Spiez

Spiez
Coat of arms of Spiez
Location of Spiez
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Spiez is located in Switzerland
Spiez
Spiez
Spiez is located in Canton of Bern
Spiez
Spiez
Coordinates: 46°41′N 7°40′E / 46.683°N 7.667°E / 46.683; 7.667
CountrySwitzerland
CantonBern
DistrictFrutigen-Niedersimmental
Government
 • ExecutiveGemeinderat
with 7 members
 • MayorGemeindepräsident
Franz Arnold SPS/PSS
(as of 2002)
 • ParliamentGrosser Gemeinderat
with 36 members
Area
 • Total16.8 km2 (6.5 sq mi)
Elevation
(Railway station)
628 m (2,060 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total12,810
 • Density760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
3700
SFOS number0768
ISO 3166 codeCH-BE
LocalitiesEinigen, Hondrich, Faulensee, and Spiezwiler
Surrounded byAeschi bei Spiez, Hilterfingen, Krattigen, Oberhofen am Thunersee, Reutigen, Sigriswil, Thun, Wimmis, Zwieselberg
Websitehttp://www.spiez.ch
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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.

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.