 4 members of its French branch <i>Parti Radical Romand (PRR)</i>, 11 members of the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_People%27s_Party" title="Swiss People's Party">Swiss People's Party (UDC/SVP)</a>, 8 members of the <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Green Party of Switzerland">Green Party (LV/Grüne)</a>, 4 <a href="/wiki/Green_Liberal_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Green Liberal Party of Switzerland">Green Liberal Party (PVL/GLP)</a>, 2 members of the alliance called <i>Passarelle</i>, 2 members of the <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_People%27s_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland">Evangelical People's Party (PEV/EVP)</a>, 2 members for the alliance of the two parties <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland">Conservative Democratic Party (PBD/BDP) from Biel/Bienne (BLB)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_People%27s_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland">Christian Democratic People's Party (PDC/CVP)</a>, one member of the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Party_of_Labour" title="Swiss Party of Labour">Swiss Party of Labour (POP/PdA)</a>, and one member of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Democratic_Union_of_Switzerland" title="Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland">Federal Democratic Union (UDF/EDU)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-W2020_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-W2020-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_Council">National Council</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: National Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2019_Swiss_federal_election" title="2019 Swiss federal election">2019 federal election</a> for the <a href="/wiki/National_Council_(Switzerland)" title="National Council (Switzerland)">Swiss National Council</a> the most popular party was the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Social Democratic Party of Switzerland">SP/PS</a> which received 26.4% (-5.7) of the vote. The next five most popular parties were the <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Green Party of Switzerland">Green Party</a> (24.1%, +10.2), the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_People%27s_Party" title="Swiss People's Party">SVP/UDC</a> (15.4%, -6.6), the <a href="/wiki/Green_Liberal_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Green Liberal Party of Switzerland">glp/pvl</a> (8.9%, +3.3), <a href="/wiki/FDP.The_Liberals" class="mw-redirect" title="FDP.The Liberals">PLR</a> (7.9%, -1.5), and the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland">BDP/PBD</a> (3.9%, -3.1).<sup id="cite_ref-bfs.admin.ch_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bfs.admin.ch-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the federal election a total of 11,096 votes were cast, and the <a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">voter turnout</a> was 35.9%.<sup id="cite_ref-NR_-_Wahlbeteiligung_Gemeinden_I_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NR_-_Wahlbeteiligung_Gemeinden_I-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2015_Swiss_federal_election" title="2015 Swiss federal election">2015 federal election</a> the most popular party was the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Social Democratic Party of Switzerland">SP/PS</a> which received 32.0% (+0.8) of the vote. The next five most popular parties were the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_People%27s_Party" title="Swiss People's Party">SVP/UDC</a> (22.0%, +2.1), the <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Green Party of Switzerland">Green Party</a> (13.9%, -0.8), <a href="/wiki/FDP.The_Liberals" class="mw-redirect" title="FDP.The Liberals">PLR/FDP</a> (9.4%, +1.4), the <a href="/wiki/Green_Liberal_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Green Liberal Party of Switzerland">glp/pvl</a> (8.9%, +3.3), and the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland">BDP/PBD</a> (7.0%).<sup id="cite_ref-bfs.admin.ch_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bfs.admin.ch-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the federal election a total of xxx votes were cast, and the <a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">voter turnout</a> was 36.9%.<sup id="cite_ref-NR_-_Wahlbeteiligung_Gemeinden_I_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NR_-_Wahlbeteiligung_Gemeinden_I-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2011_Swiss_federal_election" title="2011 Swiss federal election">2011 federal election</a> the most popular party was the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Social Democratic Party of Switzerland">SP/PS</a> which received 31.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_People%27s_Party" title="Swiss People's Party">SVP/UDC</a> (19.9%), the <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Green Party of Switzerland">Green Party</a> (14.7%) and the <a href="/wiki/FDP.The_Liberals" class="mw-redirect" title="FDP.The Liberals">PLR/FDP</a> (8.8%). In the federal election, a total of 12,363 votes were cast, and the <a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">voter turnout</a> was 39.0%.<sup id="cite_ref-election_2011_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_2011-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_relations">International relations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: International relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Switzerland" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Switzerland">List of twin towns and sister cities in Switzerland</a></div> <p>Biel/Bienne is <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">twinned</a> with:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Iserlohn" title="Iserlohn">Iserlohn</a>, Germany (since 1959)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Biel_Bahnhofquartier_01a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Biel_Bahnhofquartier_01a.jpg/220px-Biel_Bahnhofquartier_01a.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Biel_Bahnhofquartier_01a.jpg/330px-Biel_Bahnhofquartier_01a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Biel_Bahnhofquartier_01a.jpg/440px-Biel_Bahnhofquartier_01a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Apartments and street market near the train station</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Biel_Moesli_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Biel_Moesli_2.JPG/220px-Biel_Moesli_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Biel_Moesli_2.JPG/330px-Biel_Moesli_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Biel_Moesli_2.JPG/440px-Biel_Moesli_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Small apartments in the Mösliquartier/Petit-Marais</figcaption></figure> <p>Biel/Bienne has a population (as of December 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>) of 55,206.<sup id="cite_ref-Stat2020_BE_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stat2020_BE-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2010<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, 28.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 3.8%. Migration accounted for 7.8%, while births and deaths accounted for −1.4%.<sup id="cite_ref-SFSO_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFSO-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the population in the municipality, 15,339 or about 31.5% were born in Biel/Bienne and lived there in 2000. There were 8,990 or 18.5% who were born in the same canton, while 9,170 or 18.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 12,244 or 25.2% were born outside of Switzerland.<sup id="cite_ref-STAT2000_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STAT2000-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2010<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 18.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 19.3%.<sup id="cite_ref-SFSO_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFSO-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2000<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, there were 19,980 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 21,188 married individuals, 3,727 widows or widowers and 3,760 individuals who are divorced.<sup id="cite_ref-STAT2000_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STAT2000-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2000<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, there were 11,014 households that consist of only one person and 797 households with five or more people. In 2000<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, a total of 23,367 apartments (86.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 2,169 apartments (8.1%) were seasonally occupied and 1,398 apartments (5.2%) were empty.<sup id="cite_ref-Housing_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Housing-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2010<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the construction rate of new housing units was 3.2 new units per 1000 residents.<sup id="cite_ref-SFSO_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFSO-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2003<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the average price to rent an average apartment in Biel/Bienne was 935.83 <a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">Swiss francs</a> (CHF) per month. The average rate for a one-room apartment was 463.73 CHF, a two-room apartment was about 706.49 CHF, a three-room apartment was about 846.98 CHF and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 1749.16 CHF. The average apartment price in Biel/Bienne was 83.9% of the national average of 1116 CHF.