Gampelen
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| Population | 757 (2005) | |||||||||
| - Density | 70 /km² (182 /sq.mi.) | |||||||||
| Area | 10.80 km² (4.2 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 436 m (1,430 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 3236 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 0495 | |||||||||
| Mayor | Peter Gyger | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Ins, Tschugg, Gals, Thielle-Wavre, Marin-Epagnier | |||||||||
| Website | www.gampelen.ch | |||||||||
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Gampelen (French: Champion) is a municipality in the district of Erlach in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Gampelen is the only municipality in the canton of Bern bordering Lake Neuchâtel, and as such is the only German-speaking municipality (84.9%) along the lake; 11.4% of the population speaks French.
The town of Gampelen has a long, thin shape, and has a railway station on the Bern-Neuenburg line of the BLS. The stop Zihlbrücke also lies within the area of the municipality.
Gampelen is part of an evangelical-reformed parish with neighboring Gals.
Gampelen should not be confused with the municipality Gampel in the canton of Valais.
[edit] External links
- Gampelen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Website of the evangelical-reformed parish of Gampelen-Gals
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