Köniz
Sign in to saveKöniz (, ) is a statistical town (though residents still regard it as a village) and a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district right on the southern border to Bern in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The municipality of Köniz as a single settlement would belong to the 15 most populous towns in Switzerland. It is also part of the larger agglomeration of Bern of about 400,000 inhabitants.
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Köniz is a municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, located just south of the city of Bern, that is officially classified as a statistical town but is still considered a village by its residents. Although technically a single settlement, Köniz would rank among Switzerland's 15 most populous towns and forms part of the greater Bern metropolitan area of approximately 400,000 people.
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- Köniz
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- Koeniz Schloss.jpg
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- Bern
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- Bern-Mittelland
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- 3098
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Köniz (, ) is a statistical town (though residents still regard it as a village) and a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district right on the southern border to Bern in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The municipality of Köniz as a single settlement would belong to the 15 most populous towns in Switzerland. It is also part of the larger agglomeration of Bern of about 400,000 inhabitants.
The official language of Köniz is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.