Orpund

Also known as Orpund BE

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

Key facts

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

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History
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Sights
Politics
Economy
Religion
Education
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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.