Summary
47°08′N 7°14′E / 47.133°N 7.233°E Biel/Bienne District is an administrative district in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. It is located along both shores of the northeastern half of Lake Biel and is part of the Seeland administrative region, and its capital is Biel/Bienne. It contains 19 municipalities with an area of 97.63 km2 (37.70 sq mi) and a population (as of December 2008[update]) of 90,536, over half of which lives in the district's capital. While it is the smallest district in surface area,[citation needed] it has the third largest population in the canton.
Biel/Bienne District
Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne | |
|---|---|
Administrative District | |
 The shores of northeastern Lake Biel in 2004 | |
 Map depicting the boundary of the administrative district and its municipalities | |
| Country |  Switzerland |
| Canton |  Bern |
| Capital | Biel/Bienne |
| Area | |
| • Total | 98 km2 (38 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 90,536 |
| • Density | 920/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Municipalities | 19 |
The present Biel/Bienne Verwaltungskreis ("administrative district") was created on 1 January 2010,[1] consisting of the entirety of one former Amtsbezirke ("district"), Biel, about half of another, Nidau and three municipalities of Büren.[1]
| Flag | Name | Population (2020)[2] |
Area in km2 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Aegerten | 2,210 | 2.16 |
|
Bellmund | 1,723 | 3.82 |
|
Biel/Bienne | 55,206 | 21.21 |
|
Brügg | 4,371 | 5.02 |
|
Ipsach | 3,913 | 1.91 |
|
Lengnau | 5,316 | 7.37 |
|
Evilard/Leubringen | 2,672 | 3.69 |
|
Ligerz | 545 | 1.79 |
|
Meinisberg | 1,326 | 4.43 |
|
Mörigen | 875 | 2.16 |
|
Nidau | 6,943 | 1.52 |
|
Orpund | 3,052 | 4.16 |
|
Pieterlen | 4,784 | 8.31 |
|
Port | 3,801 | 2.45 |
|
Safnern | 1,951 | 5.61 |
|
Scheuren | 475 | 1.99 |
|
Schwadernau | 692 | 4.02 |
|
Sutz-Lattrigen | 1,399 | 3.58 |
|
Twann-Tüscherz | 1,171 | 12.43 |
| Total (19) | 102,425 | 97.63 |
References edit
- ^ a b Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 (PDF) (Report). Federal Statistical Office. 2009. 2776. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.