Spiez

Also known as Spiez BE, Spiez (Switzerland)

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.

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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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Sights
Heritage sites of national significance
Politics
Economy
Religion
Education
Crime
Transport
Notable people
See also
References
External links

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.

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