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) | |
| • 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 | 768 |
| 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 |
Spiez is a municipality in Frutigen-Niedersimmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
It is on the Lake Thun.
Gallery
Spiez
Spiez from the air, with the lake in the background and the Kander bottom left
Spiez Castle
Spiez train station
References
- ↑ "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
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.
