Orpund

Also known as Orpund BE

Orpund is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Swiss town.subject_name: Orpund
Swiss town.image_photo: 2012-05-26-Seeland (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 171.JPG
Swiss town.image_caption: Gotthouse Monastery Church in Orpund
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Orpund COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Orpund Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Bern
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BE
Swiss town.district: Biel/Bienne
Swiss town.postal_code: 2552
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0744
Swiss town.area: 4.0
Swiss town.elevation: 483
Swiss town.population: 2628
Swiss town.populationof: Dec 2011
Swiss town.popofyear: 2011
Swiss town.website: www.orpund.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Biel/Bienne, Brügg, Safnern, Scheuren, Schwadernau

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: Municipality of Switzerland
Official name: Orpund
Country: Switzerland
Located in: Canton of Berne
Official language: German
Population: 2800
Area: 3.97
Elevation: 455
Body of water: Aare
Official website: www.orpund.ch
Image: Stedtlifest Nidau 01.jpg
Dialing code: 032
Licence plate code: BE

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twinned administrative body: Brtnice
Commons category: Orpund
postal code: 2552
P8168: Permanent Council
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/744

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Orpund is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|left|upright|Interior of the Gottstatt Monastery church. thumb|left|Aerial view of Gottstatt and Orpund (1950) Orpund is first mentioned in 1255 as Orpunt. The municipality was formerly known by its unknown name er Orpondes, however, that name is no longer used.

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