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Biel/Bienne
City population
55,120
#10
in Switzerland
#2
in Bern
#10,444
worldwide
47.137, 7.246 · 26 km from Bern
About Biel/Bienne
Biel/Bienne is a city in Bern, Switzerland with a population of 55,120. It is the 10th largest of the 73 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Switzerland, and the 10,444th largest worldwide. It lies 26 km from Bern.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 6
Elevation
434 m
Time zone
Europe/Zurich
Coordinates
47.137, 7.246
Record updated
2025-06-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.
Nearby Cities
All 73 in SwitzerlandClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.