<sup id="cite_ref-BFS_rent_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFS_rent-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, was 2%. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historic_population">Historic population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Historic population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The historical population is given in the following chart:<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_5jxb9y81otouoq072nulz15msvshtxi"></map><img usemap="#timeline_5jxb9y81otouoq072nulz15msvshtxi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/5jxb9y81otouoq072nulz15msvshtxi.png" /></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="12">Historic Population Data<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_9-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Total Population </th> <th>German Speaking </th> <th>French Speaking </th> <th>Catholic </th> <th>Protestant </th> <th>Christian Catholic </th> <th>Jewish </th> <th>Other religions </th> <th>No religion given </th> <th>Swiss </th> <th>Non-Swiss </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1770 </th> <td align="center">1,698</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1818 </th> <td align="center">3,589</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1850 </th> <td align="center">5,609</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center">5,268</td> <td align="center">341 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1880 </th> <td align="center">16,579</td> <td align="center">13,253</td> <td align="center">3,207</td> <td align="center">1,675</td> <td align="center">14,620</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center">240</td> <td align="center">77</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center">15,323</td> <td align="center">1,289 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1910 </th> <td align="center">32,136</td> <td align="center">22,017</td> <td align="center">9,209</td> <td align="center">4,840</td> <td align="center">26,366</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center">413</td> <td align="center">517</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center">28,723</td> <td align="center">3,413 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1930 </th> <td align="center">37,726</td> <td align="center">24,946</td> <td align="center">11,673</td> <td align="center">6,031</td> <td align="center">30,750</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center">310</td> <td align="center">635</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center">35,588</td> <td align="center">2,338 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1950 </th> <td align="center">48,342</td> <td align="center">32,188</td> <td align="center">14,598</td> <td align="center">8,659</td> <td align="center">38,314</td> <td align="center">572</td> <td align="center">268</td> <td align="center">529</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center">46,232</td> <td align="center">2,110 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1970 </th> <td align="center">64,333</td> <td align="center">36,354</td> <td align="center">17,396</td> <td align="center">22,745</td> <td align="center">40,032</td> <td align="center">282</td> <td align="center">178</td> <td align="center">1,096</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center">52,148</td> <td align="center">12,185 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1990 </th> <td align="center">51,893</td> <td align="center">27,510</td> <td align="center">15,906</td> <td align="center">17,857</td> <td align="center">26,123</td> <td align="center">116</td> <td align="center">69</td> <td align="center">7,728</td> <td align="center">3,959</td> <td align="center">40,576</td> <td align="center">11,317 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language">Language</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2005-Biel-Quellgasse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/2005-Biel-Quellgasse.jpg/220px-2005-Biel-Quellgasse.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/2005-Biel-Quellgasse.jpg/330px-2005-Biel-Quellgasse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/2005-Biel-Quellgasse.jpg/440px-2005-Biel-Quellgasse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>Bilingual street sign</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2000, a majority of the population spoke <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a> (26,957 or 55.4%) as their first language. <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> was the second most common (13,695 or 28.1%) and <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a> was third (2,925 or 6.0%). There were 37 people who spoke <a href="/wiki/Romansh_language" title="Romansh language">Romansh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-STAT2000_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STAT2000-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> German and French are both official languages of Biel/Bienne, which is the largest bilingual city in Switzerland. </p><p>In 2020, when asked specifically about the two official languages, 32,154 residents (56.8% of the population) mentioned German as their principal language, while 24,376 (43.2%) mentioned French.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In recent years the city has used its linguistic assets as an economic advantage, becoming the Swiss <i>City of Communication</i>. Several call centres have been created in or around Biel, in addition to the traditional businesses established in the city and surrounding area, which have always exported most of their production worldwide. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the 2000 census<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, 19,191 people or 39.4% of the total population, belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Reformed_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss Reformed Church">Swiss Reformed Church</a>, while 14,241 or 29.3% were <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a>. Of the rest of the population, there were 613 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">members of an Orthodox church</a> (or about 1.26% of the population), there were 87 individuals (or about 0.18% of the population) who belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Catholic_Church_of_Switzerland" title="Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland">Christian Catholic Church</a>, and there were 2,870 individuals (or about 5.90% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 61 individuals (or about 0.13% of the population) who were <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a>, and 3,156 (or about 6.49% of the population) who were <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a>. There were 329 individuals who were <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a>, 235 individuals who were <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu</a> and 68 individuals who belonged to another church. 6,012 (or about 12.36% of the population) belonged to no church, are <a href="/wiki/Agnosticism" title="Agnosticism">agnostic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheist</a>, and 3,180 individuals (or about 6.54% of the population) did not answer the question.<sup id="cite_ref-STAT2000_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STAT2000-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Biel_-_Candino.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Biel_-_Candino.jpg/220px-Biel_-_Candino.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Biel_-_Candino.jpg/330px-Biel_-_Candino.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Biel_-_Candino.jpg/440px-Biel_-_Candino.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Candino building in Biel/Bienne</figcaption></figure> <p>Biel/Bienne is located near the watch-making cities of <a href="/wiki/La_Chaux-de-Fonds" title="La Chaux-de-Fonds">La Chaux-de-Fonds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Le_Locle" title="Le Locle">Le Locle</a>, which together form a UNESCO <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>. The city is home to numerous watchmaking factories. The <a href="/wiki/Swatch_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Swatch Group">Swatch Group</a> has its worldwide headquarters in the old <a href="/wiki/ASUAG" class="mw-redirect" title="ASUAG">ASUAG</a> building. The old city of Biel/Bienne includes a 15th-century Gothic church, guild halls, and fountains. Outside the old city, the Biel "Cultural Quarter" is home to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Neues_Museum_Biel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Neues Museum Biel (page does not exist)">Neuhaus</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q74516#sitelinks-wikipedia" class="extiw" title="d:Special:EntityPage/Q74516"><span title=""Neues Museum Biel" in other languages">Wikidata</span></a>]</span> and Schwab Museums and the CentrePasquArt. