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Merzligen
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Also known as Merzligen BE

Merzligen is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Merzligen
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Merzligen Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Merzligen COA.svg
Swiss town.canton
Bern
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-BE
Swiss town.district
Seeland
Swiss town.postal_code
3274
Swiss town.municipality_code
0741
Swiss town.area
2.3
Swiss town.elevation
509
Swiss town.population
410
Swiss town.populationof
Dec 2011
Swiss town.popofyear
2011
Swiss town.website
www.merzligen.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Bellmund, Hermrigen, Jens, Kappelen
Swiss town.twintowns
Jamné (Czech Republic)

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • References

Merzligen is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|upright|Battle of St. Niklaus memorial, near Merzligen Merzligen is first mentioned in 1278 as Merzelingen.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Merzligen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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