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Brienz
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Brienz ( , , ) is a village and municipality on the northern shore of Lake Brienz, at the foot of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain, and in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Besides the village of Brienz, the municipality includes the settlements of Kienholz and Axalp.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Brienz
- Swiss town.image_photo
- 5562 - Brienz - Hauptstrasse.JPG
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Brienz COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Brienz Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Bern
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BE
- Swiss town.district
- Interlaken-Oberhasli
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3855
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0573
- Swiss town.area
- 48.0
- Swiss town.elevation
- 566
- Swiss town.elevation_description
- Brienz village
- Swiss town.lowest
- Lake Brienz shore
- Swiss town.lowest_m
- 564
- Swiss town.highest
- Schwarzhorn
- Swiss town.highest_m
- 2928
- Swiss town.population
- 2981
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Brienz (BE)
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Interlaken District
- Official language
- German
- Population
- 3092
- Area
- 48.0
- Elevation
- 566
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Aare
- Shares border with
- Meiringen
- Official website
- www.brienz.ch
- Image
- Brienz Dorf.jpg
- Dialing code
- 033
- Licence plate code
- BE
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- Commons category
- Brienz
- postal code
- 3855
- twinned administrative body
- Shimada
- topic's main category
- Category:Brienz
- P8168
- Black Books
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/573
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Points of interest
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economics
- Religion
- Climate
- Education
- Transport
- Twin town — sister city
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Brienz ( , , ) is a village and municipality on the northern shore of Lake Brienz, at the foot of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain, and in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Besides the village of Brienz, the municipality includes the settlements of Kienholz and Axalp.
Politically, the municipality is located in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district of the canton of Bern.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brienz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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