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Jura_mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Jura mountains">Jura mountains</a> are north of the town and two <a href="/wiki/Funicular" title="Funicular">funicular</a> railways, the <a href="/wiki/Bienne%E2%80%93Evilard_Funicular" title="Bienne–Evilard Funicular">Bienne–Evilard Funicular</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Biel%E2%80%93Magglingen_Funicular" title="Biel–Magglingen Funicular">Biel–Magglingen Funicular</a>, link the city with the foothills. North-east of the town, the steep gorge of <a href="/wiki/Taubenloch" title="Taubenloch">Taubenloch</a> is a popular place to visit. West of the city is <a href="/wiki/Lake_Biel" title="Lake Biel">Lake Biel</a> which is lined with parks and the town's harbor. </p><p>In 2016 a total of 50,646 visitors spent 87,937 lodging nights in Biel/Bienne.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heritage_sites_of_national_significance">Heritage sites of national significance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Heritage sites of national significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Alte Krone/La vieille Couronne, the artist's studio <i>Atelier Robert</i>, the former Rockhall <a href="/wiki/Manor_house" title="Manor house">Manor</a>, the main train station, the Jordi-Kocher House, the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Parish" title="Parish">parish</a> Church of St. Maria Immaculata, the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kongresshaus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kongresshaus (page does not exist)">Kongresshaus</a></i>/Palais des Congrès (Convention Center), the Kontrollgebäude at Zentralstrasse 49 / Oberer Quai 2, the <i>Neuhaus</i> Museum with the Robert Foundation Collection, the Schwab Museum, the <a href="/wiki/City_Church_of_Biel" title="City Church of Biel">Swiss Reformed City Church</a>, the administration building and montage hall for General Motors, the Volkshaus Building and the <i>Waldleute Zunft</i> Building are listed as Swiss <a href="/wiki/Swiss_inventory_of_cultural_property_of_national_and_regional_significance" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance">heritage site of national significance</a>. The entire town of Biel/Bienne and the Taubenlochschlucht canyon are both part of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cultural_property_of_national_significance_in_Switzerland:_Bern_A-M" title="List of cultural property of national significance in Switzerland: Bern A-M">Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alte_Krone_Biel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alte Krone, Vieille Couronne"><img alt="Alte Krone, Vieille Couronne" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Alte_Krone_Biel.jpg/80px-Alte_Krone_Biel.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Alte_Krone_Biel.jpg/120px-Alte_Krone_Biel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Alte_Krone_Biel.jpg/160px-Alte_Krone_Biel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="5184" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Alte Krone, Vieille Couronne</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Atelier_Paul_Robert_Biel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Atelier Robert"><img alt="Atelier Robert" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Atelier_Paul_Robert_Biel.jpg/78px-Atelier_Paul_Robert_Biel.jpg" decoding="async" width="78" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Atelier_Paul_Robert_Biel.jpg/117px-Atelier_Paul_Robert_Biel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Atelier_Paul_Robert_Biel.jpg/156px-Atelier_Paul_Robert_Biel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3375" data-file-height="5184" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Atelier Robert</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Biennerockahll.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The former Rockhall Manor building"><img alt="The former Rockhall Manor building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Biennerockahll.jpg/120px-Biennerockahll.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Biennerockahll.jpg/180px-Biennerockahll.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Biennerockahll.jpg/240px-Biennerockahll.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1195" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The former Rockhall Manor building</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2005-Biel-Bahnhof.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Main Train Station"><img alt="Main Train Station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/2005-Biel-Bahnhof.jpg/80px-2005-Biel-Bahnhof.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/2005-Biel-Bahnhof.jpg/120px-2005-Biel-Bahnhof.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/2005-Biel-Bahnhof.jpg/160px-2005-Biel-Bahnhof.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Main Train Station</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Biel_-_Jordi_-_Kocher_Haus.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jordi-Kocher House"><img alt="Jordi-Kocher House" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Biel_-_Jordi_-_Kocher_Haus.jpg/101px-Biel_-_Jordi_-_Kocher_Haus.jpg" decoding="async" width="101" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Biel_-_Jordi_-_Kocher_Haus.jpg/152px-Biel_-_Jordi_-_Kocher_Haus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Biel_-_Jordi_-_Kocher_Haus.jpg/202px-Biel_-_Jordi_-_Kocher_Haus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1436" data-file-height="1703" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Jordi-Kocher House</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Maria_Immaculata_(Biel).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Catholic parish church of St. Maria Immaculata"><img alt="Catholic parish church of St. Maria Immaculata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/St_Maria_Immaculata_%28Biel%29.jpg/71px-St_Maria_Immaculata_%28Biel%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="71" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/St_Maria_Immaculata_%28Biel%29.jpg/106px-St_Maria_Immaculata_%28Biel%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/St_Maria_Immaculata_%28Biel%29.jpg/142px-St_Maria_Immaculata_%28Biel%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2813" data-file-height="4756" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Catholic parish church of St. Maria Immaculata</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2005-Biel-Kongresshaus.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kongresshaus, Palais des congrès, (Convention Center)"><img alt="Kongresshaus, Palais des congrès, (Convention Center)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/2005-Biel-Kongresshaus.jpg/80px-2005-Biel-Kongresshaus.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/2005-Biel-Kongresshaus.jpg/120px-2005-Biel-Kongresshaus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/2005-Biel-Kongresshaus.jpg/160px-2005-Biel-Kongresshaus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1279" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Kongresshaus</i>, <i>Palais des congrès</i>, (Convention Center)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Biel_-_Kontrollgeb%C3%A4ude.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kontrollgebäude at Zentralstrasse 49 / Oberer Quai 2"><img alt="Kontrollgebäude at Zentralstrasse 49 / Oberer Quai 2" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Biel_-_Kontrollgeb%C3%A4ude.jpg/120px-Biel_-_Kontrollgeb%C3%A4ude.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Biel_-_Kontrollgeb%C3%A4ude.jpg/180px-Biel_-_Kontrollgeb%C3%A4ude.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Biel_-_Kontrollgeb%C3%A4ude.jpg/240px-Biel_-_Kontrollgeb%C3%A4ude.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1490" data-file-height="1351" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Kontrollgebäude at Zentralstrasse 49 / Oberer Quai 2</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Museum_Neuhaus_Biel_01_09.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Museum Neuhaus"><img alt="Museum Neuhaus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Museum_Neuhaus_Biel_01_09.jpg/120px-Museum_Neuhaus_Biel_01_09.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Museum_Neuhaus_Biel_01_09.jpg/180px-Museum_Neuhaus_Biel_01_09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Museum_Neuhaus_Biel_01_09.jpg/240px-Museum_Neuhaus_Biel_01_09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1575" data-file-height="1049" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Museum <i>Neuhaus</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Museum_Schwab_Biel_01_09.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Museum Schwab"><img alt="Museum Schwab" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Museum_Schwab_Biel_01_09.jpg/120px-Museum_Schwab_Biel_01_09.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Museum_Schwab_Biel_01_09.jpg/180px-Museum_Schwab_Biel_01_09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Museum_Schwab_Biel_01_09.jpg/240px-Museum_Schwab_Biel_01_09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1575" data-file-height="1049" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Museum Schwab</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_town_church_in_Biel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Swiss Reformed City Church"><img alt="Swiss Reformed City Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Old_town_church_in_Biel.jpg/90px-Old_town_church_in_Biel.