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Also known as Belp BE

Belp (Highest Alemannic: Bäup) is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is close to Bern's Belp Airport. The municipality of Belpberg merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Belp.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Belp
Swiss town.image_photo
Belp vom Belpberg.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Belp Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Belp BE COA.svg
Swiss town.canton
Bern
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-BE
Swiss town.district
Seftigen
Swiss town.postal_code
3123
Swiss town.municipality_code
0861
Swiss town.area
17.6
Swiss town.elevation
521
Swiss town.population
10974
Swiss town.populationof
Dec 2011
Swiss town.popofyear
2011
Swiss town.website
www.belp.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Allmendingen, Belpberg, Gerzensee, Kehrsatz, Münsingen, Muri bei Bern, Rubigen, Toffen, Wald

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Climate
  • Education
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Belp (Highest Alemannic: Bäup) is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is close to Bern's Belp Airport. The municipality of Belpberg merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Belp.

==History== thumb|left|Painting by Gabriel Lory, Ansicht von Belp thumb|left|Belp Castle in 1757 Belp is first mentioned in 1263 as Belpo.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belp” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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