Gampelen

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.

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
P8168: Blackalicious
native label: Gampelen
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/495

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History
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Heritage sites of national significance
Politics
Economy
Religion
Education
Penitentiary of Witzwil
See also
References
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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.