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Old_town_church_in_Biel.jpg/135px-Old_town_church_in_Biel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Old_town_church_in_Biel.jpg/180px-Old_town_church_in_Biel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Swiss Reformed City Church</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Biel_Montagewerk_GM_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Administration Building and Montage Hall for General Motors"><img alt="Administration Building and Montage Hall for General Motors" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Biel_Montagewerk_GM_01.jpg/120px-Biel_Montagewerk_GM_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Biel_Montagewerk_GM_01.jpg/180px-Biel_Montagewerk_GM_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Biel_Montagewerk_GM_01.jpg/240px-Biel_Montagewerk_GM_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2876" data-file-height="2185" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Administration Building and Montage Hall for General Motors</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Biel_Volkshaus_01a.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Volkshaus, Maison du Peuple Building"><img alt="Volkshaus, Maison du Peuple Building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Biel_Volkshaus_01a.jpg/120px-Biel_Volkshaus_01a.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Biel_Volkshaus_01a.jpg/180px-Biel_Volkshaus_01a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Biel_Volkshaus_01a.jpg/240px-Biel_Volkshaus_01a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="628" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Volkshaus, Maison du Peuple Building</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Biel_Zunfthaus.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Waldleute Zunft Building"><img alt="Waldleute Zunft Building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Biel_Zunfthaus.jpg/81px-Biel_Zunfthaus.jpg" decoding="async" width="81" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Biel_Zunfthaus.jpg/122px-Biel_Zunfthaus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Biel_Zunfthaus.jpg/162px-Biel_Zunfthaus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="591" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Waldleute Zunft</i> Building</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taubenloch3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bridge in Taubenlochschlucht"><img alt="Bridge in Taubenlochschlucht" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Taubenloch3.jpg/90px-Taubenloch3.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Taubenloch3.jpg/135px-Taubenloch3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Taubenloch3.jpg/180px-Taubenloch3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bridge in Taubenlochschlucht</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Heritage_Site">World Heritage Site</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: World Heritage Site"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is home to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vingelz_/_Hafen_archaeological_site&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vingelz / Hafen archaeological site (page does not exist)">Vingelz / Hafen archaeological site</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel-Vingelz%E2%80%93Hafen" class="extiw" title="fr:Biel-Vingelz–Hafen">fr</a>]</span>. Vingelz / Hafen is a prehistoric <a href="/wiki/Stilt_house" title="Stilt house">pile-dwelling</a> (or stilt house) settlements that is part of the <a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Pile_dwellings_around_the_Alps" class="mw-redirect" title="Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps">Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps</a> <a href="/wiki/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="UNESCO World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNESCO_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNESCO-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Vingelz / Hafen site is buried under mud near the shore of Lake Biel. It is one of the best preserved sites on the lake and has had minimal research. Based on the limited studies done on the village, it was occupied around 2970–2820 BC and again in 2780–2695 BC. About 60 wood samples have been <a href="/wiki/Dendrochronological" class="mw-redirect" title="Dendrochronological">dendrochronologically</a> dated. The site was discovered in 1874 by Eduard von Fellenberg while he was excavating a <a href="/wiki/Dug-out_canoe" class="mw-redirect" title="Dug-out canoe">dug-out canoe</a>. In 1985 a series of test borings identified the two archaeological layers with a total thickness of about 90 cm (2 ft 11 in). A text excavation in 1998 found textile remains and a complete axe handle and blade.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business">Business</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Business"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rolex_Bienne_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Rolex_Bienne_03.jpg/220px-Rolex_Bienne_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Rolex_Bienne_03.jpg/330px-Rolex_Bienne_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Rolex_Bienne_03.jpg/440px-Rolex_Bienne_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Rolex building in Biel/Bienne</figcaption></figure> <p>The city and surrounding area are home to companies that design and manufacture specialised machinery and precision tools. Between 1936 and 1975 <i>General Motors Suisse SA</i> assembled over 300,000 <a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a> automobiles here, mainly for the Swiss domestic market but also for export to neighboring countries and <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GMCH_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GMCH-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rolex" title="Rolex">Rolex</a> produces movement and technical parts in the city.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swatch_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Swatch Group">Swatch Group</a> has several of its brand headquarters here, especially <a href="/wiki/Omega_SA" title="Omega SA">Omega SA</a> and Swatch.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_the_Swiss_Watch_Industry_FH" class="mw-redirect" title="Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH">Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH</a> is located in this city.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glycine_Watch_SA" class="mw-redirect" title="Glycine Watch SA">Glycine Watch SA</a> manufacturing and administration are located here.</li></ul> <p>As of  2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Biel/Bienne had an unemployment rate of 3.95%. As of 2008<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, there were a total of 33,799 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 56 people employed in the <a href="/wiki/Primary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Primary sector of the economy">primary economic sector</a> and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 9,421 people were employed in the <a href="/wiki/Secondary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Secondary sector of the economy">secondary sector</a> and there were 451 businesses in this sector. 24,322 people were employed in the <a href="/wiki/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Tertiary sector of the economy">tertiary sector</a>, with 2,267 businesses in this sector.<sup id="cite_ref-SFSO_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFSO-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> there were a total of 28,144 <a href="/wiki/Full-time_equivalent" title="Full-time equivalent">full-time equivalent</a> jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 43, of which 21 were in agriculture and 22 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 8,945 of which 7,405 or (82.8%) were in manufacturing and 1,388 (15.5%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 19,156. In the tertiary sector; 4,371 or 22.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1,745 or 9.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 1,092 or 5.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 812 or 4.2% were in the information industry, 648 or 3.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 1,708 or 8.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 1,293 or 6.7% were in education and 3,591 or 18.7% were in health care.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, there were 17,680 workers who commuted into the municipality and 7,990 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 2.2 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.<sup id="cite_ref-commuter_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commuter-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the working population, 31.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 37.8% used a private car.<sup id="cite_ref-SFSO_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFSO-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BFH_Biel,_Gebaeude_Solothurnstrasse_02_09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BFH_Biel%2C_Gebaeude_Solothurnstrasse_02_09.jpg/220px-BFH_Biel%2C_Gebaeude_Solothurnstrasse_02_09.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BFH_Biel%2C_Gebaeude_Solothurnstrasse_02_09.jpg/330px-BFH_Biel%2C_Gebaeude_Solothurnstrasse_02_09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BFH_Biel%2C_Gebaeude_Solothurnstrasse_02_09.jpg/440px-BFH_Biel%2C_Gebaeude_Solothurnstrasse_02_09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1575" data-file-height="1049" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bern_University_of_Applied_Sciences" title="Bern University of Applied Sciences">Bern University of Applied Sciences</a> (BFH) Bienne, building of the architecture, wood and civil engineering department, rue de Soleure in Bienne</figcaption></figure> <p>In Biel/Bienne about 17,768 or (36.