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Pieterlen
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Also known as Pieterlen BE

Pieterlen () is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Swiss town.subject_name
Pieterlen
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Pieterlen COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Pieterlen Flag.svg
Swiss town.image_photo
2011-01-13 Pieterlen (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 093.JPG
Swiss town.canton
Bern
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-BE
Swiss town.district
Biel/Bienne
Swiss town.postal_code
2542
Swiss town.municipality_code
0392
Swiss town.area
8.3
Swiss town.elevation
436
Swiss town.website
www.pieterlen.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Beat Rüfli
Swiss town.mayor_party
FDP.The Liberals
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Lengnau, Meinisberg, Safnern, Biel/Bienne, Vauffelin, Romont

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Pieterlen
Population
4364
Area
8.35
Elevation
444
Official website
www.pieterlen.ch
Image
2011-01-13 Pieterlen (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 093.JPG
Dialing code
032
Licence plate code
BE
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Commons category
Pieterlen
postal code
2542
P8168
Book
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/392
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  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
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  • Education
  • Further reading
  • References
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Pieterlen () is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

==History== Pieterlen is first mentioned in 1228 as Perla. In 1268 it was mentioned as Bieterlo.

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