Spiez
Sign in to saveSpiez () is a town and municipality on the shore of Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss canton of Bern. It is part of the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district. Besides the town of Spiez, the municipality also includes the settlements of Einigen, Hondrich, Faulensee, and Spiezwiler.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Spiez
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Spiez.JPG
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- town and municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Spiez COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Spiez Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Bern
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BE
- Swiss town.district
- Frutigen-Niedersimmental
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3700
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0768
- Swiss town.area
- 16.78
- Swiss town.elevation
- 628
- Swiss town.elevation_description
- Railway station
- Swiss town.population
- 12417
- Swiss town.populationof
- Dec 2011
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2011
- Swiss town.mayor
- Franz Arnold
- Swiss town.mayor_asof
- 2002
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- Notable people
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Spiez () is a town and municipality on the shore of Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss canton of Bern. It is part of the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district. Besides the town of Spiez, the municipality also includes the settlements of Einigen, Hondrich, Faulensee, and Spiezwiler.
The official language of Spiez is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.