Spiez
Spiez | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Spiez | |
Spiez Spiez | |
| Coordinates: 46°41′N 7°40′E / 46.683°N 7.667°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Frutigen-Niedersimmental |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Gemeinderat with 7 members |
| • Mayor | Gemeindepräsident Franz Arnold SPS/PSS (as of 2002) |
| • Parliament | Grosser Gemeinderat with 36 members |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.78 km2 (6.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Railway station) | 628 m (2,060 ft) |
| Population (Dec 2011) | |
• Total | 12,417 |
| • Density | 740.0/km2 (1,917/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 3700 |
| SFOS number | 768 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-BE |
| Localities | Einigen, Hondrich, Faulensee, and Spiezwiler |
| Surrounded by | Aeschi bei Spiez, Hilterfingen, Krattigen, Oberhofen am Thunersee, Reutigen, Sigriswil, Thun, Wimmis, Zwieselberg |
| Website | http://www.spiez.ch SFSO statistics |
Spiez (German pronunciation: ['ʃpiət͡s]) 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.