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Switzerland#Secondary" title="Education in Switzerland">upper secondary education</a>, and 5,492 or (11.3%) have completed additional higher education (either <a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Switzerland" title="List of universities in Switzerland">university</a> or a <i><a href="/wiki/Fachhochschule" title="Fachhochschule">Fachhochschule</a></i>). Of the 5,492 who completed tertiary schooling, 56.6% were Swiss men, 26.4% were Swiss women, 10.5% were non-Swiss men and 6.5% were non-Swiss women.<sup id="cite_ref-STAT2000_26-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STAT2000-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory <a href="/wiki/Kindergarten" title="Kindergarten">Kindergarten</a>, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an <a href="/wiki/Apprenticeship" title="Apprenticeship">apprenticeship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 2009–10 school year, there were a total of 5,733 students attending classes in Biel/Bienne. There were 27 kindergarten classes with a total of 497 students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 36.2% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 66.0% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had 79 primary classes and 1,470 students. Of the primary students, 32.9% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 53.4% have a different mother language than the classroom language. During the same year, there were 53 lower secondary classes with a total of 981 students. There were 23.6% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 29.6% have a different mother language than the classroom language.<sup id="cite_ref-School_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-School-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2000<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, there were 3,008 students in Biel/Bienne who came from another municipality, while 517 residents attended schools outside the municipality.<sup id="cite_ref-commuter_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commuter-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Biel/Bienne is home to 3 libraries. The Stadtbibliothek Biel, the <i>BFH Technik und Informatik TI Biel</i> and the <i>BFH Architektur, Holz und Bau AHB Biel</i>. There was a combined total (as of 2008<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>) of 233,171 books or other media in the libraries, and in the same year a total of 501,646 items were loaned out.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20020719_Expo_Biel_22.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/20020719_Expo_Biel_22.JPG/220px-20020719_Expo_Biel_22.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/20020719_Expo_Biel_22.JPG/330px-20020719_Expo_Biel_22.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/20020719_Expo_Biel_22.JPG/440px-20020719_Expo_Biel_22.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Expo.02" title="Expo.02">National Exposition</a> in 2002</figcaption></figure> <p>The newspapers <i><a href="/wiki/Bieler_Tagblatt" title="Bieler Tagblatt">Bieler Tagblatt</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_du_Jura" title="Journal du Jura">Journal du Jura</a></i> as well as the only totally bilingual German/French newspaper <i>Biel-Bienne</i> with its large free distribution within the greater area, are published in Biel. </p><p>The domicile of the <i>Theater Biel Solothurn</i> is situated in the old town. </p><p>The town is also known for its annual <i><a href="/wiki/Biel_Chess_Festival" title="Biel Chess Festival">International Chess Festival</a></i>. </p><p>The town of Biel/Bienne received the <a href="/wiki/Wakker_Prize" title="Wakker Prize">Wakker Prize</a> in 2004. </p><p>Each June since 1959, Biel has hosted a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel_100_km&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Biel 100 km (page does not exist)">100 km</a> <a href="/wiki/Ultramarathon" title="Ultramarathon">Ultramarathon</a> race, which is among the biggest races of its kind worldwide and forms a part of the <a href="/wiki/European_Ultramarathon_Cup" title="European Ultramarathon Cup">European Ultramarathon Cup</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Biel-Bienne_Bahnhof_Gare.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Biel-Bienne_Bahnhof_Gare.jpg/220px-Biel-Bienne_Bahnhof_Gare.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Biel-Bienne_Bahnhof_Gare.jpg/330px-Biel-Bienne_Bahnhof_Gare.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Biel-Bienne_Bahnhof_Gare.jpg/440px-Biel-Bienne_Bahnhof_Gare.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5077" data-file-height="3385" /></a><figcaption>Biel/Bienne's <a href="/wiki/Biel/Bienne_railway_station" title="Biel/Bienne railway station">central railway station</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Biel/Bienne is very well connected to its region and to Switzerland as well. </p><p>The public transport in and around Biel/Bienne is operated by <a href="/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Biel/Transports_publics_biennois" title="Verkehrsbetriebe Biel/Transports publics biennois">Verkehrsbetriebe Biel/Transports publics biennois</a>, which is integrated into the fare network <a href="/wiki/Libero_(fare_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Libero (fare network)">libero</a> with coordinated timetables, which in itself covers the area of <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">canton of Bern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Solothurn" title="Canton of Solothurn">Solothurn</a>. </p><p>The fare network includes any mode of public transport, such as any kind of train (including the urban <a href="/wiki/Bern_S-Bahn" title="Bern S-Bahn">S-Bahn</a>), <a href="/wiki/PostBus_Switzerland" title="PostBus Switzerland">PostAuto buses</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Bern" title="Trams in Bern">trams</a>, buses (either <a href="/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_Bern" title="Trolleybuses in Bern">trolleybuses</a> or motorized buses) and others. Fares are based on the number of zones crossed during a specified time and are independent of the mode of transport or the number of connections. Most part of Biel/Bienne and including <a href="/wiki/Nidau" title="Nidau">Nidau</a> belong to fare zone <b>300</b>, including <i>Vingelz/Vigneules</i> in the southwest at the lake, but excluding <i>Hohfluh</i> on the Magglingen funicular and the <i>Bözigerfeld/Champs-de-Boujean</i> in the northeast, which belong to zone <i>301</i>. </p><p>The circle fare zone <b>301</b> around Biel/Bienne also includes <a href="/wiki/Twann-T%C3%BCscherz" title="Twann-Tüscherz">Tüscherz</a> in the southwest, <i>Hohfluh</i>, <a href="/wiki/Evilard" title="Evilard">Evilard</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Frinvillier" title="Frinvillier">Frinvillier</a> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Friedliswart</i>, through the <i>Taubenlochschlucht</i>) in the west, and <a href="/wiki/Orpund" title="Orpund">Orpund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scheuren" title="Scheuren">Scheuren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schwadernau" title="Schwadernau">Schwadernau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Br%C3%BCgg,_Bern" title="Brügg, Bern">Brügg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aegerten" title="Aegerten">Aegerten</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Studen,_Bern" title="Studen, Bern">Studen</a> in the east, and <a href="/wiki/Port,_Bern" class="mw-redirect" title="Port, Bern">Port</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ipsach" title="Ipsach">Ipsach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bellmund" title="Bellmund">Bellmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jens,_Switzerland" title="Jens, Switzerland">Jens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merzligen" title="Merzligen">Merzligen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hermrigen" title="Hermrigen">Hermrigen</a> in the south of the municipality. