Spiez | |
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Location of Spiez  | |
  Spiez  Spiez | |
| 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 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-BE |
| Localities | Einigen, Hondrich, Faulensee, and Spiezwiler |
| Surrounded by | Aeschi bei Spiez, Hilterfingen, Krattigen, Oberhofen am Thunersee, Reutigen, Sigriswil, Thun, Wimmis, Zwieselberg |
| Website | http://www.spiez.ch SFSO statistics |
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.
- ^ a b "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.