Spiez
Municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
Spiez is a municipality in Frutigen-Niedersimmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Spiez | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Spiez  | |
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| Coordinates: 46°41′N 7°40′E / 46.683°N 7.667°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Frutigen-Niedersimmental |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Gemeinderat with 7 members |
| • Mayor | Gemeindepräsident Franz Arnold SPS/PSS (as of 2002) |
| • Parliament | Grosser Gemeinderat with 36 members |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.8 km2 (6.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Railway station) | 628 m (2,060 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 12,810 |
| • Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3700 |
| SFOS number | 0768 |
| Localities | Einigen, Faulensee, Hondrich and Spiezwiler |
| Surrounded by | Aeschi bei Spiez, Hilterfingen, Krattigen, Oberhofen am Thunersee, Reutigen, Sigriswil, Thun, Wimmis, Zwieselberg |
| Twin towns | Prachatice (Czech Republic) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
It is on the Lake Thun.
Gallery
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Spiez -
Spiez from the air, with the lake in the background and the Kander bottom left -
Spiez Castle -
Spiez train station
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
Other websites
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Media related to Spiez at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Website of the city of Spiez (in German)
- Spiez in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