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Biel/Bienne_railway_station" title="Biel/Bienne railway station">Biel/Bienne railway station</a> is not only the central network nucleus of Biel/Bienne, but also of the whole urban and inter-regional region. It connects the town to the regional, national and international railways network (<a href="/wiki/Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Neuchâtel">Neuchâtel</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lausanne" title="Lausanne">Lausanne</a> - <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a>, <a href="/wiki/La_Chaux-de-Fonds" title="La Chaux-de-Fonds">La Chaux-de-Fonds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bern" title="Bern">Bern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grenchen" title="Grenchen">Grenchen</a> – <a href="/wiki/Del%C3%A9mont" title="Delémont">Delémont</a> – <a href="/wiki/Basel" title="Basel">Basel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solothurn" title="Solothurn">Solothurn</a> – <a href="/wiki/Olten" title="Olten">Olten</a> – <a href="/wiki/Luzern" class="mw-redirect" title="Luzern">Luzern</a>/<a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zürich</a> – <a href="/wiki/St._Gallen" title="St. Gallen">St. Gallen</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Jura" title="Canton of Jura">canton of Jura</a>). It is a central railway junction on the fast east–(south-)west line and on the Basel–Bern line. The station is Switzerland's thirteenth most busy railway station (about 52,0000 passengers per working day in 2016). </p><p>One <a href="/wiki/Funicular_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Funicular railway">funicular railways</a> leads to the national sports center of <a href="/wiki/Magglingen" class="mw-redirect" title="Magglingen">Magglingen/Macolin</a> on the 500 metres (1,600 ft) higher Jura mountain in the west, and the other, the <a href="/wiki/Bienne-Evilard_Funicular" class="mw-redirect" title="Bienne-Evilard Funicular">Bienne-Evilard Funicular</a>, to the city hospital and to neighbouring municipality <a href="/wiki/Evilard" title="Evilard">Evilard</a> to northwest, both above the town on the eastern range of the <a href="/wiki/Jura_Mountains" title="Jura Mountains">Jura Mountains</a>. The high, flat pastures and wood of Magglingen/Macolin span about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from northeast to southwest at an altitude between 800 and 1,031 metres (2,625 and 3,383 ft). The <a href="/wiki/Magglingenbahn" class="mw-redirect" title="Magglingenbahn">Magglingen/Macolin Funicular</a> often leads to sunshine while Biel/Bienne is covered by low hanging clouds. </p><p>The port at the north-eastern end of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Biel" title="Lake Biel">Lake Biel</a> is a starting point for leisurely journeys to the three lakes of Biel, <a href="/wiki/Lake_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Lake Neuchâtel">Neuchâtel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lake_Murten" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Murten">Murten/Morat</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Seeland_(Switzerland)" title="Seeland (Switzerland)">Three-Lakes Landscape</a>, which are all connected by navigable channels and rivers. The port is situated on the west side of the main railway station between the exit of the river <a href="/wiki/Suze_(river)" title="Suze (river)">Schüss/La Suze</a> arriving from the Jura in the west through the <i>Taubenlochschlucht</i> (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_German" title="Swiss German">Swiss German</a> for pigeon hole gorge) and the navigable <a href="/wiki/Nidau-B%C3%BCren_Canal" title="Nidau-Büren Canal">Nidau-Büren Canal</a> with connections as far as Solothurn. </p><p>Several bridges over the Nidau-Büren Canal connect the town to its south/eastern suburbs. </p><p>Biel/Bienne is well connected to other Swiss cities by several <a href="/wiki/Autobahns_of_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Autobahns of Switzerland">motorways</a> (<a href="/wiki/A6_(Switzerland)" class="mw-redirect" title="A6 (Switzerland)">A6</a> to Bern, and via <a href="/wiki/A5_(Switzerland)" class="mw-redirect" title="A5 (Switzerland)">A5</a> to both, the Jura and Basel, Luzern, Zurich, St. Gallen). </p><p>The town is very well connected to all Swiss international airports: <a href="/wiki/Geneva_Airport" title="Geneva Airport">Geneva Airport</a> (1:40h), <a href="/wiki/EuroAirport_Basel_Mulhouse_Freiburg" title="EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg">EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg</a> (1:30h), and <a href="/wiki/Zurich_Airport" title="Zurich Airport">Zurich Airport</a> (1:30h), also serve as international gateways, all reachable within about the same time by direct <a href="/wiki/SBB_CFF_FFS" class="mw-redirect" title="SBB CFF FFS">train</a> from Biel/Bienne. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/EHC_Biel" title="EHC Biel">EHC Biel</a>, the professional <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> team</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FC_Biel-Bienne" title="FC Biel-Bienne">FC Biel-Bienne</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> club.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Honoured_citizen">Honoured citizen</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Honoured citizen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Hayek" title="Nicolas Hayek">Nicolas Hayek</a> (1928–2010) a Lebanese-American Swiss businessman, co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of <a href="/wiki/The_Swatch_Group" title="The Swatch Group">The Swatch Group</a>. Promoted to honourable citizenship in 2004, official ceremony held on 19 February 2005<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EduardBloesch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/EduardBloesch.jpg/140px-EduardBloesch.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/EduardBloesch.jpg/210px-EduardBloesch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/EduardBloesch.jpg/280px-EduardBloesch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="645" data-file-height="825" /></a><figcaption>Eduard Bloesch</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ren%C3%A9_Felber.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Ren%C3%A9_Felber.gif/140px-Ren%C3%A9_Felber.gif" decoding="async" width="140" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Ren%C3%A9_Felber.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption>René Felber</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Franz_Hohler,_2008_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Franz_Hohler%2C_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Franz_Hohler%2C_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Franz_Hohler%2C_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/210px-Franz_Hohler%2C_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Franz_Hohler%2C_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/280px-Franz_Hohler%2C_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1623" data-file-height="2297" /></a><figcaption>Franz Hohler, 2008</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ares_October_2010_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Ares_October_2010_crop.jpg/140px-Ares_October_2010_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Ares_October_2010_crop.jpg/210px-Ares_October_2010_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Ares_October_2010_crop.jpg/280px-Ares_October_2010_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1276" data-file-height="1702" /></a><figcaption>Ares, 2010</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Luge_world_cup_Oberhof_2016_by_Stepro_IMG_7065_LR5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Luge_world_cup_Oberhof_2016_by_Stepro_IMG_7065_LR5.jpg/140px-Luge_world_cup_Oberhof_2016_by_Stepro_IMG_7065_LR5.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Luge_world_cup_Oberhof_2016_by_Stepro_IMG_7065_LR5.jpg/210px-Luge_world_cup_Oberhof_2016_by_Stepro_IMG_7065_LR5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Luge_world_cup_Oberhof_2016_by_Stepro_IMG_7065_LR5.jpg/280px-Luge_world_cup_Oberhof_2016_by_Stepro_IMG_7065_LR5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1825" data-file-height="2738" /></a><figcaption>Martina Kocher, 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>Nemo Mettler (known as Nemo) won Eurovision 2024 for Switzerland. Biel/Bienne submitted a joint entry to host the 2025 contest with Bern but was not approved. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Born_in_Biel/Bienne"><span id="Born_in_Biel.2FBienne"></span>Born in Biel/Bienne</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Born in Biel/Bienne"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Middle Ages</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wyttenbach" title="Thomas Wyttenbach">Thomas Wyttenbach</a> (c. 1472–1526), one of the reformers of the city of Biel during the Protestant Reformation.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Witz" title="Emanuel Witz">Emanuel Witz</a> (1717–1797), a Swiss painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eduard_Bl%C3%B6sch" title="Eduard Blösch">Eduard Blösch</a> (1807–1866), a Swiss politician, President of the Swiss National Council 1855–1856</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9o-Paul_Robert" title="Léo-Paul Robert">Léo-Paul Robert</a> (1851–1923), Swiss painter</li></ul> <dl><dt>19th C</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Walser" title="Karl Walser">Karl Walser</a> (1877–1943), a Swiss painter, stage designer, illustrator, muralist and artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Walser_(writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Walser (writer)">Robert Walser</a> (1878–1956), a German-speaking Swiss writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernst_Dubach" title="Ernst Dubach">Ernst Dubach</a> (1881–1982), a Swiss racing cyclist, the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1902</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Rivier" title="Louis Rivier">Louis Rivier</a> (1885–1963), a Swiss painter, writer, and stained glass artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Zulliger" title="Hans Zulliger">Hans Zulliger</a> (1893–1965), a Swiss teacher, child psychoanalyst and author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Renfer" title="Anna Renfer">Anna Renfer</a> (1896-1984), a Swiss composer</li></ul> <dl><dt>20th C</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Louis_Jeanmaire" title="Jean-Louis Jeanmaire">Jean-Louis Jeanmaire</a> (1910–1992), a brigadier in the Swiss army who passed highly