Biel/Bienne (administrative district)

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

Coordinates: 47°08′N 7°14′E / 47.133°N 7.233°E / 47.133; 7.233 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) of 90,536, over half of which lives in the district's capital. While it is the smallest district in surface area, it has the third largest population in the canton.

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
(2017)[2]		 Area in km²
Aegerten2,052 2.16
Bellmund1,647 3.82
Biel/Bienne54,640 21.21
Brügg4,287 5.02
Ipsach3,996 1.91
Lengnau5,195 7.37
Evilard/Leubringen2,638 3.69
Ligerz566 1.79
Meinisberg1,309 4.43
Mörigen891 2.16
Nidau6,827 1.52
Orpund2,734 4.16
Pieterlen4,225 8.31
Port3,624 2.45
Safnern1,903 5.61
Scheuren447 1.99
Schwadernau673 4.02
Sutz-Lattrigen1,382 3.58
Twann-Tüscherz1,134 12.43
Total (19)100,170 97.63

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 17 September 2018
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