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Gampelen
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Also known as Gampelen BE, Champion, Champlun

Gampelen () is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Gampelen should not be confused with the municipality Gampel in the canton of Valais.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Gampelen is referenced by 62 other articles, and connects out to Canton of Berne, Erlach and Ins.

The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Bern and Municipalities of the canton of Bern.

Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Gampelen
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Gampelen COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Gampelen Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Bern
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-BE
Swiss town.district
Seeland
Swiss town.postal_code
3236
Swiss town.municipality_code
0495
Swiss town.area
10.80
Swiss town.elevation
436
Swiss town.website
gampelen.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Peter Dietrich
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Gals, Ins, Laténa (NE), Tschugg
Swiss town.image_photo
Gampelen.JPG

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Gampelen
Population
963
Area
10.6
Elevation
427
Official website
www.gampelen.ch
Image
Gampelen.JPG
Dialing code
032
Licence plate code
BE
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Commons category
Gampelen
postal code
3236
native label
Gampelen
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/495
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Penitentiary of Witzwil
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Gampelen () is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Gampelen should not be confused with the municipality Gampel in the canton of Valais.

==History== Gampelen is first mentioned in 1179 as Champion and again in 1228 as Champlun.

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

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