Biel-Benken
Also known as Biel-Benken BL
Biel-Benken (Swiss German: Biel-Bängge) is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Biel-Benken
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Biel-Benken, Pfarrkirche St. Antonius.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Biel-Benken COA.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Basel-Landschaft
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BL
- Swiss town.district
- Arlesheim
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 4105
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2764
- Swiss town.area
- 4.12
- Swiss town.elevation
- 317
- Swiss town.website
- www.biel-benken.ch
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Biel-Benken (Swiss German: Biel-Bängge) is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
==History== Benken is first mentioned in 1259 as Beinkon. It was also known as Benken maior to distinguish it from Biel which was known as Benken minor, Buelbenken or Benken inferior.
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