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ID: 7007320
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007320
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Biel/Bienne (inhabited place)  Biel/Bienne (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 47 08 30 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 47.1417  decimal degrees
Long: 007 15 27 E  degrees minutes   Long: 7.2576  decimal degrees

Note: Settled by Celts; inhabited by Romans; modern town was founded in the 11th cen. & chartered in 1275; ruled by prince-bishops of Basel until 1352; currently situated on language boundary of nation, both French & German are official languages.

Names:
Biel/Bienne (preferred,C,V)
Biel (C,V,German,U)
Bienne (C,V,French,U)
Belenus (H,V)  ............ ancient

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Schweiz (nation)  ........  Schweiz (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Bern (canton)  ............  Bern (canton) (P)
Hierarchy of Biel/Bienne (inhabited place)  ................  Biel/Bienne (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  established by Celts
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Belenus..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 203
Biel..........  [BHA, VP]
...........  Baedekers: Schweiz (1986)
...........  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 27
...........  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Biel/Bienne..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Bienne..........  [BHA, VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Baedekers: Schweiz (1986)
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 203
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2551274
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 27
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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