classified Swiss military secrets to the Soviet Union from 1962 until he retired in 1975</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roland_Kuhn" title="Roland Kuhn">Roland Kuhn</a> (1912–2005), a Swiss psychiatrist who discovered that the drug <a href="/wiki/Imipramine" title="Imipramine">imipramine</a> had antidepressant properties</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Kistler" title="Walter Kistler">Walter Kistler</a> (1918–2015), a physicist, inventor and philanthropist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Edmond_M%C3%BCller" title="Maurice Edmond Müller">Maurice Edmond Müller</a> (1918–2009), orthopedic surgeon, developed internal fixation techniques to fix bone fractures</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9o_Voumard" title="Géo Voumard">Géo Voumard</a> (1920–2008), a Swiss jazz pianist and composer, co-founded the <a href="/wiki/Montreux_Jazz_Festival" title="Montreux Jazz Festival">Montreux Jazz Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felix_Villars" title="Felix Villars">Felix Villars</a> (1921–2002), American professor of physics at MIT, worked in quantum field theory, emigrated in 1949</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henriette_Grindat" title="Henriette Grindat">Henriette Grindat</a> (1923–1986), a Swiss photographer, contributed to artistic photography, taking a Surrealist approach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Felber" title="René Felber">René Felber</a> (1933–2020), a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council 1987–1993</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Bruckert" title="Raymond Bruckert">Raymond Bruckert</a> (born 1935) – writer of novels and educational books</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernst_Thomke" title="Ernst Thomke">Ernst Thomke</a> (born 1939), businessman, a corporate saviour by interventions</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franz_Hohler" title="Franz Hohler">Franz Hohler</a> (born 1943), author of one-man and satirical programs for TV and radio, and cabaret artist.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Philipp_M%C3%BCller" title="Christian Philipp Müller">Christian Philipp Müller</a> (born 1957), a Swiss artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jordan_(economist)" title="Thomas Jordan (economist)">Thomas Jordan</a> (born 1963), chairman of the Swiss National Bank</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Christe" title="Ian Christe">Ian Christe</a> (born 1970), an author, disc jockey and the publisher of <a href="/wiki/Bazillion_Points" title="Bazillion Points">Bazillion Points</a> Books</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Simonet" title="Denis Simonet">Denis Simonet</a> (born 1985), a Swiss Pirate Party politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemo_(singer)" title="Nemo (singer)">Nemo Mettler</a> (born 1999), singer and rapper. Swiss representative and winner of the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2024" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2024">Eurovision Song Contest 2024</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Sport</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_B%C3%BChrer" title="Nicolas Bührer">Nicolas Bührer</a> (born 1944), a Swiss entrepreneur and former racing driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enzo_Calderari" title="Enzo Calderari">Enzo Calderari</a> (born 1952), a Swiss entrepreneur and former racing driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L%C3%BCthi" title="Robert Lüthi">Robert Lüthi</a> (born 1958), a retired Swiss footballer, played 291 games for <a href="/wiki/Neuch%C3%A2tel_Xamax_FCS" title="Neuchâtel Xamax FCS">Neuchâtel Xamax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Dagon" title="Étienne Dagon">Étienne Dagon</a> (born 1960), a former breaststroke swimmer, bronze medallist at the <a href="/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics" title="1984 Summer Olympics">1984 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sven_Christ" title="Sven Christ">Sven Christ</a> (born 1973), a Swiss football manager and former football player with 427 games</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9a_Zimmermann" title="Andréa Zimmermann">Andréa Zimmermann</a> (born 1976), a Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yannick_Pelletier" title="Yannick Pelletier">Yannick Pelletier</a> (born 1976), a Swiss chess player who lives in Paris</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Fischer" title="Marcel Fischer">Marcel Fischer</a> (born 1978), a Swiss fencer, gold medallist in the Men's Épée Individual at the <a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics" title="2004 Summer Olympics">2004 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ares_(wrestler)" title="Ares (wrestler)">Ares</a> (Marco Jaggi) (born 1980), a Swiss professional wrestler and wrestling trainer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raphael_Nuzzolo" class="mw-redirect" title="Raphael Nuzzolo">Raphael Nuzzolo</a> (born 1983), a Swiss professional footballer, played over 475 games</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martina_Kocher" title="Martina Kocher">Martina Kocher</a> (born 1985), a Swiss luger, competed in the 2006 and <a href="/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympics" title="2010 Winter Olympics">2010 Winter Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pietro_Di_Nardo" title="Pietro Di Nardo">Pietro Di Nardo</a> (born 1990), a Swiss professional footballer, played over 250 games</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Hofmann" class="mw-redirect" title="Gregory Hofmann">Gregory Hofmann</a> (born 1992), a professional ice hockey player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicola_Todeschini" title="Nicola Todeschini">Nicola Todeschini</a> (born 1997), a Swiss figure skater</li></ul> <dl><dt>Music</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nemo_Mettler" class="mw-redirect" title="Nemo Mettler">Nemo Mettler</a> (born 1999), Swiss rapper and winner of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lived_in_Biel/Bienne"><span id="Lived_in_Biel.2FBienne"></span>Lived in Biel/Bienne</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Lived in Biel/Bienne"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Daniel_Gisiger.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Daniel_Gisiger.JPG/140px-Daniel_Gisiger.JPG" decoding="async" width="140" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Daniel_Gisiger.JPG/210px-Daniel_Gisiger.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Daniel_Gisiger.JPG/280px-Daniel_Gisiger.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2880" data-file-height="4320" /></a><figcaption>Daniel Gisiger, 2011</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_K%C3%A4ser" title="Paul Käser">Paul Käser</a> (1904–??), a Swiss rower active in the 1920s and 1930s</li> <li>Henri Dubuis (1906–2003), a Swiss architect, designed and built the Volkshaus in Biel/Bienne in 1932</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Gisiger" title="Daniel Gisiger">Daniel Gisiger</a> (born 1954), a retired Swiss road and track cyclist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Kocher" title="Jonas Kocher">Jonas Kocher</a> (born 1977), a musician, accordionist and composer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arno_Camenisch" title="Arno Camenisch">Arno Camenisch</a> (born 1978), a Swiss writer in German and Romansh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henri_Laaksonen" title="Henri Laaksonen">Henri Laaksonen</a> (born 1992), a Swiss-Finnish tennis player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Hegi" title="Oliver Hegi">Oliver Hegi</a> (born 1993), a Swiss male artistic gymnast and member of the national team</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jil_Teichmann" title="Jil Teichmann">Jil Teichmann</a> (born 1997), a Spanish-born Swiss tennis player</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biel/Bienne&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Swiss-bienne-city-1.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Lake Bienne"><img alt="Lake Bienne" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Swiss-bienne-city-1.JPG/240px-Swiss-bienne-city-1.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Swiss-bienne-city-1.JPG/360px-Swiss-bienne-city-1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Swiss-bienne-city-1.JPG/480px-Swiss-bienne-city-1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Lake Bienne</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Parc_municipal2005.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="town's park"><img alt="town's park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Parc_municipal2005.JPG/240px-Parc_municipal2005.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Parc_municipal2005.JPG/360px-Parc_municipal2005.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Parc_municipal2005.JPG/480px-Parc_municipal2005.JPG 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">town's park</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CH_Biel_Sch%C3%BCss.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="the river Suze"><img alt="the river Suze" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/CH_Biel_Sch%C3%BCss.JPG/240px-CH_Biel_Sch%C3%BCss.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/CH_Biel_Sch%C3%BCss.JPG/360px-CH_Biel_Sch%C3%BCss.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/CH_Biel_Sch%C3%BCss.JPG/480px-CH_Biel_Sch%C3%BCss.