Gampelen
Also known as Gampelen BE, Champion, Champlun
Gampelen () is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Gampelen should not be confused with the municipality Gampel in the canton of Valais.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Gampelen
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Gampelen COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Gampelen Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Bern
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BE
- Swiss town.district
- Seeland
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3236
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0495
- Swiss town.area
- 10.80
- Swiss town.elevation
- 436
- Swiss town.website
- gampelen.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- Penitentiary of Witzwil
- See also
- References
- External links
Gampelen () is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Gampelen should not be confused with the municipality Gampel in the canton of Valais.
==History== Gampelen is first mentioned in 1179 as Champion and again in 1228 as Champlun.
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