Spiez
Also known as Spiez BE, Spiez (Switzerland)
Spiez () is a town and municipality on the shore of Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss canton of Bern. It is part of the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district. Besides the town of Spiez, the municipality also includes the settlements of Einigen, Hondrich, Faulensee, and Spiezwiler.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Spiez
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Spiez.JPG
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- town and municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Spiez COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Spiez Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Bern
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BE
- Swiss town.district
- Frutigen-Niedersimmental
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3700
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0768
- Swiss town.area
- 16.78
- Swiss town.elevation
- 628
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- History
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- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Sights
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- Crime
- Transport
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Spiez () is a town and municipality on the shore of Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss canton of Bern. It is part of the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district. Besides the town of Spiez, the municipality also includes the settlements of Einigen, Hondrich, Faulensee, and Spiezwiler.
The official language of Spiez is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
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