Biel

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Biel

Coordinates46.46°, 8.22°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Biel is a village in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It was an independent municipality until 2001, when it merged with Ritzingen and Selkingen into the municipality Grafschaft.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Valais

• Münster VS
  3.1 mi away
• Schmidighischere
  6.5 mi away
• Martisberg
  7.4 mi away · pop. 16
• Grengiols
  8.2 mi away · pop. 436
• Ebnet
  12.4 mi away
• Belalp
  13 mi away
• Brig
  14.6 mi away · pop. 12,823
• Birgisch
  15.7 mi away · pop. 253
• Gondo
  18.3 mi away
• Blatten (Lötschen)
  19.1 mi away · pop. 303
• Wiler (Lötschen)
  20.9 mi away · pop. 539
• Sankt German
  21.3 mi away

Browse all places in Valais →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Biel

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

scentless mayweed

Tripleurospermum inodorum

Seen 2026-09-24

Field Scabious

Knautia arvensis

Seen 2026-09-24

Greater Knapweed

Centaurea scabiosa

Seen 2026-09-24

Lady's Bedstraw

Galium verum

Seen 2026-09-24

common soapwort

Saponaria officinalis

Seen 2026-09-24

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-09-23

Red Deer

Cervus elaphus

Seen 2026-09-23

Western Roe Deer

Capreolus capreolus

Seen 2026-09-23

Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

Seen 2026-09-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).