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Key facts
- Swiss town.canton
- Bern
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Biel/Bienne
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Picswiss BE-98-20 Biel- Stadthaus und Polizei (Burgplatz).jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- City Hall in the Old Town of Biel/Bienne
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality and town
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Biel Flag.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Biel COA.svg
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BE
- Swiss town.district
- Biel/Bienne
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 2500–2510
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0371
- Swiss town.area
- 21.21
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38 sectionsContents
- History
- Prehistoric settlements
- Foundation
- An associate of the Swiss Confederation
- From the French invasion to modern Biel/Bienne
- Geography and climate
- Topology
- Climate
- Politics
- Coat of arms
- Subdivisions
- Government
- Parliament
- Elections
- National Council
- International relations
- Demographics
- Population
- Historic population
- Language
- Religion
- Tourism
- Heritage sites of national significance
- World Heritage Site
- Business
- Education
- Culture
- Transport
- Sport
- Notable people
- Honoured citizen
- Born in Biel/Bienne
- Lived in Biel/Bienne
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
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Biel/Bienne (official bilingual wording; ; ; [biːy]) is a bilingual city in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. With over 55,000 residents, it is the country's tenth-largest city by population. The Biel urban area has a population of around 100,000 inhabitants. Biel/Bienne is the capital of the Biel/Bienne administrative district. The city has been an industrial and watchmaking heart of Switzerland since the 19th century. With world-famous watch brands such as Rolex, Omega and Swatch 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".
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1350s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire1352 establishments in Europe14th-century establishments in the Old Swiss ConfederacyAssociates of the Old Swiss ConfederacyBiel/BienneCities in SwitzerlandCultural property of national significance in the canton of BernHDS different on WikidataMunicipalities of the canton of BernPopulated places on Lake Biel