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Biel/Bienne is a city in the district of Biel, canton of Berne in Switzerland.
It is located on the language boundary and is throughout bilingual. Biel is the German name for the town, Bienne its French counterpart. The town is often referred to in both languages simultaneously. Since January 1, 2005, the official name has been "Biel/Bienne", inofficially also "Biel-Bienne".
The city lies at the foot of the first mountain range of the Jura Mountains area, guarding the only practical connection to Jura in the area, on the northeastern shores of Lake Biel (Bielersee, Lac de Bienne), sharing the eastern tip of the lake with its sister city, Nidau, the administrative centre of the District of Nidau.
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Texte français
Bienne (en allemand, Biel ; officiellement, Biel/Bienne) est la dixième ville de Suisse. Située dans le canton de Berne, elle est le chef-lieu du district de Bienne et de la région du Seeland. La commune de Bienne compte 49 038 habitants (en 2006).
Située à cheval sur la frontière linguistique entre les régions francophone et germanophone, elle est la plus grande ville bilingue de Suisse. Sa population est composée à 60% de germanophones et 40% de francophones. La population de Bienne tend à augmenter ces dernières années.
Bienne est adossée sur le flanc sud de la chaîne du Jura. À l'ouest de la ville, se trouve un lac auquel la ville a donné son nom, le lac de Bienne.
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