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Gals
Bernvillage
Total population
722
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Gals, a small village in Bern, Switzerland, forms part of the country's settled landscape. It is home to roughly 722 residents. Gals maps to 47.027°, 7.049° — squarely within the temperate belt. The location receives about 1,254 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 49% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. Read on for charts and tables covering demographics, climate, hazards, schools, wildlife and other open-data indicators for Gals.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- European roe deerCapreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia9,838
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta6,170
- red foxVulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia6,166
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves5,792
- European hareLepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 · Mammalia5,717
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves4,547
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta4,363
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves4,288
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.1 — 2025-07-214 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
- M 4.4 — 2023-03-221 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
- M 3.9 — 2022-09-101 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
- M 2.7 — 2022-08-234 km S of Turtmann, Switzerland
- M 4.1 — 2021-12-242 km WSW of Blamont, France
- M 3.1 — 2018-05-042 km W of Schliengen, Germany
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Bern
- Tschugg1.3 mi away · pop. 459
- Vinelz2.9 mi away · pop. 825
- Ins3.1 mi away · pop. 3,277
- Brüttelen4.7 mi away · pop. 569
- Lüscherz5 mi away · pop. 492
- Treiten5.5 mi away · pop. 441
- Ligerz5.7 mi away · pop. 527
- Nods6.1 mi away · pop. 738
- Finsterhennen6.2 mi away · pop. 580
- Diesse6.8 mi away · pop. 438
- Hagneck6.8 mi away · pop. 424
- Gaicht7.9 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Gals
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 494
- Population (Wikidata)
- 827
- Wikidata
- Q67241
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771