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">the river <a href="/wiki/Suze_(river)" title="Suze (river)">Suze</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 82px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 80px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Picswiss_BE-98-55_Biel_Bienne-_Funiculaire_nach_Magglingen_(Macolin).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Funiculaire Bienne–Macolin"><img alt="Funiculaire Bienne–Macolin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Picswiss_BE-98-55_Biel_Bienne-_Funiculaire_nach_Magglingen_%28Macolin%29.jpg/120px-Picswiss_BE-98-55_Biel_Bienne-_Funiculaire_nach_Magglingen_%28Macolin%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Picswiss_BE-98-55_Biel_Bienne-_Funiculaire_nach_Magglingen_%28Macolin%29.jpg/180px-Picswiss_BE-98-55_Biel_Bienne-_Funiculaire_nach_Magglingen_%28Macolin%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Picswiss_BE-98-55_Biel_Bienne-_Funiculaire_nach_Magglingen_%28Macolin%29.jpg/240px-Picswiss_BE-98-55_Biel_Bienne-_Funiculaire_nach_Magglingen_%28Macolin%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Biel%E2%80%93Magglingen_Funicular" title="Biel–Magglingen Funicular">Funiculaire Bienne–Macolin</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 92px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 90px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Biel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Place du Ring"><img alt="Place du Ring" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Biel.jpg/135px-Biel.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Biel.jpg/202px-Biel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Biel.jpg/270px-Biel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Place du Ring</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 92px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 90px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CH_Biel_Altstadt-2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="old town"><img alt="old town" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/CH_Biel_Altstadt-2.JPG/135px-CH_Biel_Altstadt-2.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/CH_Biel_Altstadt-2.JPG/202px-CH_Biel_Altstadt-2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/CH_Biel_Altstadt-2.JPG/270px-CH_Biel_Altstadt-2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">old town</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 76.666666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 74.666666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CH_Biel_Altstadt-6.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="old town"><img alt="old town" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/CH_Biel_Altstadt-6.jpg/112px-CH_Biel_Altstadt-6.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/CH_Biel_Altstadt-6.jpg/168px-CH_Biel_Altstadt-6.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/CH_Biel_Altstadt-6.jpg/224px-CH_Biel_Altstadt-6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1259" data-file-height="2025" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">old town</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CH_Biel_Altstadt-8.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="old town"><img alt="old town" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/CH_Biel_Altstadt-8.JPG/240px-CH_Biel_Altstadt-8.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/CH_Biel_Altstadt-8.JPG/360px-CH_Biel_Altstadt-8.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/CH_Biel_Altstadt-8.JPG/480px-CH_Biel_Altstadt-8.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">old town</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 March</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=sibdays.sib.swiss&rft.atitle=SIB+Days+2016&rft.au=Swiss+Institute+of+Bioinformatics&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsibdays.sib.swiss%2Farchives%2F2016%2Fabout-biel.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABiel%2FBienne" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AGV-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AGV_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AGV_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/grundlagen/agvch.html">"Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz"</a> (Official site) (in German, French, and Italian). Neuchâtel, Switzerland: Federal Statistical Office, Swiss Confederation<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 August</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Amtliches+Gemeindeverzeichnis+der+Schweiz&rft.place=Neuch%C3%A2tel%2C+Switzerland&rft.pub=Federal+Statistical+Office%2C+Swiss+Confederation&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bfs.admin.ch%2Fbfs%2Fde%2Fhome%2Fgrundlagen%2Fagvch.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABiel%2FBienne" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HDS_Vingelz-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HDS_Vingelz_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Vingelz</i> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D3295.php"><span title="Vingelz in German">German</span></a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F3295.php"><span title="Vingelz in French">French</span></a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/i/I3295.php"><span title="Vingelz in Italian">Italian</span></a> in the online <i><a href="/wiki/Historical_Dictionary_of_Switzerland" title="Historical Dictionary of Switzerland">Historical Dictionary of Switzerland</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HDS_Mett-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HDS_Mett_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Mett</i> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D3285.php"><span title="Mett in German">German</span></a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F3285.php"><span title="Mett in French">French</span></a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/i/I3285.php"><span title="Mett in Italian">Italian</span></a> in the online <i><a href="/wiki/Historical_Dictionary_of_Switzerland" title="Historical Dictionary of Switzerland">Historical Dictionary of Switzerland</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HDS-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_9-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_9-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_9-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_9-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_9-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Biel/Bienne</i> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D222.php"><span title="Biel/Bienne in German">German</span></a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F222.php"><span title="Biel/Bienne in French">French</span></a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/i/I222.php"><span title="Biel/Bienne in Italian">Italian</span></a> in the online <i><a href="/wiki/Historical_Dictionary_of_Switzerland" title="Historical Dictionary of Switzerland">Historical Dictionary of Switzerland</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/news/publikationen.Document.80465.pdf">Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Ausgabe 2006</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110718034114/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/news/publikationen.Document.80465.pdf">Archived</a> 18 July 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, S. 271</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Arealstatistik-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Arealstatistik_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/raum-umwelt/bodennutzung-bedeckung/gesamtspektrum-regionalen-stufen/gemeinden.html">Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BFS_land-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BFS_land_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BFS_land_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html">Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics</a> 2009 data <span class="languageicon">(in German)</span> accessed 25 March 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MeteoSwiss-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MeteoSwiss_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130514205349/http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/web/en/climate/swiss_climate/tabellen.html">"Climate Norm Value Tables"</a>. <i>Climate diagrams and normals from Swiss measuring stations</i>. Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/web/en/climate/swiss_climate/tabellen.html">the original</a> on 14 May 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 January</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Climate+diagrams+and+normals+from+Swiss+measuring+stations&rft.atitle=Climate+Norm+Value+Tables&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meteoswiss.admin.ch%2Fweb%2Fen%2Fclimate%2Fswiss_climate%2Ftabellen.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABiel%2FBienne" class="Z3988"></span> The weather station elevation is 433 meters above sea level.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-be051.html">Flags of the World.com</a> accessed 12-August-2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biel-bienne.ch/de/rechtssammlung.html/1185/dcategory/300">"Rechtssammlung: 14 Politische Rechte"</a> (official site) (in French and German). Biel/Bienne, Switzerland: Biel/Bienne. 9 June 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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